294 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



Cilia yellow throughout in hind-wing, and at anal angle of 

 fore-wing. UNDER-SIDE. Hind-wing and apex of fore-wing 

 marked with ferruginous - ochreous, which in the former 

 broadly indicates the position of the spots of upper-side. 

 Fore-wine/ : no cellular streak from base ; cellular spot often 

 confluent with third spot of transverse row. 



Common. Woods, gardens, &c. 



August (m) April (e). June (b). "January to June." D'Urban, i i litt. 



Metis is one of the first Cape butterflies to mark the approach of 

 summer weather, and rarely appears in the winter months. It is an active 

 little species, fond of settling on the leaves of low plants in sheltered 

 situations, where its warm rich colouring shows to advantage. 



Cape Town. Knysna. Plettenberg Bay. Coll. Tri. 

 Graham's Town. King William's Town. Coll. D'Urb. 

 Bashee River, Kaffraria (J. H. Bowker). Coll. S. A, Mus. 

 South Africa. Port Natal. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



183. Cyclopides Malgacha. 



Steropes Malgacha, Boisd., FauneEnt. de Mad., &c., p. 67. 



Hesperia Limpopona, Wallgr., Lep. Rhop. Caffr., p. 50. 



Ex?. lllin. 1 in. 1 lin. 



Allied to C. Metis, but smaller and paler. 



$ . Greyish-brown, with small yellow spots arranged as in 

 Metis. Fore-wing : basal irroration more evenly spread, not 

 distributed in rows; two costal spots more separate; an 

 indistinct submarginal row of small yellowish spots. Hind- 

 wing : spots of submarginal row all small, those near costa 

 commonly wanting. Cilia of fore-wing of the ground-colour 

 slightly mixed with yellowish, of hind-wing yellow. UNDER- 

 SIDE. Hind-wing and apex of fore-wing creamy greyish- or 

 yellowish- ochreous, the former with spots of upper-side 

 marked in paler yellow-ochreous. Fore-wing : spots larger 

 than above ; costa and cell closely irrorated with yellow. 



$ . Duller, paler, spots larger : cilia pale -yellowish 

 throughout. UNDER -SIDE. Hind-wing : spots more distinct. 



A $ in my collection, captured near Cape Town, wants all the spots in 

 fore-wing except the minute ones of submarginal row ; on the under-side, 

 however, the spots near costa are observable, but small and ill-defined. 



Gardens and" open ground. 



September (in) February (b). 



Rarer than C. Metis, and much less conspicuous, whether at rest or on 

 the wing, but with quite the same habits. I never saw it at Knysna, nor 

 was it common at Plettenberg Bay. 



Cape Town. Stellenbosch. Paarl. Plettenberg Bay. 

 Coll. Tri. 



" Madagascar (Tamatave)." Boisd. 



