1 98 SOUTH- AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



This widely-distributed species is common in many localities, preferring 

 pathways and other spots of bare ground on hillsides on which it constantly 

 settles, taking short rapid flights, and returning to the same or an immediately 

 adjacent spot. It seldom visits flowers, but I have occasionally noticed it on 

 Bninia and some others. Though most prevalent from October to March, I 

 have taken it as early as August and as late as the end of April. 



Localities of Zeritis Thyra. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Springbokfontein, ISTamaqualand. Cape Town. 

 Stellenbosch. Bain's Kloof (Worcester side). Hex River Moun- 

 tain (L. Pevinrjuey). Genadendal, Caledon District ((?. Hettarsch). 

 Knysna. 

 h. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth. Between Zwartkops and 

 Coega Rivers {J. H. Boivl-er). Grahamstown. 



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



d. Basutoland. — Ivoesberg (/. H. Bowker). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River (/. H. Boicker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban and Pinetown {J. II. Boivker). Great 

 Koodsberg. 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ayres). 



220. (19.) Zeritis Aranda, (Wallengren). 



cJ Ci/garitis Aranda, Wallgrn., K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Hand!., 1857, — Lep. 



Rhop. Caffr., p. 43. 

 ^ $ Zeritis Mars, Trim., Trans. Eut. Soc. Loud., 3rd Ser., i. p. 285 



(1862). 

 S ? Zeritis Pierus, Cram., Var. A., Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 275. 



Ex2h al, ($) II lin. — i in. i liu. ; ($) i in. — i in. 3-^ liu. 



$ Orangc-T/elloio, with blacldsh-hrown borders. Fore-wing : base 

 helow median nervure very narrowly tinged with dark-grey ; orange- 

 yellow covers costa to a point a little before extremity of discoidal cell, 

 but is there slightly paler and duller ; a small, more or less distinct, 

 fuscous, terminal disco-cellular spot ; border commencing abruptly and 

 rather broadly on costa, widening considerably to apes, and continued 

 below third median nervule, evenly and rather broadly, along hind- 

 margin to posterior angle. Hind-ioing : sometimes an indistinct ter- 

 minal disco-cellular fuscous lunule ; border commencing with a large, 

 broad, inferiorly-rouuded, costal-apical patch, very abruptly narrowing 

 on discoidal nervule into a streak (interiorly dentated between nervules) 

 along hind-margin to anal angle ; an ill-defined fuscous spot near anal 

 angle, between first median nervule and submedian nervure (sometimes 

 obsolete) ; a short, acute, anal-angular projection at extremity of sub- 

 median nervure. Cilia glistening fuscous-grey mixed with purplish- 

 lake, not interrupted with white. Under side. — Hind-iving and costal, 

 apical, and hind-inarginal border of fore-wing variable in tint, oclirey- 

 broivnish, ferritginous-broumish, or imrplish-lake, marked tvith small, 



