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others were given to me by Mr. J. M. Hutchinson in 

 1881, with the information that he had taken them near 

 Estronet, in Natal. 



Hob. Natal (Upper Districts), and Transvaal. 



Thymelicus, Hilbn. 

 Thymelicus Wallengrenii, n. s. 



Closely allied to T. niveostriga, Trim. 



Exp. al. 1 in. 2—4 lin. 



$ . Dull brown ; the hind wing much darker, almost 

 fuscous ; fore wing with almost transparent disco-cellular 

 terminal spot and six discal spots. Fore wing : Spot at 

 extremity of cell divided by disco-cellular fold ; first 

 three spots of discal row minute but distinct, forming a 

 thin outward-curving costal ray about midway between 

 disco-cellular spot and apex ; other spots of discal row 

 larger, forming a strongly inward-curving row between 

 third median nervule and submedian nervure — the middle 

 spot of these three being the largest, subquadrate, 

 and immediately below disco-cellular spot. Hind wing : 

 Spotless. Cilia broad, dusky whitish. Under side : 

 Hind wing and costa and apical area of fore wing pale 

 ochreous-brown, with a reddish tinge. Fore wing : 

 Spots as on upper side, except that those in costal part 

 of discal row are usually less distinct and sometimes 

 obsolete ; a hind-marginal whitish cloud over lower part 

 of ochreous-brown of apical area. Hind wing : A very 

 conspicuous, rather broad, white longitudinal stripe, 

 commencing at a little distance from base and running 

 along disco-cellular fold to hind margin ; a duller, much 

 less conspicuous, wider whitish stripe along inner- 

 marginal edge; space of inner-marginal fold brownish 

 grey. 



? . Paler, duller ; hind wing not darker than fore 

 wing ; spots of fore wing rather larger, the three lower 

 ones of discal row more widely separated from each 

 other. Under side. — Hind wing : Grey of inner-mar- 

 ginal fold paler ; inner-marginal white stripe very nar- 

 row and ill-defined ; on disc the minute traces of a row 

 of whitish spots. 



From T. niveostriga, Trim., this species may at once 

 be recognised by (1) the conspicuous longitudinal central 

 white stripe on the under side of the hind wing. Other 



