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clouded with blackish, sometimes very broadly ; occa- 

 sionally a faint narrow mark at end of cell ; hind-marginal 

 black border very sharply dentated with red on median 

 nervules. Underside. — Hind-tuing, and costal and upper 

 hind-marginal border of fore-wing, pale-broivnish- or ferru- 

 ginous-ochreous . Fore-iving : discal row distinct, irre- 

 gular, of six spots, extending to sub-median ; an addi- 

 tional sub-marginal row of five or six minute spots ; 

 below median nervure, a blackish suffusion from base, 

 and a black spot ; spot closing cell, two spots in cell, 

 two minute costal spots, 1st spot of discal row, and first 

 three spots of sub-marginal row, more or less marked 

 with glittering-steely scales. Hind-wing : the following 

 inconspicuous darker markings, here and there edged 

 inwardly with dull-metallic scales, viz., a narrow marking 

 closing cell ; a spot in cell ; two elongate spots between 

 costal and sub-costal nervures, before middle ; and an 

 irregular discal row ; along hind-margin, indications of 

 some paler lunulate markings. Cilia dull -gray, varied 

 with blackish. 



? . Bather larger, paler. Hind-wing : costal clouding- 

 narrower, not so dark; red indentations of marginal 

 border deeper, almost reaching hind-marginal edge. 

 Undekside. — Spots better marked; but the steely scaling 

 much duller and fainter, and wholly wanting in some 

 spots. 



Nearly allied to Z. CJirysaor, mihi, but diff'ering in its 

 smaller size, darker colour, broader hind-marginal bor- 

 ders, the imperfection of discal row of spots in fore-wing, 

 and its entire absence in hind-wing, and particularly in 

 the broad costal black clouding of Jdnd-tving, no trace of 

 which is found in Chrysaor; while, on the underside, the 

 discal band of fore-wing is less irregular, and inclines 

 inwardly instead of towards anal angle, — the sub-marginal 

 spots are more distinct, — and the steely markings of the 

 spots are fewer and much less bi'illiant ; and the mark- 

 ings of hind-wing are more glistening and defined. 



This Zeritis was discovered by Mr. J. H. Bowker, near 

 the River Tsomo, in December, 1864. In that month 

 and the following one, he captured a good many speci- 

 mens, but only in two spots, " flitting about stunted 

 bushes growing between rocks, upon a lofty hill-ridge.'" 

 Z. Chrysaor inhabits the same parts of Kaflraria, but has 

 a wide range from Cape Town to Natal. 



In the Collections of the South- African Museum and 

 R. Trimen. 



