84 SOUTH-AFEICAN EUTTERFLIES. 



April; and ]\Ii". D'Urljan recorded its occurrence in British Kaffraria in 

 October, March, and April. Colonel Bowker forwarded a good many ex- 

 amples from Kaffraria Proper. 



Localities of L}jcccna Mdcviia. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



h. Eastern Districts.— King William's Town (IF. S. M. D' Urban). 

 c. Griqualand West. — Vaal River (J. H. Bowhcr). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee Piiver (/. H. Boiclicr). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Pinctown (/. H. Boiclicr). 

 h. Upper Districts. — Intzutze River. Maritzburg. Estcoui't (/. 

 M. Flidelunson). 



F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay {ihc late Colonel H. Tuwer). 



162. (44.) Lycaena Griqua, sp. nov. 



Exp. al, (^) 1 1 lin — I lin. ; ($) 1 1 J lin. 



Markings and 2)Cf'iter7i as in L. Melcena, Trim., hat the hasal and 

 marginal Mack duller, broader, and more suffused, especially in $, and 

 the white disced field pfTOportioncdly diminished, ami in $ also ohscured. 

 Fore-wing : isolated subapical whitish spot always reduced in size and 

 obscured, sometimes nearly obsolete, and in one $ wanting altogether ; 

 the spots much narrower. Hindoo ing : the spots much narrower and 

 almost obliterated by the broad suffused blackish of the base and mar- 

 gins. Under side. — Very pcde crcayiiy-ycllowish grey; all the mark- 

 ings arranged as in Melcena, hut j^rtZc fuscous instead of Mack, and 

 exceedingly attenuated, especially in hind-wing (where in ^ they are obso- 

 lescent). Fore-ioing : longitudinal basal stripe represented by a very 

 thin short mark at base and (usually) a small spot on costa before 

 middle. Hind-iving : only last two spots of hind-marginal row bluish- 

 silvery-dusted, except in one $, which has three, and one $, which has 

 four so ornamented. 



The five (^ s and two ? s above described are all tailless, but there is the 

 vestige or base of a tail on one hind-wing of a single $ . As the specimens 

 are in fair condition, it is difficult to believe that all of them could have lost 

 the tails; and yet the form is so very intimately related to L. Melxna, Trim., 

 that one would certainly expect it to be caudate. 



The only specimens I have seen were collected by Colonel Bowker in 

 187 1 on the Vaal River, Griqualand West. They were accompanied by a 

 single ordinary example oi L. Melana, but by no specimens of a character 

 intermediate between the two forms. 



Locality of LyeccRCt Griqua. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



c. Griqualand West. — Vaal River (/. //. Boaker). 



