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Forc-iving : border commencing very narrowly on costa beyond middle, 

 but immediately becoming broad at apex, and thence gradually narrow- 

 ing along hind-margin almost to a point at posterior angle. Hind- 

 tving : costa narrowly greyish ; inner-margin greyish mixed with white ; 

 border of moderate width at apex, but suddenly narrowed on second 

 subcostal nervule, and thence almost linear to anal angle ; hind-mar- 

 ginal spot between first and second median nervules rather large, 

 round, black, conspicuous ; no tail. Under side. — Bull yclloivish- 

 grey, slightly browner than in L. Tsomo, Trim., but witli the mark- 

 ings almost identieal ivith those in that species, only their white edges 

 being better marked. Fore-wing : discal band more incurved at its 

 lower extremity. Hind-wing : discal band straighter inferiorly ; white 

 band beyond this not so suffused inwardly, so that its component 

 lunules are distinct ; hind-marginal black spot larger, rounder, its 

 outer portion with a few bluish-silvery scales. 



^ Fale brotvn with a reddish tinge; a small lasi-inner-marginal 

 violaceous-hlue space in fore-ioing, and a very small hasal one in hind-' 

 wing. Fore-iving : blue extends from base over inner-marginal border 

 to a little beyond middle, occupying lower part of discoidal cell, and 

 extending thinly over median nervules near their origin. Hind-wing : 

 blue almost limited to discoidal cell, there being only a few scattered 

 blue scales over lower discal area ; hind-marginal black spot ringed 

 with bluish-white ; above it, traces of two imperfect smaller similar 

 annulets on hind-margin. Under side. — As in $. 



Though so intimately related to L. Tsomo, this species differs so 

 very widely from it on the upper side, especially in the ^, that it is 

 recognisable at the first glance. The dark-bordered blue upper side of 

 ^, and the brown partly blue one of the ^, indeed much more resemble 

 those of the respective sexes of Zysimon, Hlibn., than the subcupreous 

 tints of Tsomo. 



The first example I received was taken by Mr. W. Morant, on 14th 

 September 1870, in the Upper Districts of Natal,^ and is the only $ I have 

 seen. A worn (J reached me in 1878 from Colonel Bowker, who took it 

 near Maritzburg; but it was not imtil the end of 1884 that I received from 

 him four (^ s in good condition, taken at tlie Howick Falls of the Umgeni 

 on the 26th November 1884. He noted the insect as numerous about two 

 small swampy spots some four hundred yards above the Howick Bridge, and 

 as having quite the same habits as Tsomo. The specific name given to this 

 Lyccena is a slight modification of what Colonel Bowker informs me is the 

 Kafir name for the Umgeni Falls. 



Localities of Lyccvna Noquasa. 

 I. South Africa. 

 E. Natal. 



h. Upper Districts. — Maritzburg and Howick (J. H. Boiclccr). 

 "Curry's" {ir. Morant). 



^ Mr. Morant's ticket bore the locality "Curry's," but I have not been able to ascertain 

 whei-e the place intended is situated. 



