334 Mr. Roland Trimen on 



in June " on small trees by the waterside," and further 

 observed, with reference to the 2 sent by Dr. Seaman 

 (which he did not recognize as of the same species as 

 the $ sent by himself ), — " This is very scarce : I have a 

 single specimen in my collection, taken on a loio tree near 

 water''' (see note on $ above) " about two years ago, since 

 which time I have seen but one other." Mr. E. C. Buxton 

 has lately sent me an unmistakeable photograph of a 2 , 

 taken by him in the Amaswazi Country. 



I have named this species in memory of my late most 

 kind and valued correspondent, Dr. John Eglonton 

 Seaman, an excellent observer in many branches of 

 Natural Science. As one of the original promoters and 

 as secretary to the Natural History Association of Natal, 

 Dr. Seaman did good service in advancing the knowledge 

 of South-African zoology and botany, and was invariably 

 most generous and unselfish in placing both specimens and 

 observations at the disjDosal of other naturalists. Some of 

 his valuable notes on the larvfe and pupns of Natalian 

 Lepidoptera are already in my hands, and I have reason 

 to hope that, through the kindness of my friend, Mr. 

 W. D. Gooch, of Spring Vale in Natal, I may receive 

 other material amassed in the course of Dr. Seaman's 

 investigations. 



Hah. — Pinetown, Natal. — In the collections of W. 

 Morant and R. Trimen. Amaswazi Country. — In the 

 collection of E. C. Buxton. 



Genus Aphn^us, Hiibn. 

 AphncBus namaquus, n. sp. (PI. II. figs. 5 and 6.) 



Exp. ( ^ ) 1 in. 2—3 lin.; (?) 1 in. 4^ lin. 



$. Fuscous, with a vivid jjurple gloss. Forewing : 

 three rather narrow, yeUow-ochreous markings, viz. a short, 

 quadrate, cellular one, adjoining median nervm-e between 

 origins of 1st and 2nd nervules, an elongate, curved, 

 irregular streak beyond middle, fi'om close to costa, as far 

 as 1st median nervule, and a small sub-lunulate spot near 

 apex, between upper radial and 3rd median nervules ; the 

 purple gloss covering inner-marginal region fl'om base to 

 hind margin, but not rising above median nervure or its 

 2nd nervule. Hindwing : purple extends from base to 

 hind margin, between sub-costal nervure and its 1st ner- 

 vule and sub-median nervure ; on anal angular lobe two 



