814 BHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



$ . Dusky -brown, with vitreous spots. Fore-wing : about 

 middle, just at extremity of cell, an oblique row of five 

 small, vitreous, blackish-edged spots between costal nervure 

 and second median nervule, of these spots the fourth is 

 furthest from base ; on costa, between this band and apex, 

 two vitreous dots ; before middle, between median and sub- 

 median nervures, two blackish spots form a short transverse 

 streak ; between extremity of row of spots and inner- 

 margin, an ill-defined transverse streak of bluish-white 

 scales. Hind-wing . often spotless, often with an ill-defined 

 irrorated-bluish-white band along hind-margin. UNDER- 

 SIDE. Fore-wing .- similar, but blackish edging to vitreous 

 spots wholly wanting. Hind-wing : bluish-white ; costa 

 bordered with blackish, marked with a distinct black spot ; 

 hind-margin brownish, often preceded by a sinuate streak of 

 the same colour, either distinct or confounded with the 

 marginal brown ; in some specimens a row of indistinct 

 dark spots beyond middle. 



? . Lighter, with a reddish tinge. Fore-wing : vitreous 

 spots larger, especially the fifth which is large and quadrate, 

 and is succeeded by two additional small vitreous spots above 

 submedian nervure ; three vitreous dots in costal row 

 towards apex ; no bluish-white transverse streak. Hind- 

 wing : two much-curved transverse rows of blackish spots, 

 one (before middle) of three, the other (beyond middle) of 

 seven spots ; hind-marginal bluish-white narrower and 

 fainter. UNDER-SIDE. Fore-wing : two spots below 

 median nervure before middle whitish. Hind-wing : costa 

 broadly brown-bordered, especially at apex ; spots of trans- 

 verse rows towards inner-margin indistinct or quite obsolete 

 in the white. 



The above characters of the $ are obtained from Boi&dttvars descrip- 

 tion and figure. This author gives no particulars leading one to think 

 that he had then seen a $ . My description of the latter sex^ is made 

 from a single Natal specimen. The rows of blue dashes given in Sf oil's 

 figure of this species look anything but natural, and are probably intended 

 to represent the bluish-white irroration of hind-wing. If Dairy's figures 

 be not larger than nature, the species must attain a considerably greater 

 size in Western than in Southern Africa. 



I believe that I twice saw this species at Knysna, as I distinctly noticed 

 the white clouding of hind-wing when the butterfly settled. 



Natal (W. Guienzins). Coll. Tri. 



" Natal. Madagascar (common)." Boisd. 



