148 SOUTH-AFEICAN BUTTEEFLIES. 



close to base ; anotlier at base below median nervure ; a fourth on 

 inner margin near base ; an additional (eighth) spot at inner-marginal 

 end of discal row ; hind-marginal border enclosing seven large sub- 

 lunulate spots of the creamy-yellowish ground-colour ; the dull- pink 

 preceding it in the form of broad inter-nervular discal rays. 



$ Varying from d^dl'pale reddish-brown to dtdl dark greyish-hrown ; 

 spots larger and dark horders broader in loarts ; fore-wing with an 

 oblique subapical tvhite bar. Fore-wing : blackish border much broader 

 at apex ; white bar variable in definition and width, but widest and 

 most conspicuous in the darker individuals, immediately succeeding 

 oblique row of black spots, not extending below second median 

 nervule. Hind-tuing : hind-marginal border usually broader through- 

 out, sometimes enclosing a row of seven very indistinct spots of the 

 ground-colour. Undek side. — Paler than in ^. Fore-wing : apical 

 pale-yellowish extending to subapical white bar, which is not nearly 

 so clearly defined as on upper side. Hind-vnng : pink variegation 

 usually less pronounced, and in the darker individuals all but obsolete. 



A small ^, taken by Mr. W. Morant at Avoca, on the coast of 

 Natal, has on hind-wings a limited roundish space of white between the 

 median nervure and its second nervule and the inner margin. 



A small $, taken by the late Mr. E. C. Buxton in Swaziland, is 

 very near the figure of Guerin's type, having the apical region of fore- 

 wing paler, and the discal region of hind-wing redder than the rest of 

 the wing ; and on the under side the inter-nervular fulvous and pink 

 rays very strongly marked. 



Yar. a. (Mluska, Oberthiir). 



^ Fore-iving : apical border considerably broader ; subapical inter- 

 nervular black rays wanting. Under side. — Pale reddish ground- 

 colour almost uniform throughout. $ Like the duskier individuals of 

 the typical Doublcdayi, but in the fore-wing only one small spot of the 

 subapical oblique row perceptible, and the white bar altogether wanting. 



Hah. — Zanzibar. 



Var. B. {Axina, Westw.) 



$ Fxjx al., I in. 8-ioi lin. 



Brighter in colour, with a tinge of pink in hind-wing. Fore-iuing : 

 two small spots near posterior angle wanting ; spot in middle of cell 

 larger ; below the subapical inter-nervular streaks usually a third, and 

 sometimes also a fourth similar shorter streak. Hind-iving : third spot 

 (from costa) of discal row wanting. 



$ FxiJ. al., I in. y-^l lin. 



Paler ; differences of spots as in ^, except that one specimen 

 possesses the third spot in hind-wing row. Fore-wing : subapical white 

 bar very narrow, externally ill-defined ; inter-nervular rays increased 

 to six, the last (near posterior angle) a double streak. 



One $, taken on the Marico River by Mr. F. C. Selous, has nearly 

 all the disc of the hind-wing-s sufi"used with white. 



