some new species of South African Lijcanidce. 337 



Genus Zeritis, Boisd. 

 Zeritis Lycegenes, n. sp. (PI. II. fig. 7.) 



Exp. lU lin. 



$ (?).^ Bright sub-metallic orange-red, hind-mar ginally 

 edged loith black ; forewing only icith black spots. Fore- 

 wing : an elongate, sub-ovate spot at extremity of clis- 

 coidal cell ; an indistinct, smaller spot below cell, close to 

 origin of first median nervule ; beyond middle a row of 6 

 spots, of which the first 3 (between costa and 3rd median 

 nervule) are further from the base than the other 3 (be- 

 tween 3rd median nervule and sub-median nervure); costa 

 narrowly edged with blackish, widening at apex ; hind- 

 marginal edging narrow, Avith slight projections between 

 the nervules. Hindwing : no spots or other markings, 

 except the hind-marginal edging, Avhich emits prominent 

 inter-nervular projections. Underside. — Hindioing and 

 basal, costal and apical border of foreicing, pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Forexoincj : besides markings of upperside (of 

 which the spot below cell is conspicuous), there are 2 

 cellular spots, of which that nearer base is minute; 2 

 costal dots above and beyond the spot closing cell ; and a 

 sub-marginal row of 4 small sub-lunulate spots between 

 lower radial nervule and sub-median nervure (traces of 2 

 spots commencing this row are just visible in the apical 

 ochreous). Hindioiiig : 5 small, indistinct brown spots in 

 basal region, viz. 2 close to costa (one near base, the other 

 about middle), 1 in discoidal cell, 1 (elongate) closing cell, 

 and 1 between 1st median nervule and sub-median nervure ; 

 a little beyond middle, a transverse, irregular, sub-macular 

 brown streak, ?iot parallel to hind margin, extending from 

 near apex to sub-median nervure ; a sub-marginal, very 

 indistinct, deeply-festooned, brownish streak, touching the 

 sub-macular streak on sub-costal nervules. 



This little Zeritis is in character intermediate between 

 Z. Chrysaor, mihi, and Z. Lyncurium, milii. From the 

 former it is separable by its smaller size, less metallic 

 upperside, different arrangement of the discal row of spots 

 in the forewings, and total xvant of spots in the hindwings, 

 while on the underside the brilliant metallic spots of 

 Chrysaor are scarcely indicated in the forewings, and the 

 duller ones of the hindwings wanting. From Z. Lyn- 

 curium it differs on the upperside in its paler colouring, 

 well-marked discal row of spots, and narrower hind-mar- 



