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irregularly-shaped, violet-grey fascia, with brown edges ; 

 beyond middle, a row of seven contiguous, ocellated spots, 

 violet-grey, black-centred, in golden-brown rings on inner- 

 margin is an indistinct, smaller, eighth ocellated spot, without 

 a black centre, a little before the row of spots ; beyond these, a 

 thin, dark streak, parallel to hind-margin, composed of united 

 lunules. 



$ . Considerably larger than $ , but similar in colouring, 

 the markings broader, paler, and more distinct. Fore-wing : 

 shaded with blackish in apical portion, from extremity of 

 discoidal cell, with an oblique, dull orange-ochreous stripe, 

 interrupted on first median nervule, from costa about middle 

 to second median nervule not far from hind-margin ; nearer 

 apex is a much shorter, narrower, paler, and less distinct 

 stripe, parallel to the larger one. Hind-wing : a reddish- 

 ochreous tint pervades the whole surface, but is strongest 

 near hind-margin, where the row of black spots is conspicuous, 

 and the brown along hind-margin forms a distinct border to 

 the wing. UNDER-SIDE. Fore-wing: warm yellow-ochreous ; 

 the dusky oblique markings from costa in this sex assume the 

 form of two conspicuous blackish stripes ; colouring at apex 

 much paler than in $ , yellowish-white, varied with pale- 

 brownish, the black spots very conspicuous. Hind-wing : 

 ground-colour yellowish-white ; fascia before middle much 

 paler than in $ , its brown edges conspicuous ; row of con- 

 tiguous ocellated spots much paler, their black centres very 

 conspicuous. 



D'Urban, Natal (R. C. Jones). Coll. mini. 

 Port Natal. Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 " Bay of Port Natal." Boisd. 



Genus NEPTIS. 



Neptis (Fab. Syst. Gloss.), Horsf. 

 Limenitis (pars), Boisd. 

 Acca, Hubn. 

 Nymphalis, Godt. 



IMAGO. Head rather broad, moderately hairy on forehead ; 

 eyes large, prominent ; palpi short, acute, slender, hairy, not 

 rising above level of forehead; antennce, moderately long, 

 terminating in an elongate, gradually-formed club, flattened 

 on its upper surface. Thorax not robust, as broad as head, 

 slightly hairy posteriorly. Fore-wings elongate, rather trun- 

 cate ; costa but slightly arched ; apex not acute, but well- 



