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Llngeus is a very distinct species, with no necir ally except Palemon, 

 Cram., from which it is easily distinguished by its curious dull tinted but 

 exceedingly glossy violaceous-bluish instead of cupreous-violaceous upper side 

 in the ^ , and violaceous-bluish shot instead of plain brown or slightly cuj^re- 

 ous-violaceous shot upper side in the $ . The differences in the under-side 

 markings of the two species arc given below in the descriptions of L. 

 Palemon. 



This is a widely-spread butterfly and not uncommon in woods and bushy 

 spots. It occurs throughout the year, but is frequent only in the summer, 

 and I have not personally taken it before the middle of September or after 

 the end of May. It is fond of hovering about low bushes, and often settles on 

 flowers, where it is very easy of capture. The male is much more numerous 

 on the wing than the ? • I captured the paired sexes on Table Mountain in 

 February 1865. 



Localities of Lyccvna Liiujcas. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Capo Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Piketberg. Triangles Station, 

 Worcester District [L. Pcrinriuey). Robertson. Knysna. Plet- 

 tenberg Bay. Oograbies, Namaqualand. Malmesbury (L. 

 Perinrjueii). 

 h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown (M. E. Barber). King Wil- 

 liam's Town (/. H. Bowker). Keiskamma River (IF. D'Urhau). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River {J. H. BoivAer). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. 



b. Upper Districts. — Great Noodsberg. Estcourt (/. 31. Hutchin- 



son. 

 P. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay (tJie late Colonel 11. Tower). 

 H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ay res). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



bi. Eastern Interior. — Zambesi River [F. C. Seluus). 



B. North Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Special locality not noted {E, Bourke). 



153. (35.) Lycaena Palemon, (Cramer). 



$ Pajnlio Palemon, Cram., Pap.'Exot., iv. pi. cccxc, ff. e, f. (17S2). 



^ ? Lyccena Palemon, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 240, n. 141 (1866). 



Exj). al., {:$) 10 lin. — i iu. i lin. ; {%) 10 lin. — i in. o^ lin. 



Allied to L. Lingeus (Cram.) 



$ Coppery-violaceous, with a hroivn hind-marginal edging : cilia 

 white, regidarUj interrupted ivith hrown on nervules. Hind-iving : a 

 small blackish, pale-edged spot on hind-margin, just above first median 

 nervule ; tail rather broad, twisted, blackish, edged and tipped with 

 white. Under side.— Very like that of Lingeus but hroioner. Fore- 

 wing : no basal stria, outer edge of terminal cellular fascia not reaching 

 below median nervure ; costal origins of fasciae more minute and 



