94 Mr. R. Trimen on 



in being spotted with yellow. Its size^ ground-colour, 

 and hind-wing markings render it, however, a nearer 

 ally of G. Lepeletierii than of G. Malgacha. 



Mr. Bowker discovered this curious Gyclupidcs, on the 

 19th January, 1867, on the summit of Gaika^s Kop, the 

 highest point of the Amatola Mountains, being about 

 6,800 feet above the sea-level. He notes the species as 

 being ^'very numerous among the Mountain Bamboos, 

 flitting about in hundreds, but not found anywhere be- 

 yond the immediate vicinity of that plant. '^ 



The specimens before me all appear to be of the male sex. 



In the Collections of the South-African Museum and 

 R. Trimen. 



2. Gyclopides ^gipan, (PL VI. fig. 9). 



Exp. 1 in. 11 lin.— 1 in. 2\ lin. 



$ . Darh-hroivn ; cilia shining-brown, much varied with 

 ochreous-yellow in hind-wing. Fore-iving : some incon- 

 spicuous ochreous-yellow irroration at base, chiefly on 

 costa; beyond middle, on sub-costal nervules, a streak 

 of two or three minute, indistinct, yellowish spots. Un- 

 derside. — Hind-iving , and border of fore-vnng {widest at 

 apex) shining ijelloivisli-gray. For e- wing : sub-costal spots 

 faintly marked; at apex an ochreous-yellow stain, ex- 

 tending for a little distance along hind-margin. Hind- 

 wing : inner-marginal fold broadly blackish. Abdomen 

 conspicuously tipped with ochreous-yellow. 



? . Fore-wing : an ochreous-yellow spot in discoidal 

 cell near extremity ; sub-costal spots much larger, con- 

 spicuous ; below them, another spot, between 1st and 

 2nd median nervules. Cilia of fore-wing mixed with 

 yellowish-gray ; of hind-wing pale ochreous-yellow. Un- 

 derside. — Hind- wing and border of fore-wing yellower. 

 Fore-iving : sub-costal spots conspicuous ; other spots 

 almost obsolete. Hind-wing : inner-marginal blackish 

 vague, ill-defined. 



Described from three specimens of the $ , and one of 

 the ? . 



This insect is nearly allied to L. Malgacha, Boisd.,but 

 may at once be recognized by the total absence of spots 

 in the hind- wing. The $ Malgacha occasionally varies in 

 the spotting of the fore-wing, but the hind-wing markings 

 are very constant in both sexes. G. ^gipan is also a 

 larger insect; and the all but spotless upperside of the 

 $ has a strong resemblance to that of G. Lepeletierii. 

 From the latter and from G. Syrinx it is easily known by 

 the absence of pale stripes on underside of hind- wings. 



