350 Mr. E. Trimen's descriptions of new 



fuscous spots. Fore wing : Markings very distinct ; 

 discal row of annulets commencing about middle with 

 two very small costal ones ; submarginal row of minute 

 white spots black-edged on both sides ; fuscous of cilia 

 paler than on upper side. Hind wing : An annulet at 

 base ; a subbasal transverse row of four annulets, that 

 on costa enclosing a spot darker than the rest ; 1st and 

 2nd annulets of discal band separate from succeeding 

 ones and nearer base ; submarginal row of minute white 

 spots rather indistinct, but their inner black edges well 

 marked, subsagittate ; the 1st and 2nd of these spots 

 are out of line with and before the others. 



Like L. lucida, this butterfly belongs to the Lysimon 

 group, both in form and in the pattern of the under 

 side ; but the upper side in both sexes is quite unlike 

 that of any member of that group, or indeed of the 

 genus Lyccena, presenting as it does, on a blackish 

 ground, the under side pattern in finely-depicted white 

 annulets and spots. In the total absence of blue in 

 both sexes, and in its very small size, L. stellata re- 

 sembles L. Metophis, Wallengr., and L. Barberce, Trim., 

 but its under side is altogether different, and quite wants 

 the row of metallic-dotted ocelli so conspicuous in the 

 hind wing of those two species. 



This very remarkable little butterfly was discovered 

 by Dr. D. E. Kannemeyer, near Burgher sdorp, in the 

 north-east of the Cape Colony, in November, 1882. He 

 describes it as being numerous in a damp spot of a 

 few yards in extent, flitting about low flowers in a 

 circular direction. 



Hab. Burghersdorp (Albert District), Cape Colony. 



Lyccena puncticilia, n. s. 



Exp. al. 1 in. — 1 in. 3£ lin. 



Closely allied to L. Methymna, Trim. 



Dark brown, with a slightly seneous surface gloss ; 

 cilia dark brown, with rather small but very conspicuous 

 pure white internervular spots. Hind wing : In some 

 female examples, along hind-marginal edge, a row of 

 minute internervular white spots, only separated from 

 the white spots of the cilia by a blackish bounding line. 

 Under side : Dull ashy brown ; ordinary discal row of 



