90 Mr. R. Trimen on 



extensive range of about ten yards, on a single hill-side, 

 and flying close to the ground ; " and Mr. Bowker also 

 describes it as a ground-loving species. It is easy to 

 understand how so minute an insect may escape notice, 

 especially if it keep about spots of very limited extent. 



In the Collections of the South- African Museum and 

 R. Trimen. 



2. Lyccena Otacilia. 



Exp. 11 lin. — 1 in. 



$ . Shining-violaceous. Fore-iving : apical region, as 

 far as end of discoidal cell and first median nervule, 

 rnfous-hroivn ; borders of the same colour extend along 

 costa to base, and hind-margin to anal angle . Ilind-tving : 

 a rufous-brown border, widest on costa, from base to anal 

 angle ; a rather conspicuous black spot on hind-margin 

 between second and third median nervules ; below the 

 latter nervule, the trace of a similar spot. Underside. — 

 Pale hrovmisli-gray : in each wing, the ordinary spot at 

 end of cell, discal band of spots, and hind-marginal row 

 of lunulate spots, darker than ground-colour, and incom- 

 pletely ringed with white. Fore-tving : no spot near 

 base ; discal band curved inward below cell, Hind-iving : 

 three rounded, dark, small, white-ringed spots near base, 

 that above cell conspicuous, the other two (respectively 

 in cell and below it) faintly marked ; discal band so 

 curved as half to encircle spot at end of cell, — part 

 of its outer white edging confluent with inner white 

 edging of lunulate spots ; hind-marginal spot inwardly 

 edged by an orange lunule ; a minute, similarly-coloured 

 spot at anal angle. Gilia dull- whitish. 



? . Unknown. 



In one specimen * all the spots of the underside are 

 much narrowed, their white edgings being widely and 

 universally suffused. 



This species is allied to L. Emolus, Godt., but is much 

 smaller. The bright violaceous of the upperside, with 

 the broad brown borders, render it easily distinguishable. 

 The under-surface is more like that of the ? Emolus, 

 and approaches also that of L. AmaraJi, Guerin, but 

 differs from the former in possessing distinct basal spots 

 on hind-wings, and from the latter in the want of the 

 black basal bar of fore- wings. 



Mr. Taats, of Swellendam, gave me an example, taken 

 near that place, at the close of the year 1864 ; and I have 



* From Swellendam, iu the Cape Colouj'. 



