275 



Var. B. ? Hesperia Suetonius, Fob., Ent. Syst., III, 1, 



[p. 320. 



Cygaritis TaYkosama, Wallgr., Lep. Rhop. Caffr., 



[p. 43. 

 Allied to Z. Thyra, Linn. 



Exp. 11 lin. 1 in. 5 lin. 



$ . Orange-red, deeper than in Thyra, with more widely- 

 suffused bases and broader borders (especially at anal angle 

 of fore-wing and on costa of hind-wing} ; cilia not or incon- 

 spicuously chequered. Fore-wing : in many specimens, an 

 upward projection at extremity of orange as in ? Thyra. 

 Hind-wing : orange more sharply and regularly indented by 

 hind-marginal edging. UNDER-SIDE. Hind-wing and border 

 of fore-wing greyish- or ferruginous-brown, or purplish-lake, 

 the former with indistinct shining -greyish or submetallic spots. 

 Fore-wing : spots as in Thyra. Hind-wing : spots arranged 

 as in Thyra, but central irregular stripe and submarginal 

 streak replaced by rows of small spots not differing from other 

 spots of wing. 



? . Not differing much from $ Thyra. UNDER-SIDE. 

 As in $ , but spots of hind-wing more distinct. 



Var. A, $ and ? (Aranda, Wlgr. ; Mars, mihi). Smaller 

 than type ; ground-colour brighter, paler, occupying a much 

 larger area, covering costa of fore-wing to about middle, and 

 filling hind-wing excepting for large apical patch and very 

 thin (sometimes all but obsolete) hind-marginal edging; cilia 

 not chequered, usually much tinted with purplish - lake ; 

 anal-angular projection of hind- wing longer and sharper. 

 Hind-wing : a small black spot near anal angle, above sub- 

 median. UNDER-SIDE. Subject to same variation in colour ; 

 same spots, but all those of fore-wing except submarginal 

 row brightly silvery -white -centred, and those of hind-wing 

 always more metallic, and sometimes quite silvery : no traces 

 of a marginal row of spots in either wing. 



Var. B $ and ? (? Suetonius, Fab., $ ; Ta'ikosama, 

 Wlgr., $ ). Larger than type ; much paler. 



$ . Orange in fore-wing usually limited to two or three 

 small discal rays, and often only represented by two faint 

 dots, or a few scales (in one specimen utterly wanting) ; in 

 hind-wing to a discal patch of three or four rays ; the rest of 

 area being occupied by greyish-brown, with a hoary tinge 

 near bases ; cilia more or less chequered. UNDER-SIDE. 

 Varies from whitish- to greyish- and ferruginous-ochreous, 

 never lake. Fore-wing : orange rather duller and paler than 

 in type and other variety ; more spots white-centred than in 



