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of ground-colour closing extremity of cell, the lower edge 

 of this quadrate marking extends irregularly a little below 

 median nervure and first median nervule ; apex and hind- 

 margin narrowly bordered with dark -brownish ; before which, 

 running parallel to hind-margin, are two rows of dark-brown 

 lunules, those of the inner row thinner and acuter than those 

 of the outer (except the three next inner-margin, which are 

 thick and somewhat suffused), while, in the outer row, the 

 two central lunules are conspicuously larger and thick. Hind- 

 wing : base dusky-greyish, which colour narrowly extends to 

 anal angle above submedian nervure; hind-marginal border 

 as in fore-wing, but (as in Alcimeda) with orange-ochreous 

 dots at extremities of nervules ; two rows of lunules darker 

 and more sharply denned than in fore-wing. UNDER-SIDE. 

 Dull orange-ochreous, varied with brownish striae ; a thin, 

 straight, brown streak from costa of fore-wing beyond middle 

 to anal angle of hind-wing. Fore-wing: markings in dis- 

 coidal cell as on upper-side, but much paler ; a small brown 

 ring immediately below median nervure, near insertion of 

 first median nervule ; rows of lunules very indistinct. Hind- 

 wing : in cell, a thin, brownish, 8-like ring ; at its extremity, 

 a very thin> double line closing it ; indistinct traces of a 

 transverse stria like that in Alcimeda ; lunular rows slightly 

 more apparent than in fore-wing. 



This curious little species of Harma is also an inhabitant of the Knysna 

 woods, but would seem to be exceedingly rare* I never noticed it during 

 my eight months' residence there ; and the single specimen I possess, I was 

 told by the capturer thereof (who kindly presented it to me), was the only 

 individual ever taken or noticed during a period of many years. Three 

 specimens of H. Eupithes in the collection of the British Museum were 

 presented by Dr. A. Smith, but their particular locality of capture is un- 

 known to me. The species should be looked for in the forests of this 

 Colony and Natal, as it is rare in collections. Its small size and incon- 

 spicuous colouring have doubtless been the cause of its escaping the notice 

 of collectors; particularly if, as is most probably the case, it has the 

 Nymphalida>an habit of settling on lofty trees. It would not be easily 

 observed, either, when settled on the boles of trefis, or on the ground, 

 owing to its dull-ochreous, brownish-streaked under-surface. 



Knysna. Coll. mihi. 



South Africa. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Genus MENERIS. 



Meneris (Boisd. MS.), E. Doubl. 

 Tisiphone, Hiibn. 

 Nvmphalis, Godt. 



IMAGO Head rather small, hairy ; eyes large, clothed with 

 short hair ; palpi of moderate length, densely hairy beneath, 



