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the first and second, the fourth indistinct (the reverse 

 being the case in Jesous) ; second spot of discal fascia 

 elongate and oblique, instead of round; hind-marginal 

 markings differing as in fore- wing ; the two hind-marginal 

 black spots without any blueish scaling. 



$ . Pale, glistening, sandy- brown, with a faint pinkish 

 gloss, but without the blueish bases, whitish discs, or 

 terminal cellular spots so well marked in Jesous. Hind- 

 wing : two fuscous spots more apparent than in the c?, 

 or in Jesous ? . 



Underside. As in (^ , but the ground-colour browner 

 throughout. Fore-tving : outermost of three subcostal 

 dots wanting ; sub-macular fascia prolonged to submedian 

 nervure (as in $ Jesous) by an additional separate spot. 



The fore-wings are rather markedly elongate in both 

 sexes, being produced apically. It is singular that the 

 under-surface should show such decided resemblance to 

 that of Jesous, while the upperside differs so widely in 

 both (J and $ . I do not remember to have seen any 

 Lyccena in which the blue occupies quite the same posi- 

 tion as in the $ Macalenga, or in which it is internally 

 so curiously defined. 



My description is made from a single specimen of each 

 sex, taken by Mr. Bowker " on flowers, near Olifant's 

 Been, on the Cornet Spruit (Makaleng River) , in Febru- 

 ary, 1869.^' The captor states that he only observed 

 these two individuals. 



Lyccena Trochilus. 



Frivaldszky, " H.-S. Schm. 224-226. Gerh. Lycaenen, 

 t. 16, f. 3." {sec. Walleng. Sv. Akad. Handl. 1857, p. 41) . 



Several examples have been sent from Maseru. The 

 species inhabits Turkey, and is noted by Mr. W. F. 

 Kirby (Manual of Europ. Butt. p. 99) as " the smallest 

 butterfly known to occur in Europe." It is widely 

 spread in Southern Africa, as I met with it in the Noods- 

 berg, Natal, and have received specimens from Kafiraria 

 Proper (J. H. Bowker), Graham's Town (Mrs. Barber), 



