LYC.ENID.E. 



$ . lolaus Orejus, Hpfr., in Peters' Reise nach Moss. 



[J*., p. 401, pi. 25, f. 10, 11. 



Thecla Orejus, Wallgr., Lep. Rhop. Caffr., p. 35, n. 3. 

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



$ . Dull-brown, with a more or less intense changing 

 pink-violet lustre : a brown line along hind-marginal edge. 

 Fore-wing : covering bases of median nervures an ill-defined 

 dusky patch. Hind-wing: hind-marginal line edged with 

 white on both sides (except near apex) ; touching it 

 internally, between second median nervule and anal angle, 

 three black spots, of which the first is inwardly edged by an 

 orange, the second by a whitish, lunule, and the third, on 

 lobe of angle, small, broadly orange, with an inward white 

 lunule ; tails black, white-edged and tipped. Cilia greyish, 

 paler in hind-wing. UNDER-SIDE. Whitish -grey, with 

 glistening white-edged orange-ochreous transverse strice : 

 common to both wings, a well-marked stria beyond middle, 

 in hind-wing interrupted, and acutely angulated beyond third 

 median nervule, a submarginal, sublunulate thin stria, also 

 angulated in hind-wing, and a hind-marginal edging line ; 

 in each wing a double striola closing cell. Hind-wing : a 

 conspicuous spot, coloured like striae, near base, between 

 costal and subcostal nervures ; orange lunules of first and 

 third spots near anal angle more conspicuous, the third marked 

 with bluish or greenish-silvery scales, a patch of which also 

 marks the interval between these two spots. 



? . Brownish-grey, without violet lustre : a faint bluish 

 tinge near bases. Fore-wing : costa with a narrow ochreous 

 edge ; sometimes an indistinct paler fascia on disc, widening 

 downwards from its origin on first median nervule. Hind- 

 wing : two submarginal rows of white lunular markings (of 

 which the inner is broader) between s>econd subcostal and 

 submedian nervure ; the outer row ends with the three spots 

 which are more conspicuous than in $ : hind-marginal line 

 and its white edges very distinct. UNDER-SIDE. Whiter : 

 the markings brighter, clearer, and more conspicuous. 



Wallengren notes the very close affinity of Hopffer's Orejus to P. Erylus 

 of Godart, and a comparison of the descriptions with Hopffer's figure and 

 with specimens has convinced me of the identity of the two. The figure in 

 Peters' " Reise " shows a ? in which the union of the outer row of luuules 

 with the inner edge of the hind-marginal line gives the effect of the " yeux 

 marginaux a iris blanc " mentioned by Godart. The latter author notes a 

 character of the $ overlooked by Wallengren, viz., the dusky central 

 space in fore-wing, which is presented by all the nine specimens now before 

 me. Mr. D'Urban informs me that this is the species labelled " Anhnaus 

 Certhis, Boisd. MS." in the British Museum. 

 " On small trees at edge of forest, April." Bowker, in litt. 



