246 Mr. R. Trimen on some South African Buttcrjiies. 



This species, whose intermediate position between K. 

 mohozutza (Wallengr.) and K. cJiaca (Trim.) is fully defined 

 by me loc. cit., is only known to me as occurring in the 

 ujDper districts of Natal and in Transvaal. The examples 

 from those countries (received from Mr. J. M. Hutchinson 

 and Mr. H. Barber respectively) w^ere unaccompanied by 

 any notes of the habits of the butterfly ; and 1 am very 

 glad therefore to be able to supply this deficiency from the 

 interesting data now given by Mr, Feltham, who has sent 

 me from Johannesburg a ^ takei^ on 18th February, 1894, 

 and two ^ ^ and a $ taken on the 15th and 19th March, 

 1903. He writes: — "This species is a slow flyer and easily 

 caught, either on the wing or at rest on the long stalks of 

 the Tambookie grass, among which, on the two occasions I 

 have found it, it flew. Like Chaca, it sits with closed 

 wings, as far as my observation goes. Both stations where 

 I found it were on the slopes of the Witwatersrand hills. 

 It seems to be very local, being confined to limited areas 

 of grass, like so many other butterflies, while the veldt for 

 a long distance round apijears to be equally suitable. No 

 doubt food-plant or some other condition not noticed affects 

 this habit." 



In the smaller of the two $ ^ forwarded by Mr. Feltham, 

 the under-side varies in wanting, except for the very 

 faintest tinge, the ordinary pale-fulvous colouring of the 

 hind-wincrs. 



Explanation of Plate XIX. 



Fig. 1. . u4f)-ffia ra/ii/'rt, Boisd., (J . (Qrahamstown, Cape Colony.) 



Page 231. 

 la. . Aberration, (J. (Joliannesburg, Transvaal.) Page 232. 

 16. . Aberration, (J. (Johannesburg, Transvaal.) Page 232. 

 2, 2rt. Zeritis Felthami, n. sp., (J and 9 • (Retreat, Cape 



Peninsula.) Page 233. 

 3, 3a. Ze)-itis thysbe (Linn.), Variety, ^ and $ . (Muizenberg, 



Cape Peninsula.) Page 236. 

 4, 4a. Zeritis molomo. Trim., ^ and 9 • (Johannesburg, 



Transvaal.) Page 238. 



5, 5a. Zeritis damarejisis, Trim., Variety, ^ and 9 • (Kimberley ; 



and Oolciei?, Namaqualand ; respectively.) Page 240. 

 5/). . Aberration, $. (Kimberley.) Page 241. 



6. . Lycaina lerothodi, n. sp., ^. (Machaclia, Basutoland.) 



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