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the underside, the spots of the outer submarginal row in 

 the fore- wing are more distinctly black-dotted. 



Z. Molomo combines most of the characters of Z. 

 Pierus and Z. Arancla, but may be readily distinguished 

 from both by the large size and comparative brilliancy 

 of the metallic spots on the underside of the hind-wings. 



Zeritis Leroma. (PI. VI. fig. 10.) 



Arhopala (?) Leroma, Wallengren, Svensk. Akad. 

 Handl. 1857, p. 42. 



With the exception of a single damaged specimen in 

 the Hopeian Museum at Oxford * (which I did not in 

 1867 identify with Wallengren's species, but of which I 

 made a description ) , I had seen no examples of Leroma 

 until May, 1869, when I received one taken in Natal by 

 Mr. McKen. In December of the same year, Mr. Walter 

 Morant forwarded for identification a specimen of each 

 sex captured at Pine Town, Natal ; and in January, 1870, 

 Mr, Bowker sent me a perfect S > taken in the previous 

 December, at Vogel Vley, Jammerbei'g. This latter 

 individual was taken '' on the stony ground, among short 

 grass and flowers." 



Shortly after the receipt of these examples, I was so 

 fortunate as to find the species commonly in the vicinity 

 of Graham^s Town. It is a very obscure little species, 

 and would readily be passed over for one of the duller 

 Lyccence. The first individual that I met with was sitting 

 on a flower of Acacia horrida, and I pointed it out to Mr. 

 H. Barber as a strange-looking Lyccena. Numerous 

 other specimens were taken flitting about, near the 

 ground, among herbage and low shrubs. These speci- 

 mens vary in expanse of wings from 9j lin. (the smallest 

 c?) to 1 in. 2 lin. (the largest ? ). 



The Basuto-land $ differs slightly from the ? de- 

 scribed by Wallengren, in the somewhat darker colour- 

 ing, and more distinct markings of the hind- wings on the 

 underside. As compared with males from Graham's Town, 

 Natal, and the Trans-Vaal (whence Mr. Thomas Ayres has 



* lu the Burchell Collection. Professor Westwood, who has religiously 

 preserved every fragment of this interesting but much-damaged collection, 

 Idndly showed me Biirchell's MS. Eegister of the same, in which this 

 specimen is noted as having been taken at " Kosi Foiintain ; 25th Decem- 

 ber, 1812." This locality is marked on the map accompanying Vol. I. 

 of Bnrchell's Travels, "Lat. 27-52-16," and is situate in Long. 24°, about 

 40 miles S. W. of " Lita(a)kuu." (Latakoo.) 



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