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is of very short duration. A good many butterflies emerged on the 

 journey to Grahamstown, and I extracted a fully-developed dead ^ from 

 one of the pupoB sent to me. 



This species was first brought to my notice by Mr. "VV. S. M. D'Urban, 

 r.L.S., who found it commonly near King William's Town in November i860 

 and January 1S61, sitting on rocks and stones. The same habits have been 

 recorded for it by Mrs. Barber and Colonel Bowker. During my stay at 

 Grahamstown in 1870, the season appeared to be an unfavourable one for the 

 species, and I only met with a single specimen — a ^ with very largely deve- 

 loped orange markings, which was flying slowly on the Beacon Hill at High- 

 lands, and looked on the Aving like Acrcea Raldra. With a Avide range over 

 Eastern South Africa, Amakosa does not seem to be recorded from any station 

 Avestward of the Albany district of Cape Colony. 



Localities of i>' Urhania Amakosa. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown. Fort Brown, Fish River, 

 Albany District {M. E. Barber). King William's Town (TF. 

 S. M. D Urban). " Windvogelberg, Queenstown District." — 

 AV. S. M. D'Urban. Pembroke, near Iving William's Town 

 {Miss F. Bowlier). Heads of Ivraai Eiver, Barkly District 

 (/. H. Bowker). Fort Warden, Kei Kiver (/. H. Bowker). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Tsomo and Bashee Rivers (/. H. Bowker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — Pinetown (/. H. Bowker). 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District [T. Ai/res). 



229. (2.) D'Urbania limbata, sjy. nov. 



Exp. al, Q) I in. 0^—3 lin. ; ($) i in. 41 liu. 



Closely allied to D. AviaJcosa, Trim. 



$ Blachish-bro'wn, toith a hind-marginal orange-red hand, macular 

 in fore-wing, very hroad a7id unhroke^i in hind-wing. Fore-iving : band 

 lying very close to hind-margin, composed of five elongate-ovate 

 spots, between subcostal nervure and first median nervule, gradually 

 diminishing downward ; a small or minute orange spot immediately 

 above first spot of band, and the trace of a still smaller spot just before 

 it. Hind-uiing : band more than twice as broad as in fore- wing, 

 except the first spot (between subcostal nervules), which is small, and 

 in two out of three examples partly separate from band, and extending 

 to submedian nervure, its outer edge sinuated by the very narrow dark 

 hind-marginal streak. Under side. — Hind-wing and narrow apical 

 and hind-margined border of fore-iving very pale greyish-hroivn irre- 

 gularly speckled with ivhitc. Fore-vdng : orange band situated as on 

 upper side, but not macular, the five spots being enlarged and con- 

 fluent, — its outer edge with a series of blackish nervular indentations, 

 its inner edge bounded by a conspicuous black streak ; costal area from 



