RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



obsolete a little above anal angle. Hind-wing : of the same 

 hue as base and apex of fore-wing ; two irregularly-ziczac, 

 black, transverse striae before middle, from costa to submedian 

 nervure or a little below it ; on costa, between the two 

 strise, a more or less distinct, very pale, yellowish spot, 

 occasionally obsolete or nearly so ; discoid al cell closed by a 

 short, black streak ; pale transverse band edged internally 

 with a sharply-defined, black streak; ocellated spots very 

 different from those on upper-side, more equal in size, (the 

 second spot wanting, but a large additional ocellated spot 

 between first and second subcostal nervuies), their violet, 

 white-pupilled centre very small, surrounded by dull-golden, 

 black, and pale-yellow rings in a more or less defined, black 

 outer circle ; of these ocelli, the first three are similar, the 

 fourth has a large black centre edged with violet on its inner 

 rim, the fifth has a black, bipupillate centre without violet, 

 and its rings are half-obliterated outwardly; immediately 

 beyond \hejourth ocellus is an oblong space of glistening- 

 violet scales; from apex, two parallel, blackish streaks 

 extend along hind-margin, the inner one ending in the patch 

 of violet scales just described, the outer one reaching anal 

 angle. Fringe of wings paler than on upper-side. 



? . Slightly duller and paler in colouring, with broader 

 markings ; the blue in ocelli of hind-wing purer than in $ , 

 with scarcely any violet reflection. Fore-wing : in discoidal 

 cell, near its extremity, a yellow-ochreous bar, similar in size 

 and shape to that on under-side of $ (this marking is sometimes 

 half obliterated). Hind-wing : second ocellus always wanting f 

 but in some specimens the traces of an additional ocellus, 

 between first and second subcostal nervuies, are visible. 

 UNDER-SIDE. Like that of 3 ; but the markings generally 

 broader and paler. 



Local. Sides of mountains and lofty hills : rarely in low-lying localities. 



February (b) April (e). 



" In numbers on the high ridge of hills between Graham's Town and 

 Howison's Poort, in April." D'Urban, in litt. 



If the collector will ascend Table Mountain, or Devil's Mount, as far as 

 the steep slopes at the base of the precipitous summit-range of grey strata, 

 during the months mentioned above, he can scarcely fail to meet Tulbaghia, 

 though I cannot undertake io promise that closer acquaintance with the 

 species which every collector of insects counts on obtaining. The Butter- 

 fly is swift and uncertain in its flight, sometimes sailing about for a 

 considerable period without settling ; and though on a fair field I should 

 think it quite possible to run the insect down, yet, on an incline of about 

 40, irregularly clothed with coarse grass and stunted, tough (and often 

 prickly) shrubs, and sprinkled, by no means sparingly, with small and large 

 pieces of sandstone, many of which attain the size of boulders, where 

 walking itself is attended with difficulty it can readily be imagined that 



