74 Mr. Roland Trimen on some JSlciv 



Lyc^na ortygia, Trim. (Plate V, figs. 9, 9a.) 

 Lycmna ortygia, Trim., S.-Afr. Butt., ii, p. 26 (1887). 



Since I noted (/. c.) the occurrence of an example of this 

 near ally of L. asieris, Godt., near Cape Town, several 

 specimens of both sexes have been taken in the Cape 

 Peninsula, vid., by Mr. E. R. Howes at Hout Bay, Mr. H. 

 Bevan at Simon's Town, and JJr. Feltham at Muizenberg. 

 These individuals are all of smaller size than the typical 

 form, and appear to represent a slight local variation ; in 

 which the upper-side in the ^ is of a purer less violaceous- 

 blue than in the typical form (from Eastern Cape Colony, 

 Basutoland, and the Orange River Colony), and in the 

 $ seems constantly, instead of rarely, to present a discal 

 series of fuscous spots in the fore-wing. The examples 

 figured were taken on Muizenberg Mountain on the 1st (<^) 

 and 4th ($) January, 1900, by Mr, Feltham, who writes :—- 

 " This is not an uncommon species in its proper habitat. 

 I have only found it on or just below the summits of the 

 Table and Muizenberg mountains, especially the latter; 

 its favourite spots being little gullies or sheltered corners 

 of the rocky ridges on the top of the range. The ridge in 

 which the Kalk Bay caves are situated is a good example 

 of this butterfly's haunts." 



Another local variation of ortygia was discovered in 

 December 1893, at Knoflok's Kraal, in the Caledon 

 district. Western Cape Colony, by Mr. T. D. Butler, then 

 taxidermist of the South-African Museum. These 

 examples are like the Cape-Peninsula form as regards the 

 purer less violaceous-blue of the upper-side, but the $ $ 

 (10) have the hind-marginal fuscous border of the fore- 

 wing quite three times as broad, and the $ $ (8) have the 

 blue more restricted in area and unmarked by any fuscous 

 discal spots. This variation also differs in being fully as 

 large as the typical form. 



LYCiENA TANTALUS, Trim. (Plate V, figs. 10, 10a.) 



Lycmna tantalus, Trim., S.-Afr. Butt., ii, p. 38 (1887). 



This rare Lycaina seems to be little known to Lepi- 

 dopterists, and since the publication of my description 

 above quoted I have seen only six additional specimens, 

 taken at Malvern, Natal, by my friend, Mr. C. N. Barker, 



