76 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



.no fascia beyond middle, hut an irregular roiv of eight distinct Hack 

 spots, of wliicli the first, fourtli, and eiglitli are larger than the rest ; 

 bluish at base almost obsolete ; two spots near anal angle faintly blue- 

 dusted, usually without orange lunula. 



$ Whitish discal space smaller, less distinct, sometimes almost 

 obsolete ; blue from base sometimes strongly-marked, sometimes 

 scarcely traceable. Under side. — As in ^; hut in one specimen iha 

 ground-colour is hrownish-greg, the spots larger than usual, and their 

 white rings and edges conspicuous. 



In Natal and at Delagoa Bay a slight variety occurs, in which 

 the ^ has on the upper side a much narrower, almost linear hind- 

 marginal dark-edging, and both sexes have on the under side the discal 

 fascia of the fore-wing more oblique and with its terminal spot more 

 widely separated from it, and the discal series of spots of the hind-wing 

 in places not separate, but contiguous. 



On a careful comparison of the description and figure of L. henigna given 

 by Mi\ Moschlei" {loc. cit.) with 9 s of Moriqua, I cannot find any characters 

 to distinguish it from those of the latter in which the upper-side bluish from 

 base is rather restricted. 



The characters above given amply distinguish Moriqiia from Jesous ; the 

 most readily observable, in addition to the very different, more violaceous 

 tint of the upper side m the (J , being, on the nnder side, the absence of any 

 brownish tmge in the ground-colour, and, in the hind-wing, the presence of 

 a discal series of small black spots instead of a brownish white-edged sub- 

 macular fascia. 



I fomid Moriqua common in Natal, both on the coast and inland, and at 

 D'Urban twice captured the paired sexes — on the ife*t and 12th February 

 respectively. It is a weak flyei*, and delights to settle on the leaves of low 

 shrubs and long grass. Though more prevalent m wooded spots, it is often 

 met with on open grovmd in sheltered places. Mrs. Barber informs me that 

 this species abounds near the mouth of the Kleinemond River, in the Bathurst 

 District of Cape Colony. 



Localities of Lycana Moriqua. 



I. South Africa. 



B Cape Colony. 



b. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown and Fish River Heights (31. 

 E. Barher). Kleinemond River {M. E, Barber). King 

 William's Town (IF. S. M. U Urban). 



D. Kaffraria Projier. — Butterworth, Tsomo River, and Heads of St. 



John's River (/. H. Bowlier). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Disti'icts. — D'Urljan, Yerulam. 



b. Upper Districts. — Great Noodsberg. Hermansbin'g. Grey- 



town. 

 H. Delagoa Bay. — Louren^o Marques [Mrs. Monteiro). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. We^stern Coast. — Kinsembo, Congo (//. Grnse Smith). 



