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costa is much the largest, and the 2nd and 3rd are 

 larger than the remainder; along hind margin, except 

 near apex, a narrow irroration of whitish scales, more 

 developed towards anal angle. Cilia in fore wing red- 

 dish brown, except in concavity just above posterior 

 angle, where it is white ; in hind wing white, except 

 towards apex, where it is brown. Under side : Markings 

 mostly as on upper side ; brown of fore wing paler ; 

 hind wing white, broadly bordered with brown costally 

 and apically. Fore wing : Fuscous spot before middle 

 faint, but marked with two subvitreous dots ; two fuscous 

 spots beyond middle obsolete or very faint. Hind wing : 

 Costal brown narrow at and close to base, but very broad 

 beyond middle and in apical area ; lowest spot of trans- 

 verse row before middle (and often also 5th spot of row 

 beyond middle) obsolete. 



This form is very near the female of N. Nottoana, 

 Wallengr., but easily to be distinguished by (1) the con- 

 spicuous white field of the under side of the hind wing, 

 and (2) the whitish irroration of the hind margin of the 

 same wing on the upper side. Both these characters 

 approximate the insect to N. Flesus, Fab., but it differs 

 widely from the latter in its much smaller size, as well 

 as in the number, shape, and relative size of both the 

 transparent and fuscous spots. The nine specimens 

 before me all appear to be females, but four of them are 

 too much injured for any determination of their sex. 



For many years I had but a single specimen of this 

 butterfly, and regarded it as a possible sport of the female 

 Nottoana. Another was sent, after a long interval, from 

 D'Urban, Natal, by the late Mr. McKen; but Colonel 

 Bowker has on different dates during the last four years 

 forwarded from the same locality as many as seven 

 examples. The Hewitson Collection in the British 

 Museum contains six specimens, recorded as received 

 from Delagoa Bay. 



Hal. Natal (Coast Districts), and Delagoa Bay. 



