no SOUTH- AFKICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



submedian nervure. Under side. — Dullei^, less yellow (especially in hasal 

 half), very finely speckled and hatched vnth hroionish; common discal 

 streak much better m^arked than on upper side, reddish-brown, exteriorly 

 relieved by a pale-yellow line ; submarginal lines almost obsolete ; a 

 common indistinct transverse brown line before middle. Fore-iving : 

 ocelli much less distinct than on upper side, the subapical one minute, 

 the large one consisting of a grey spot, enclosing an enlarged shining- 

 white pupil, and obscurely ringed with yellow. Hind-wing : a discal 

 row of seven very small grey ocelli from costa to anal angle, — the second, 

 third, and seventh being minute or almost obsolete, and the pupils of 

 all indistinct. 



$ Similar, but brown border less apparent along costa, and more 

 rufous apically. Under side. — Somewhat darker, with a rufous tinge ; 

 the fine hatching closer and more distinct ; yellow external edging of 

 common discal streak wider, more conspicuous. 



The dull-yellow ground-colour of this Mycalesis gives it a very 

 peculiar aspect, but its alliance to the similarly-tinted M. Uliasis, 

 Hewits., noted by Mr. Butler (loc. cit.), is more apparent than real, 

 Simonsii being in fact much closer to 31. perspicua, mihi. This will 

 be seen on comparing the under sides, that of Simonsii being very 

 close to that of those examples of Perspicua in which the ocelli are 

 almost suppressed. In M. Eliasis (a Congo species) the ocelli are 

 well developed on the upper side of both wings, but are strikingly dis- 

 tinct and numerous on the under side ; and they present the more 

 important character of being situated in quite a different position, viz., 

 quite close to the hind-margin. 



M. Simonsii was described from specimens brought from Lake Nyassa, 

 which appear from Mr. Butler's description to have been a little darker than 

 those which I have received from Mashunaland and the Zambesi, and to have 

 as many as six spots in the discal series on the upper side of the hind-wing. 



I include the butterfly in my list on the strength of an example received in 

 1875 from Mr. F. H. Barber, who took it on the Crocodile (or Upper Limpopo) 

 River on the north-west boundary of the Transvaal, at a locality very near 

 the Tropic, but believed to be a little to the southward. Though I could not 

 identify this individual with any described Mycalesis, it was too much injured 

 to enable me to diagnose it as a new species. 



Localities of Mycalesis Simonsii. 



L South Africa. 



K. Transvaal. — Upper Limpopo River [F. H. Barber). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



bi. Eastern Interior. — Inyoutete River, Mashunaland, and Zumbo, 

 north bank of Zambesi River (F.O. Selotis). "Lake Nyassa 

 {F. A. A. Simons)."— Bntlev. 



