124 SOUTH- AFEICAN" BUTTEEFLIES. 



especially laterally and posteriorly, where the hair is much longer. 

 Fore-wings large, somewhat truncate ; costa moderately arched, the con- 

 vexity growing very gradually from base ; apex rounded ; hind-margin 

 almost straight, moderately sinuated ; inner margin almost straight ; a 

 coating of very short hairs near base, more developed on inner margin ; 

 discoidal cell rather short, truncate, the disco-cellular nervules (of which 

 the upper is very short, the middle of moderate length, and the lower 

 much longer and slightly bent outwardly) being only a little oblique ; 

 first and second subcostal nervules arising near each other, a little before 

 end of cell, and the third a considerable distance beyond cell, not far 

 from the origin of the fourth. Hind-wings large ; costa slightly arched 

 about middle ; hind-margin scalloped ; anal angle pronounced ; inner 

 margins meeting to a little beyond tip of abdomen, forming a deep 

 groove, — beyond that slightly hollowed; discoidal cell very short, its 

 termination pointed inferiorly, the lower disco-cellular nervule forming 

 a very acute angle with the median nervure just beyond origin of 

 second median nervule ; costal nervure extending to apex ; internal 

 nervure strong, curved, ending on inner margin rather beyond middle ; 

 inner margin ciliated throughout ; over basal half a dense coating of 

 long hairs, more developed towards inner margin. Fore-legs of ^ very 

 short, slender ; tarsal joint very short ; tibia and tarsus clothed with 

 very short velvety pile, and fringed externally and at the tip with dense 

 long hair ; those of ^ rather thicker and longer (especially tarsal joint), 

 and not so hairy. Middle and hind legs of moderate length, rather 

 thick ; femora smooth, slightly downy ; tibia3 strongly spinose gene- 

 rally, the terminal spurs rather long and acuminate ; tarsi with the joints 

 very distinct, finely spinulose above, more coarsely so beneath. Abdo- 

 men rather short, laterally compressed. 



Larva. — Rather thick, but attenuated towards each extremity ; 

 anal segment bearing two small pointed projections ; skin thinly 

 clothed with short hairs. — (Characters derived from a drawing by Mrs. 

 F. W. Barber.) 



Pupa. — Very smooth and robust, with all the prominent parts much 

 blunted and rounded ; region of wing-covers extremely convex ; a deep 

 constriction on back between thorax and abdomen ; anal suspensory 

 stalk slender and elongated. — (Characters of a specimen received from 

 Mrs. F. W. Barber.) 



This genus is one of the few which are peculiar to South Africa, the 

 large and beautiful butterfly which alone represents it not being known 

 to occur in any tropical locality. As mentioned in my remarks on the 

 Sub-Family, I had considerable hesitation in placing Meneris among 

 the SatyrincB, on account of its long and thick antennae and robust 

 general structure, — to which may be added the comparatively similar 

 size and development of the first pair of legs in the two sexes ; but 

 these approximations to the Nymphalinm are together of less import- 

 ance than those characters which, in the earlier states as well as in the 



