KHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



(the spots in fore-wing more confluent than in hind-wing), 

 a lunulate row of narrow confluent marks, a submarginal 

 row of ovate spots, and a thin black edging line. Fore-wing : 

 from submedian nervure, near base, an oblique upward-curving 

 stria to subcostal before middle. Hind-wing : a transverse 

 row of four elongate spots near base ; four or five spots of 

 submarginal row next anal angle filled with greenish-silvery. 

 ? . Blackish, shot from bases over discs with bright-blue : 

 a whitish discal space in each wing, on which disco-cellular 

 lunule and transverse row of spots are more or less conspicuous; 

 submarginal row of spots, on both sides whitish-edged (very 

 indistinct in fore-wing). UNDER-SIDE. As in $ ; markings 

 slightly larger and blacker. 



This seems a rare species in Southern Africa. I have never met with it, 

 nor has it been taken by Mr. D'Ufban or Mr. Bowker. 



South Africa. West Africa. North India. Coll. Brit. 

 Mus. 



Canara. Coll. E. I. C. Mus. 



143. Lycsena Sybaris. 



Lycaena Sybaris, Hpfr., Mon. d. K. Preuss. Ak. d. Wiss., 



[1855, p. 642. 



Wallgr., Lep. Rhop. Cqffr., p. 37. 



Hpfr., in Peters' Reise nach Moss., pi. 26, 



[f. 68. 

 Expands 10 lin. 1 in. 



Allied to L. Theophrastus, Fab. 



$ . Bluer than Theophrastus : hind - marginal edging 

 broader (in hind-wing traversed by a lunulate white line) : 

 cilia of fore-wing spotted with fuscous. Hind-wing : spot 

 larger, darker, merged in blackish edging. UNDER-SIDE. 

 White, faintly tinged with yellowish: arrangement of markings 

 similar to that shown by Theophrastus, but all the marks 

 broader, blacker, the spots much rounder and more separate ; 

 instead of lunulate row before submarginal spots is a row of 

 conspicuous, separate spots (in fore-wing larger than those 

 beyond them). Hind-wing : three or four spots next anal 

 angle outwardly edged with greenish-silvery. 



$ . Whiter than in Theophrastus, especially towards Lind- 

 margin of hind-wing : all spots larger and darker ; blue 

 suffusion only at bases. UNDER-SIDE. As in $ . 



Characters of $ from Hopffer's figure and description. A distinct and 

 very beautiful species. 



