NYMPHALID.E. 149 



Brownish-black, with white bands and spots. Fore-wing : 

 on costa beyond middle, not far from apex, three white spots 

 of moderate size, forming a short band inclining towards 

 hind-margin ; below them, between first and third median 

 nervules, a large, somewhat quadrate, white spot, divided 

 almost equally by the second median nervule ; immediately 

 below the latter marking, and a little nearer base, is a semi- 

 circular, moderately-sized, white marking on inner-margin ; 

 in discoidal cell, three white dots at its extremity a dark- 

 margined, pale, transverse streak, just beyond extremity, 

 three white dots; bordering hind-margin, three parallel rows 

 of whitish lunules the outer row very indistinct; between 

 the innermost of these lunular rows and the large white spots, 

 is a row of spots darker than the ground-colour ; close to 

 the outer edge of the white spots are a few minute, white, 

 thin spots two or three of which are situate between the 

 large white markings. Hind-wing : a compact white band, 

 almost straight on its inner edge, crosses about middle, 

 from costa to inner-margin, and is continuous of the semi- 

 circular marking on inner-margin of fore-wing ,- row of 

 darker spots as in fore-wing, but more distinct; rows of 

 lunular marks almost obsolete. UNDER-SIDE. Pale-ochreous, 

 varied with ferruginous-brown ; white bands and spots as on 

 upper-side. Fore-wing : costa at base ochreous-white ; four 

 whitish, brown-margined, spots in discoidal cell, and a streak, 

 similarly coloured, at its extremity ; portion around white 

 spots ferruginous-brown, with blackish rays between nervules ; 

 row of darker spots, beyond white ones, blackish ; between 

 the rows of white lunules bordering hind-margin, are parallel 

 dark-brown streaks. Hind-wing : basal portion with ferru- 

 ginous-brown striae and marks ; darker macular row, and 

 lunular lines, as in fore-wing. 



I at first referred the single example of this species in the 

 collection of the British Museum to the Neptis Ophione, 

 Cramer, though with considerable misgivings as to its specific 

 identity ; and a subsequent examination of Boisduval's de- 

 scription, and Chenu's rough figure of Saclava convinced me 

 of my error, and of the specimen in question being really 

 referable to the latter species. Mr. D' Urban has since for- 

 warded me the wings of a specimen of this species taken in 

 Albany Division, which precisely accord with the above de- 

 scription of the example from Natal. He received this 

 specimen from J. H. Randall, Esq., D.A.C.G., Graham's 

 Town. 



Port Natal. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Port Alfred, Kowie Mouth, Albany (D'Urban). Coll, mihi. 



