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3193 feet) iu the Worcester District, a ^ and two Ss were taken by M. L. 

 P^ringuey, exhibiting much divergence from the typical form. The ^ is of 

 ordinary size, and, except for a rather marked yellow basal suffusion in the 

 fore-wing, more obscure than usual on the upper side, the discal ochre-yellow 

 being reduced to a row of small separate spots. The 5 s, on the contrary, are 

 unusually large (exp. i in. loh lin.), with the yellow on the upper side much 

 paler and largely developed from the bases outward. On the under side these 

 three examples agree in having the markings of the hind-wing only faintly out- 

 lined, but in the ^ the hoary tint still prevails, while in the $ s a general faint- 

 brownish tinge makes the markings even more indistinct. At Plettcnberg Bay 

 I met with two c? s and a $ not unlike those just described, and agreeing with 

 them in the remarkable detail of having the small submarginal blackish spots 

 on the under side much less indistinct than in the typical form and sagittate in 

 shape — in this particular resembling A. brachycera, Trim. The ^ s, however, 

 are even duller than the Worcester ,$ , having no basal yellow, and the pale 

 space representing discal ochre-yellow, being very obscure dull-yellowish in both 

 wings. On the under side these specimens have the markings much narrowed 

 but very well defined ; and in the hind- wing the terminal disco-cellular spot 

 emits superiorly a long ray extending along upper part of discoidal cell almost 

 to base. In these variations from the Western and Southern Districts of the 

 Cape Colony, the ^ s are much more sombre-hued than the $ s, but this does 

 not appear to be the case farther to the North and East, for I have before me 

 three ^ s from near Burghersdorp and one from the Transvaal which quite rival 

 their 9 s (brighter in those interior tracts than elsewhere) in the extent and 

 brightness of the upper-side ochre-yellow. Of this variation, $ s, but not ^ s, 

 have reached me from near Grahamstown, Griqualand West,^ and the Carnarvon 

 District of the Cape Colony ; they (as well as the ^ s just mentioned) agree 

 pretty closely with the typical form as regards the under-side markings, and all 

 the 9 s have the lower spots of the discal row in the fore-wing obsolete on the 

 upper side. 



This curious butterfly only appears at the hottest time of the year, from the 

 end of November to early in February. It is extremely local, occurring in spots 

 of very limited extent, and is not by any means numerous in these favoured 

 haunts. Its habits are quite those of the more sluggish species of Zeritis ; it 

 always frequents bare sandy spots, whether on low lands or mountain-sides, and 

 almost invariably settles on the ground, seldom moving unless disturbed, and 

 then taking but a very short though swift flight. Mr. Morant noted his Trans- 

 vaal examples as captured on 21st and 23d October 1870. 



Localities of Arrugia Protumnus. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Stellenbosch. Triangle Station, 

 Worcester District {L. Peringuey). Plettenberg Bay. Van 

 Wyk's Vley, Carnarvon District {E. G. Aldon). Carries and 

 Springbokfontein, Little Namaqualand {L. Peringuey). 

 h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown (M. E. Barber). New Year's 

 River (R. I. Atherstone). Burghersdorp [D. R. Kannemeyer 

 and J. H. Bowker). 

 c. Griqualand West. — Vaal Eiver (/. H. Boicker). Ivimberley 

 (//. Grose Smith). 

 K. Transvaal. Kalkfontein {W. Morant). 



^ I have since seen a i from Kimberley of this coKiration belonging to Mr. H. Grose 

 Smith; and another (November 1885) has reached me from the Carnarvon District. 

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