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side of 1st median nervule near its origin ; on fold 

 between median and submedian nervures, for a little 

 distance from base, a very faint orange streak. 



2 . Similar to male, but considerably larger. Hind 

 wing : A submarginal row of five small blackish spots, 

 corresponding to the subsagittate spots of the under side, 

 but wanting the first and last spots. Under side. — Fore 

 wing : Flush of orange at base wider. Hind wing : A 

 black line marks middle part of fold between median 

 and submedian nervures. 



Partaking of the characters of both P. Calypso, Drury, 

 and P. Zochalia, Boiscl., this butterfly is on the whole 

 nearer to the latter, especially as regards the female. It 

 is distinguished from Zochalia by having in the fore 

 wing (1) a narrower, more angulated, disco-cellular 

 streak, and (2) a much narrower apical and hind- 

 marginal border, enclosing no white spots ; and in the 

 hind wing (3) much rounder hind-marginal spots, not 

 acuminate inwardly or united by the festooned line often 

 found in Zochalia. On the under side (4) the yellow 

 ground is much brighter ; (5) the fore wing has a basal 

 flush of orange, and (6) only four separated submarginal 

 spots instead of a continuous band ; while in the hind 

 wing (7) the nervures are much more narrowly black, 

 and (8) the cellular strise and festooned submarginal line 

 are wanting. 



From Calypso this species is readily separated by its 

 smaller size and much narrower black border of the 

 fore wing ; as well as, on the under side, by its black 

 nervures and very much smaller submarginal black spots 

 of the hind wing, and the want in the same wing of the 

 large terminal disco-cellular spot. The female has no 

 resemblance to that of Calypso, which has a broad 

 dusky border and ground suffused with yellow and grey ; 

 much like those presented by the darker females of 

 Gidica, Boisd. 



I have only seen one example of each sex. The male 

 was sent to me by Mr. Walter Morant in 1869, that 

 gentleman writing that he believed it was captured near 

 Pinetown, Natal, where he was resident at the time. 



The female was taken at D'Urban, in the same Colony, 

 by the late M. J. McKen in the year 1866. 



Hab. Natal (Coast Districts). 



