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black spots, which are more conspicuous (especially as regards the 

 orange lunules edging two of them) than in $ ; hind-marginal line and 

 its white edges very distinct. Under side. — Whiter ; the markings 

 brighter, clearer, and more conspicuous. 



This butterfly is allied to II. Erylus (Godt.), but considerably smaller. 

 Its under side is much paler, and the markings of a brighter tint and more 

 clearly defined ; while the upper side of the $ is of a much less intense, more 

 pinkish-violaceous than purple-blue lustre, and has the patch in fore-wing 

 very much smaller and less conspicuous. 



An unusually small ^ , which I took near D' Urban, Natal, has an expanse 

 of wings of only io| lines, 



H. PMllppus has a wide African distribution, but does not appear to 

 penetrate the Cape Colony far beyond its eastern border. I found it a com- 

 mon insect on the coast of Natal, where I captured the paired sexes on 21st 

 February 1867. I observed it on the wing from the end of January to the 

 beginning of April ; it was always about rather low shrubs, usually perching 

 on the leaves, but occasionaUy sucking the flowers. The males, as a rule, 

 perched higher than the females, keeping to the topmost sprigs; but they 

 were not specially active, and their flights were very short. Colonel Bowker 

 has taken this species in July and August. ^ 



Localities of Hypolyccena PhiliiJims. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



&. Eastern 'Districts.— King William's Town (IF. S. M. U Urban 

 and /. //. Boicker). 



D. Kafi'raria Proper. — Bashee River (/. //. Bowl-er). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D' Urban. Umvoti. Mouth of Tugela River 

 {J. H. Bowker). " Lower Umkomazi."— J. H. Bowker. 



F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay {Colonel H. Tower). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast.— " Angola (/. /. Monteiro).''—T>v\\ce. " Chin- 



choxo {Falkenstein).'" — Dewitz. 

 &i. Eastern Interior —" Tette, Zambesi River." — Hopffer. 



B. North Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Sierra Leone. — Hope Mus. Oxon. and Brit. Mus. 

 61. Eastern Interior. — " Atbara." — Butler. 



180. (3.) Hypolyceena Buxtoni, Hewitson. 



? Hyijohjccena Biu'toni, Ilewits., Ent. M. Mag., x. p. 206 (1S74). 

 $ ? Ilypolyr.cmia Scamani, Trim.,^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1874, p. 332, 

 pi. ii. ff. 3, 4. 



Ecp. al., (^) I in. il lin. ; ($) i in. 3 lin. 



$ Rich violaceous-2mrple. liind-u'ing : a hind-marginal black lino 

 from second median norvule to anal angle, immediately preceded by a 



1 I named this butterfly in memory of its discoverer, the late Dr. J. E. Seaman ; but 

 Hewitson's description was published in February 1874, si.-c months before my own, and con- 

 sequently his name, Buxtoni, has priority. 



