SOO RHOPALOCERA APRICJE AUSTRALIS. 



nearly touching its upper external edge, a large black ocellus, 

 bipupillate with bluish-white, in an ochreous-grey ring. 

 Hind-wing: fulvous patch beyond middle, on median nervules, 

 often not well defined, somewhat rounded, not infringing on 

 cell. UNDER-SIDE. Costa and apex of fore-wing, and whole 

 of hind-wing, pale brownish-grey, closely but rather indistinctly 

 hatched with short brown lines. Fore-wing : fulvous extends 

 uninterruptedly to base, leaving inner-marginal portion of 

 the ground-colour : iris of ocellus clearer, ringed outwardly 

 with brown. Hind-wing : brown hatching prevailing mostly 

 along costa, and especially in apical region as far as first 

 median nervule (giving a clouded appearance to that part of 

 wing) ; in one specimen a minute, but quite distinct, ocellus 

 like that in fore-wing, but unipupillate. 



Before seeing the examples just described, I had, with considerable 

 doubt, referred to Cramer's Hippia, the species next described, E. Sabacus, 

 mini, which also has the hind-wing clouded-grey beneath. The chief 

 distinguishing characters of Hippia are its pale ground-colour, the unusually 

 large ocellus of fore-wing, which is closer to cosfa and apex than in other 

 species, and the abruptly ovate-clubbed anteonse. My specimens differ 

 from Cramer's figure on the upper-side by a much smaller field of red in 

 fpre-winpf, and the want of the minute ocellus in hind-wing ; and on the under- 

 side by the absence of the minute ocelli, except in the single instance above 

 noted. All these characters are, however, present (excepting that the 

 fulvous of fore-wing above does not reach base) in a $ example from 

 King William's Town, but the costal ocellus on hind-wing beneath is much 

 larger and more distinct.* Wallengren notes a ? variety in Wahlberg's 

 collection having the wings concolorous above, though with the ordinary 

 fulvous on under-side of fore-wing. 



Broken, rocky ground, on mountain slopes. Not uncommon, but often 

 difficult to capture, from its very wavering, uncertain, though not rapid 

 flight among large stones and bushes. Often settles on stones or on the 

 ground. 



March (e) April (e). August. " October." D'Urban, in litt. 



Cape Town. Genadendal (Caledon Divn.). Coll. Tri. 

 Graham's Town and King William's Town. Coll. D'Urban. 



114. Erebia Sabacus. N. S P . 



Erebia Sabacus, mihi. fi- 2 / t/ 



Exp. 1 in. 3 lin. 1 in. 8 lin. 



Greyish-brown, darker than in Hippia, but not so dark as 

 Hyperbius, Linn. Fore-wing : a deep-fulvous patch occupies, 

 and sometimes extends a little below, discoidal cell, and is 

 usually confluent at insertion of median nervules with a 

 larger patch of the same colour, lying between fifth subcostal 



* The apical ocellus of fore-wing in this specimen is much smaller than 

 usual. 



