82 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
land near Verulam. The genus Zeritis is allied to Chrysophanus, 
but although twelve species have been recorded from South Africa 
I have never been fortunate to meet with more than two in Natal. 
Z. Chrysaor, a butterfly of a glittering golden tint, I have taken 
twice at rest on tall shrubs. The other species, 7. Perion, is very 
common in summer, and may be taken with the finger and thumb 
at rest on the tops of flowers. This genus seems commoner in 
Cape Colony than here; at Cape Town on December Ist, 1878, 
I took several Z. Zeuxo on the hills around the town. 
Pentila Tropicalis is a singular butterfly, of a gamboge-yellow 
tint speckled with black. Its flight is very weak, and curiously 
resembles a Geometra. When I first saw this species I imagined 
it was a Geometra fluttering in the bushes. Another Pentila has 
been discovered here within the last few years; it is much 
smaller than Tropicalis, and has a brisker flight. It is strange 
it was overlooked so long, since I found it close to Durban. 
The Skippers number probably some forty species here; 
twenty species have fallen to my net. Some few bear a striking 
resemblance to the English Alveolus; one resembles H. Comma, 
only that it is much darker. Another, in the male, is not unlike 
Acteon ; whilst a fourth, a black Skipper, in habits and contour 
resembles Linea. The loveliest of the Skippers, I think, is 
Caprona Canopus, a blossom-like insect with snowy wings tipped 
with ochreous. Unlike the English Skippers, it delights to sun 
itself on leaves of trees. Another Skipper of the same habits is 
Cyclopides Metis, a dark brown butterfly spotted with orange 
yellow. This is also a handsome insect, and is a true wood- 
butterfly, being taken at rest on the leaves of bushes in sunny 
openings in woods. It is plentiful at Inanda Woods, and I have 
taken two or three near Verulam. Several species allied to 
T. Tages occur, but they are all much larger, and not so “ dingy ;” 
one of the finest is N. Ophion, distinguished by the bluish white 
tint of the under side of the hind wings. The largest Skippers 
are comprised in the genus Jsmene, the commonest being 
I. Florestan, a butterfly with a white patch on the under side of 
the hind wings. The three species of this genus are all rapid 
flyers, darting with extreme rapidity from flower to flower. 
The moths of Natal are exceedingly numerous, the Bombyces 
being especially well represented. As soon as the shades of 
evening set in the tubular flowers are beset by a dozen species of 
