Rhopalocera from Southern Africa. 445 
with the universal dark purple of L. Liodes, and the well- 
defined bright violaceous of L. Otacilia. In size L. livida 
is larger than L. Liodes, and very much larger than L. 
Otacilia. The female has, on the upper side of the fore 
wing, none of the fuscous spots so strongly marked in the 
female L. Liodes. The under side markings are in both 
sexes less irregular, and not so dark as in L. Liodes, and 
the ground colour has none of the yellowish brown tinge 
observable on the under side of L. Otacilia. 
I first noticed this butterfly in Mrs. Barber’s collection 
in February, 1870, and made a description of the two 
female specimens which the collection contained, under 
the impression that they would probably prove to be the 
female of L. Otacilia, mihi. These examples were taken at 
Highlands, near Grahamstown, and were kindly pre- 
sented to me by Mrs. Barber. On the 28rd of the same 
month I captured, at Uitenhage (on Cannon Hill), three 
males of a Lycenesthes, which so closely corresponded 
with the females mentioned that, upon subsequent com- 
parison, no doubt could be entertained of the identity of 
species. ‘The males in question were flitting about and 
settling on the twigs of some bushes at the summit of 
the hill. 
I have not seen any further examples of this dull- 
coloured Lycznid in the collections that I have been able 
to examine. 
