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tails of hind-wings thrice as long as in nature. Indeed, so unlike the insect 

 are these figures, that it was long before 1 could persuade myself not to 

 adopt Wallengren's name of Tjoane for the species : but, after very carefully 

 examining Cramer's figure of the under-side in comparison with a number 

 of specimens, I have concluded that the figures niust have been meant to 

 delineate the African species just described, and not some strange Lycsenid 

 from " Surinam," the locality given by Cramer. It is worth mention, in 

 connection with this, that Wieriker's figures, in Peters' " Reise," of 

 Mozambique examples, show much longer tails, in both sexes, than I have 

 seen in any South African specimens. Hopffer states that the Mozambique 

 specimens are smaller and of a duller red, but have more brilliant metallic 

 spots than those from the Cape. 



" October December : March." W. D'Urban. 



This very beau) iful Zeritis is noted by Mr. D'Urban as " very abundant 

 at King William's Town, where it frequents bushes with sweet-scented 

 flowers, one of its favourites being the thorny Arduinafsrox. Mr. Bowker 

 notes the same habits in this species. 



King William's Town (W. D'Urban). Bashee River, 

 KafFraria (J. H. Bowker). Natal ( Dohne). Coll. Tri. et 

 Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Natal (W. Guienzius). Coll. Brit. Mus 



" Querimba." Hopffer. 



167. Zeritis Phosphor. /^ <* /* ' *- - 



Zeritis Phosphor, mihi N. Sp. 

 Exp. 10 lin. 



Allied to Z. Perion. Shining golden-orange, with dark 

 borders. Fore-wing : costa dusky at base : a conspicuous 

 brownish-black spot closing discoidal cell, and united to a 

 border of the same colour, which, commencing on costa just 

 above it, and very broad in apical portion, diminishes in 

 width to anal angle, where it turns inward a little on inner- 

 margin. Hind-wing : costa, base, and inner-margin broadly 

 bordered or suffused with blackish-brown ; a dark disco- 

 cellular dot ; beyond middle, parallel to hind-margin (which 

 is edged with a black line) a row of blackish spots, forming 

 a macular stripe from costal to inner-marginal bordering : 

 lobe and tail on anal angle shaped and coloured as in Perion. 

 UNDER-SIDE. Very similar to that of Perion, ? . Fore- 

 wing : costa, apex, and hind-margin bordered with pale 

 greyish-ochreous, with a reddish tint on hind -margin; 

 ground-colour very pale orange -yellow ; three metallic, 

 black-edged spots in cell, below cell a black spot con- 

 tiguous to middle cellular one ; only two metallic dots on 

 costa ; transverse stripe of six metallic, black-edged spots 

 beyond cell (of which the three lower are confluent) 

 not so straight as in Perion, but turning inwards so as to 



