104 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS, 



spot in discoidal cell, a little beyond its middle ; a larger, 

 irregular-shaped spot at extremity of cell ; costa edged with 

 blackish, widest at apex ; beyond extremity of discoidal cell, 

 an oblique, transverse row of four spots, from just below costa 

 to second median nervule, not far from hind-margin 3 two black 

 spots, one above, and the other below, 3rd median nervule, 

 lying nearer to base than the row of four spots, seem 

 almost as if continuous of the latter row ; on hind-margin, 

 the nervules are strongly clouded with blackish, which, narrow- 

 ing inwardly, forms sharp, distinct rays, deeply piercing the 

 ground-colour ; base narrowly blackish. Hind-wing : lower 

 portion of base clouded with blackish ; two transverse rows of 

 spots, one, before middle, of few spots, irregular and inter ^ 

 rupted, the other, commencing about middle of costa, and 

 extending to about middle of inner-margin, is rather sinuous, 

 and angulated on discoidal nervule, from whence to inner- 

 margin it proceeds in a direct line, containing eight spots in 

 all ; parallel to the row last mentioned, a more or less distinct 

 grey streak, from just before anal angle, on inner-margin, as 

 far as discoidal nervule ; on hind-margin, nervules clouded 

 with blackish, forming a narrow border, dentate inwardly, 

 but not forming nearly such sharp and deep indentations on 

 the ground-colour, as in fare-wing. UNDER-SIDE. Fore- 

 wing : paler than on upper-side ; base with a black spot, but 

 not clouded with blackish ; spots as on upper-side, but rather 

 smaller and not so black ; apical portion, beyond transverse 

 row of four spots, pale whitish-yellow, with orange-ochreous 

 rays between the nervules, which are narrowly clouded with 

 black. Hind-wing : pale whitish-yellow ; two or three 

 additional, small black spots near base ; transverse rows of 

 spots as on upper-side ; base, inner-margin as far as outer 

 row, and internal edge of straight portion of the latter row of 

 spots, clouded with reddish-ochreous between nervules; space 

 between outer row and parallel streak from inner-margin, 

 wholly spotless, forming a conspicuous pale band, in con- 

 sequence of there being elongate, reddish-ochreous marks all 

 along hind-margin beyond streak, between the nervules, which 

 are narrowly black clouded. 



$ . Not of so warm a colour, being duller, with something 

 of a brownish tint ; but similar in marking. Fore- wing : an 

 additional, more or less observable, small, thin, black spot, 

 below median nervure, not far from base ; other spots as in 

 , but larger and fainter ; a paler space of colour beyond 

 transverse row from costa ; blackish clouding on nervules not 

 nearly so strong or clearly-defined as in $ , being much 

 suffused. Hind-wing : quite like $ 's, excepting that the 



