150 SOUTH- AFRICAN LUTTERFLIES. 



This Aplinceus is evidently related to A. Oiras, Drury, judging from the 

 figures given on pi. xxxiv. of the third volume of that author's Illustrations, 

 but is at once distinguishable by its conspicuous white spots on the upper 

 side in the fore-wing and its yellowish instead of chocolate-brown iinder side. 

 The large and brilliant silvery spots of the under side (which altogether 

 separate it from any other South-African species known) are arranged much 

 as in Orcas, but those in and beyond middle are j)erfectly separate, instead of 

 being confluent into transverse bands. 



The only example I have seen of this exceedingly beautiful butterfly was 

 captured by Mr. J. M. Hutchinson, who liberally presented it to the South- 

 African Museum, and after whom, in recognition of his services to Ento- 

 mology, I have great pleasure in naming the species. Mr. Hutchinson wrote 

 in February i8S6, that he met with only this single specimen, on the summit 

 of a hill near Estcourt, Natal. It was flying round a tree with much i-apidity, 

 but settled several times ; when captured, it was resting on the upper side of 

 a leaf. A second example, believed by Mr. Hutchinson to be also a ^ , was 

 taken by a Mr. Morrison at a spot about twelve miles distant. Colonel 

 Bowker, who saw both specimens at Estcourt, informs me that Mr. Morri- 

 son's was also without tails on the hind-wings. AVhen in perfect condition, 

 this Aphnccus must rival in beauty the most brilliant of the family Lyccenidte. 



Lucalitij of Aphnccus Hutdiinsonii. 



South Africa. 

 E. Natal. 



h. Upper Districts. — Estcoiu't (</. M. Hutcliinson). 



194. (2.) Aphnaeus Natalensis, (Westwood). 



'^ (Y) Amhlijp)odia Natalensis, Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep,, ii. p. 479, pi. 



Ixxv, f. 4 \_Aplinceus NJ] (1852). 

 $ ^ Aphnceus Natalensi'^, Hewits., 111. Diurn. Lep., p. 62, pi. 25, fT. i, 2 



(1865). 

 (J '^ Ap)Jmceus Cafff'r, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1S68, p. 88, and 



1870, p. 368. 



Uo^j^l. al., I ill. — I in. 4 lin. 



$ Ficscous-hrown, with glistening violaceous-hlne discs ; forc-icing 

 U'ith three transverse stripes of ochre-yellow. Fore-iving : blue occupies 

 inner- marginal area to beyond middle, but enters discoidal cell only 

 just at base ; a short oclire-yellow stripe, crossing discoidal cell towards 

 extremity, from subcostal nervure to base of first median nervule, — 

 another, beyond middle, longer, from near costa rather obliquely to 

 first median nervule or a little below it, — the third one, submai'ginal, 

 sometimes ends on third median nervule and sometimes joins second 

 stripe just above second median nervule. Hind-icing : blue covers 

 all but a wide costal and apical, and a narrow inner-marginal dull-grey 

 border ; a very indistinct, darker, rather oblique, short stripe from 

 costa beyond middle, and a similar but longer submarginal one ; at 

 anal angle a large, conspicuous orange-yellow spot, marked inferiorly 

 by a silvery-spangled small black spot ; a well-marked black edging 



