58 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



have the appearance of ratlicr irreguhii' strife on a concolorous ground ; 

 a short fascia across middle of discoidal cell of fore-wing. 



L. Bcvtica (Linn.) [tailed], SicJicla, Wallengr., notuhla, Trim., Tsomo, 

 Trim., Noquasa, Trim. 



147. (-9.) Lycsena Baetica, (Linna3us). 



^ Papilio Bivticus, Linn., S^'st. Nat., i. 2, p. 789, n. 226 (1767). 



(^ , ^ Pohjomrnatus Bmticus, Godt., Enc. Mcth., ix. p. 653, n. 122 (18 19). 

 Lycoena Bcelica, Horsf.. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Mas., jx 80, n. 14 (1828). 



$ Lycama Bcetica, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., i, pi. 7, f. 9 (1836). 



(J, 9 ,, „ Trim., Rhop. Afr. Austr., ii. p. 236, n. 138 (1866). 



Larva and Pupa (South Africa), Trim., op. cit. p. 342. 



Exp. al., {$) III lin. — i in. 4I liu. ; (?) i in. 2-5I lin. 

 ^ Silky violet-blue, vnth a fuscous liiiul-marginal edging. Hind- 

 wing : two well-marked black spots, outwardly whitish-edged, near 

 anal angle, of which the larger is above first median nervule. Under 

 SIDE. — Pale-ochrcous-greg, uuth nndulatcd, transverse 'icltite stria: ; com- 

 mon to both wings, beyond middle, a fascia composed of a middle broad 

 streak, with a parallel line at equal distances on either side, variable in 

 regularity, angulated in hind-wing below first median, — cc tvhite stripe, 

 narrow in fore-wing, but wider and consjncuous in hind-wing, excepting 

 near inner-margin touching the greater portion of outer line of fascia, 

 • — followed by a lunulate stria and a hind-marginal edging. Fore- 

 wing : a short triple fascia, similar to the longer one described, across 

 cell, and another like it at extremity of cell. Hind-iving : base lightly 

 irrorated with blackish ; two to four transverse stria3 in basal portion, 

 in places more or less confluent ; mixed up with these, a triple streak 

 closing cell ; two black spots exteriorly edged with bluish or greenish- 

 silvery, and interiorly bordered by an orange lunule (indistinct in 

 lower spot). 



^ Didl-broivnisJi, vividly sJiot loith shining blue from base and over 

 disc. Hind-iving : sometimes almost devoid of blue ; beyond middle a 

 transverse row of broad, more or less conspicuous white lunules ; a 

 row of thinner lunules near margin combine with a hind-marginal line 

 to form bluish-white rings, of which the two next anal angle are com- 

 plete, enclosing the two black spots. Under side. — As in $, but 

 marking more conspicuous, especially the white stripe in fore-wing. 

 Cilia in both sexes greyish at origin, white on outer edge. 

 Larva. — Bright-green ; paler on the under surface. A dark- 

 green dorsal line; beneath it, on each side, an indistinct line inter- 

 rupted on each segment, followed by a row of short, oblique, indistinct 

 streaks of the same dark-green, and a pale-green line just above the 

 legs. Head small, shining, reddish-brown. Two-thirds of an inch in 

 length. Feeds on flowers of Crotalaria capensis (a Papilionaceous 

 shrub), in which it lives. 



