2o6 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



cilia. Eind-unng : costal-apical patch blunter inferiorly, with (in two 

 examples) faint indications of a linear continuation over lower part of 

 disc ; hind-marginal edging broken into a series of quite free and 

 separate inter-nervular spots and an outer series of nervular ones. 

 Under side. — Rather deeper in tint ; spots generally better defined ; 

 the brown clouding in hind-wing inclining to ferruginous. 



Variety A. {$ and $). 



^ Fore-tving : costal patch much longer, beginning at a point 

 below costal nervure about middle of superior margin of discoidal cell ; 

 hind-marginal border rather narrowed about the middle, more deeply 

 dentated with orange on nervules along its inner edge. Hind-wmg : 

 costal-apical patch considerably broader, its inferior extremity much 

 farther from hind-margin, not far from origin of third median nervule. 



^ Rather paler and duller. Fore-wing : costal border more or less 

 tinged with greyish ; costal patch smaller, sometimes suffused and ill- 

 defined ; liind-marginal hoi'der more or less dcejily 'piereed ly orange 

 rays on median nervides and second rctdicd nervide (^in one specimen as 

 far as hind-margin itself). Hind-wing : costal-apical patch occupying 

 same position as in ^, but usually suffused and much reduced in size. 



Under side in both sexes with the spots smaller and duller, and 

 with the tint of the hind-wing rather more reddish and with less distinct 

 brownish clouding. 



(Hccb. — Griqualand West, Eastern Interior of Cape Colony, Delagoa 

 Bay.) 



On the upper side this species bears much resemblance to Aranda, Wallengr., 

 but its under-side markings plainly indicate its nearer alliance to Orthrus, Trim., 

 and Ta'diosama, Wallengr. Tlie larger size and greater lustre of the metallic 

 spots on the under side of the hind- wings perhaps best distinguish it from the 

 two latter, though the very great difference in the upper-side colouring consti- 

 tutes the most immediately obvious distinction. I do not think it advisable 

 to separate the variety just described from Molomo, though the invasion of the 

 hind-marginal border of the fore-wing by the orange ground-colour gives the $ 

 a very peculiar aspect. 



The $ of this butterfly was taken by Mr. W. Morant in the Orange Free 

 State in November 1868, and in the Transvaal on 25th October 1870. Colonel 

 Bowker had previously (October 1864) sent $s from Kaffraria Proper, and in 

 December 1868 forwarded another from Basutoland. The latter naturalist also 

 sent me all the examples of the variety I have seen, except a ^ which I took 

 at Klipdrift, Griqualand West, on 19th September 1872, a $ from Kimberley 

 (in which the dark markings are almost obsolete) belonging to Mr. H. Grose 

 Smith, and a $ from Delagoa Bay given me by Mrs. Monteiro. 



Localities of Zeriti-^ Molomo. 

 I. South Africa, 

 B. Cape Colony, 



l>. Eastern Districts. — Between Somerset East and Murraysburg 

 (/. //. Boicl-er). 



c. Griqualand "West. — (Var. A.) Klipdrift, Vaal River. Kimberley 



{H. G. Smith). A^aal River {J. H. Boicker). 



d. Basutoland. — Koro-Koro (/. H. Boick^r). 



