LYC^NID^E. i8r 



Sandy spots in level comitiy. October (e) — December (m) — February (b) 

 — March (ui). 



I first met witli this very beautiful Zerifh, interesting from its relations to 

 the three species just mentioned, on the sand flats near the coast of False Bay, 

 a few miles from Wynbcrg, in October 1861. I have since taken it in other 

 parts of the Flats, usually settling on spaces of white sand, or on the low plants 

 that fringe such arid spots. I once took a specimen at a little distance from 

 the Flats, on a hillside at "Wynberg, and subsequently took five specimens at 

 Kalk Bay, in the Cape District, about the steep hillside above the village, 

 I also captured a single 5 on the summit of the hill behind Simon's Town. 

 Mr. Peringuey, in 1882 and 1883, met with two or three examples (one an 

 imusually large 9 ) ^^t a considerable elevation in the Worcester District, viz., 

 at Hex River Mountain and Touws River. 



It does not appear to be numerous in any locality, occurring singly or in 

 pairs. 



Localities of Zcritis Fi/roeis. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. A\^estern Districts. — Cape Town, "Wynberg, Kalk Bay, Simon's 

 Town, Cape District. Hex River Mountain and Touws River, 

 Worcester District {L. Ferinijueij). 



211. (10.) Zeritis Thysbe, (Linnaeus). 



Pajpilio Tlnjshe, Linn., IMus. Lud. Ulr. Reg., p. 330, n. 14S (1764); and 



Syst. Nat., i. 2, p. 789, n. 228 (1767). 

 Vainlio Neds, Cram., Pap. Exot., pi. xlvii. if. d, e [ (^ aliP:rr\ (1779). 

 Polijommatus Thysbe, Godt. [part], Enc. Meth., ix. p. 663, n. 157 (1819V 

 Nais spleiidens, Swains., Zool. Illust., 2nd Ser., iii. pi. 136 [(J and $ var.l, 



S ? Zeritis Tlnjshe, Trim, [part], Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 265, n. 165 (1866). 

 ,, „ Butl., Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 223, pi. xvii. 



f. 5 [(? ahcrr.'] 



Exf. al., {$) II liu. — I in. 3 lin. ; (g) I in. 1J-3 lin. 



^ Orange, slightly glistening hut not metallic, tvith hrilliant silvcry- 

 hlue gloss from bases; spotted and margined icit/i hlaeh. Fore-wing: 

 blue usually completely covering basa,! half of wing, extending obliquely 

 from costa at end of cell nearly to anal angle ; cellular spot and discal 

 row as in Pgroeis, but the spots squarer ; a rather wide black costal 

 border from end of cell to apex, marked with three white dashes between 

 nervules ; joining it a hind-marginal border of variable width, some- 

 times entire up to cilia, but usually with an external lunulate orange 

 edging. Hind-wing : blue not extending beyond discal row of spots, 

 which are arranged as in Pyroeis ; costal and hind-marginal border verv 

 much narrower than in fore-wing, its latter portion often reduced to a 

 row of dots at ends of nervules ; anal-angular projection long and rather 

 acute. Cilia white, interrupted with blackish mixed with orange on 

 dentations of margin. U^'DER side. — Fore-ioing : orange-yellow ; costa 

 narrowly, apex broadly, hind-margin rather widely bordered icith 2'xde 

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