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(as in fore-wing) an indistinct hind-marginal row of darlc spots ; often a 

 faint whitish or hoary suffusion immediately preceding indistinct spots 

 of submarginal row. 



$ Rather paler and duller ; cilia paler generally, but with darker 

 interruptions on nervules, whiter at posterior angle of fore-wing. Fore- 

 wing : orange usually rather more extended at extremity of discoidal 

 cell and on inner margin about middle, and almost always emitting a 

 more or less developed upward discal ray to or towards subcostal ner- 

 vure. Under side. — As in $. Ilind-iving : discal whitish rather more 

 diffused. 



A S fi'om between the Zwartkops and Coega Elvers, and a $ and two 9 s 

 from Murraysburg, are considerably larger ( (J s i in, 4 lin., 5 s i in. 5-6 lin.) 

 than the more "\Vestern examples. On the lander side these $ s have the 

 whitish at posterior angle of fore-wing more pronounced, and extending along 

 inner margin, and the discal whitish siifTusion of hind-wing immensely deve- 

 loped ; Avhile in the $ s the former character is equally, the latter less markedly, 

 exhibited. In the $ s, moreover, the former character is unusually well mani- 

 fested in the cilia on the upper side, and on the same surface the orange-red is 

 much developed towards base, the customary basal suffusion being in one speci- 

 men almost obsolete. 



A (^ I took at Knysna much resembles the darkest of the dusky 5 s of 

 Aranda above mentioned, the orange-red being on the upper side limited in 

 the fore-Aving to a small patch before middle and a small discal spot, and in 

 the hind-wing to a faint central-inferior ray and a patch along lower half of 

 hind-margin. Another $ from the same locality is, liowever, remarkable for 

 the increased size and brighter tint of the orange-red in both wings. 



In general aspect and colouring of the upper side Almeida bears consider- 

 able resemblance to Thyra, Linn., especially in the larger 5 examples. Besides 

 the much more rounded outline of the wings in the $ , and the absence of white 

 in the cilia, the markings of the imder side of the hind-wing are altogether 

 different, the central irregular whitish streaks and the submarginal similar 

 streak of Tlujra being replaced by rows of small shining dark-edged spots 

 arranged as in Aranda. To the latter Almeida is very closely allied, though 

 its much darker colouring and more limited orange-red field (especially in the 

 fore-wings) give it a very different aspect. The additional row of spots close to 

 hind-margin seems the most constant distinction of Almeida, but this character 

 recurs in all the nearly allied forms except Aranda. 



The habits and haunts of Almeida do not differ from those"of its near 

 allies ; it constantly settles on the bare ground in hilly places, and is verv 

 easily captured. I found it rather numerously at Knysna from the middle of 

 October to the middle of March. Near Cape Toavu it is certainly rare, and I 

 have only met with a very few individuals in the neighbourliood of Wyn- 

 berg. A single example only, taken by Mr. T. Ayres, has reached me from the 

 Transvaal. 



Localities of Zeritis Almeida. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colon}-. 



a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Caledon {T. D. Butler). Knysna. 



Plettenberg Bay. 

 h. Eastern Districts. — Between Zwartkops and Coega Rivers, Uiten- 

 hage District {J. H. Boiclcer). ^Nlurraysburg (/. /. Muskctt). 

 K Transvaal. — Potchefstroom {T. Ayres). 



