South African Butterflies. 359 



Hypanis lUthyia. 

 Papilio Ilithyia, Drury, III. Nat. Hist. ii. pi. xvii. f. 1, 2. 



A S and $ , received from Maseru, are of rather small 

 size, and have the black markings of the upperside much 

 narrowed. In these respects, in the transverse row of 

 black dots across the middle of the hind-wings on the 

 upperside, and particularly in the colouring of the under- 

 side, the $ differs from the generality of South-African 

 specimens, and agrees almost precisely with a Cingalese 

 S in Mr. Layard's collection, belonging to what appears 

 to be the ordinary Indian form, of which the $ is figured 

 by Ci'amer (pi. cccLsxv. f. G. H.) under the name of 

 Polinice. * Except for its much larger size, Drury's 

 ^' Senegal" type Ilithyia seems to be closer to the form 

 Polinice, which prevails in India and Ceylon, than to the 

 strongly - marked (yet most variable) race inhabiting 

 Kaflfraria and Natal ; and it is certainly remarkable to 

 find examples very near the type occurring in Basuto- 

 land and the Trans-Vaal country, from which latter 

 locality Mr. T. Ayi*es has lately sent me a $ quite like 

 Mr. Bowker's specimen, but larger, and only difi'ering 

 from Drury's figure, on the upperside, in having the 

 black marking near the apex of fore-wings rather narrower, 

 and the base of hind- wings obscured with blackish. 



The species is stated by Mr. Bowker to be not uncom- 

 mon in open country. 



Family LYC^NID^. 



Genus Lyc^na, Fabricius. . 



Lyccena bcetica. 



Papilio hceticus, Linn. S. N. ii. 789. 



Examples of this very widely spread species from 

 Maseru, are of the ordinary size and appearance. 



* These figures have been copied by Herbst (Natur-Syst. bek. Ins. 

 Schmett. ix. pi. cclviii. f. 1, 2) as his " Gotz-ius, mas." The Polinice of 

 Boisduval (Sp. Gen. Lep. i. pi. ix. f. 6) is from " Senegal," and, jiidging 

 from the underside (which alone is figured) nearly resembles certain males 

 from Natal, but agrees with Mr. Bowker's specimen in the narrowness of 

 the black markings of the fore-wings. 



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