288 Mr. R. Trimen on South African Butterflies. 



tlie description in '^ Museum Ludovicss Ulricae^ &c." 

 (p. 320), which is that of a Lycsenide, common in South 

 Africa, but of somewhat uncertain relations ; Doubleday 

 referring it doubtfully to Zeritis, and Wallengren giving 

 it as an Aphnceus, while I have placed it in Chrysophanus. 

 It is stated by Donovan that his figures were copied from 

 Jones's drawings, and that the latter were made from an 

 example in the Linnean Cabinet, — " the individual speci- 

 men described by Linneeus;" but it is beyond doubt 

 that Linne's detailed diagnosis applies strictly, both as 

 regards size and markings, to the Lycsenide, and not at 

 all to Donovan's Satyride. In illustration of this, I need 

 only mention two very obvious discrepancies, viz. : (1) 

 while Linnc's species is described as having the single 

 ocellus in the fore-wings '' ad angulum posticum," Dono- 

 van's figures represent it near the apex ; and (2) that 

 the '' ocellus nuUus " of the underside of the hind-wings 

 is quite opposed to Donovan's illustration, which deli- 

 neates six distinct ocelli. 



