112 SOUTH-AFRICAX BUTTERFLIES. 



I have not seen the $ of this Deudurlx. The ^ , both in the elongated 

 wings and in the pattern and colouring of the upper side, closely resembles 

 D. Melampus (Cram.), except that the red is paler, inclining to orange; but 

 the under side markings are very dissimilar, those of Melampus being very 

 greatly narrowed, indistinct, and not at all red, but of a tint scarcely separable 

 from that of the gi'ound-colour ; the Indian species also wants the sub- basal 

 ocelli in the hind- wing. 



Mr. Henley Grose Smith, who kindly sent me two specimens and draw- 

 ings of this butterfly, writes that it closely resembles a Madagascar species 

 named Licinia by M. Mabille, but that this gentleman and M. Grandidier, 

 having examined a specimen forwarded to the latter by Mr. Smith, had pi^o- 

 nounced it to be distinct from that species. 



On comparison subsequently, however, of several South-African specimens 

 with the figures given in the work of Gi'andidier above quoted, I find the 

 former to agree too closely with the latter to admit of their separation as 

 species. The South-African examples have a rather narrower dai'k border 

 to the fore-wing, especially at base and apieally, and a paler, almost obsolete, 

 brownish inner-marginal cloud in the hind- wing; while the under side is 

 somewhat darker in ground-colour and has the red markings rather brighter. 



Compared with the allied D. Livia (Klug), from Upper Egypt and 

 Arabia, the South-African specimens of Licinia differ in the other direction, 

 being larger, of a deeper (less orange) red, and with the border of the fore- 

 wing broader (especially on costa and hind-margin) and better defined 

 inwardly ; but on the under side the markings are very much reddei' — those 

 of Livia having scarcely a tinge of that colour. 



In 1879, I received from Mrs. Barber a ^ taken in Matabeleland by Mr. 

 H. Barber, which quite agrees with the examples above described. 



Localities of Dcudorix Licinia. 

 I. South Africa. 



H. Delagoa Bay {Mrg. Monteiro). 

 II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



^hi. Eastern Interior. — Matabeleland (H. Barber), 

 lb. Eastern Islands. — " Madaafascar." — Grandidier. 



Genus CAPYS. 



Cajvjs, Hewits., Ulustr. Diurn. Lep., p. 59 (1S65). 

 Zeritis, Trim, [part], Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 270 (1866). 



Imago. — Closely allied to Dcudorix. Head rather broader ; palpi 

 in $ shorter, the terminal joint being minute, — in $ longer, the termi- 

 nal joint being very long and slender, and jjorrected far in front of 

 the liead ; antennas with a longer club. 



Thorax considerably longer and stouter iu both sexes, but espe- 

 cially in ^. Fore-wings iu ^ more produced in apical region, iu $ 

 more convex on hind-marginal border ; ueuratiou as in Dcudorix ; no 

 tuft of hairs on inner margin. Hind-ivings more rounded, especially 

 iu ^, not produced in anal-angular portion, but at anal angle itself a 

 marked sublobate projection, more prominent iu $ ; hind-margin regu- 

 larly dentated ; neuratiou as iu Dcudorix. Legs as in Dcudorix, but 

 thicker, and the tibiae of middle and hind legs considerably shorter. 



