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costa near base ; another on inner margin near base ; and two between 

 submeclian nervure and inner margin a little before termination of 

 median row ; a very thin hind-marginal black edging line preceded at 

 a little distance by an equally thin festooned line ; the space between 

 these two lines is clear cream-colour, without irroration, but is crossed 

 by the very fine black nervular lines ; before the festooned line a row 

 of eight conspicuous cuneate orange markings of about equal size, the 

 eighth interiorly becoming pink ; other dispersed pink markings, irre- 

 gular in form and size, before middle, viz., one on costa at base, two 

 above, one in, one at extremity, one beyond, and two below discoidal 

 cell ; and a long ray along inner margin. 



$ Very different from $. Fore-wing : dull ochreous-yelloiu ; hase 

 widely clouded with Uackish as far as middle of discoidal cell, and 

 thence the median area suffused with brown ; black edging wider gene- 

 rally, but especially at apex ; black spots and two transparent spots 

 as in ^. Hind-toing : creamy-reddish ; spots larger ; hase ividely clouded 

 with blackish ; hind-marginal black border very much broader, suffusedly 

 radiating inwardly on nervules ; ground-colour between rays clouded 

 with brown. Under side. — As in ^, but paler and duller. Hind- 

 iving : submarginal streak thicker and more deeply festooned. 



The (J of this very distinct Acrcea exhibits affinities with A. Nohara, 

 Boisd., A. DouUedayi, Guer., and A. Anacreon, mihi ; its upper surface colour- 

 ing and markings resembling those of the first named ; its markings generally 

 that of the second ; and its under surface colouring that of the third. From 

 all three, and indeed from all the other Acrcece that I have examined, it may 

 readily be recognised by the two peculiar diaphanous spots immediately follow- 

 ing the costal transverse macular black bar beyond the middle of the fore-wings. 

 Tiie singularly minute black spots of the hind-wings are also a very marked 

 character in A. Aglaonice. 



The $ is above described from a single Delagoa Bay example given me by 

 Mrs. INIonteiro. Its general appearance and pattern strikingly resemble those of 

 A. Natalica, Boisd., but it is a much smaller insect. Two $ s received from 

 Mr. F. C. Selous, who took them on the Marico and Upper Limpopo Rivers 

 early in 1882, agree entirely with the ? in question except in their smaller 

 size (2 in. 1-2 lin.) 



A single male of this butterfly was contained in the collection purchased by 

 the South-African Museum in 1879 fi'OTii jMr- T. Ayres. It is noted in Mr. 

 Ayres's list as having been captured in the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal. 

 There are two males in the Hewitson Collection of the British Museum labelled 

 " Transvaal," and Mrs. Montciro possesses another taken at Delagoa Bay. 



The male specimen on which Professor Westwood founded the species was 

 brought from Tati (21° 28' S.) by the late Mr. F. Gates, and, as figured, pre- 

 sents larger transparent spots than the Lydenburg example above described. 

 Three males from the Marico and Upper Limpopo Rivers, received with the two 

 females above mentioned, have the hind-marginal black border rather broader 

 at apex of fore-wing and much broader throughout in hind-wing. 



Localities of Acrcea Aglaonice. 



I. South Africa. 



K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ayres). Marico and Upper 

 Limpopo Rivers {F. C Selozis). 



