I70 SOUTH-AFEICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



elongated; colouring and markings normal, except that all the black 

 spots are lengthened and attenuated. 



Hob. — Natal (Maritzburg, Greytown, and Udland's Mission Station). 



The $ s from Basutoland and the sources of the Umzimvubu are much 

 paler and smaller than those from Natal ; diminished size is also very note- 

 Avortliy in the $ s from the same districts. In these S s, and also in one from 

 the southern border of Kaffraria Proper, the whitish scaling before the apex 

 of fore-wings exhibits an approach to the oblique indistinct bar possessed 

 by tlie ? . 



A $ taken near Estcourt, Natal, by Mr. J. M. Hutchinson, presents the 

 peculiarity of liind-wings of the same Avarm fulvous tint that characterises 

 the $. 



This very distinct species has no known near ally ; its appearance, how- 

 ever, approximates it to A. Raliira, Boisd. From the latter it is distinguished 

 readily, not only by the bright fulvous colouring of the $ and the greater 

 transparency of the 5 , but by tlie possession of a sjwtfed hind-marginal border. 

 This last-named character is also presented by A. Buxtoni, Butl., but the small 

 size of that species, and its want of any discal spots in the fore-wings, preclude 

 the possibility of confusing it with Anacreon. 



In April 1S65 two $ specimens, taken on the bank of a small river called 

 the Sogana, were received by me from Colonel Bowker, and these Kaffrarian 

 examples were the only ones I had seen until March 1S67, when I found the 

 species pretty commonly in the Umvoti District of Natal, particularly near 

 Greytown and about the Noodsberg. Like A. Rahira, this butterfly delights 

 in damp, reedy spots, and has a very weak low flight. It frequently settles on 

 flowers, and the 5 s may easily be taken with the fingers. I met Avith Rahira 

 in the same district, and often in the same spots ; the two species, Avhere they 

 occurred together, being equally nuirrerous. 



Localities of Acrma Jnacrcon. 



South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



d. Basutoland. — Heads of the Orange Eiver (/. H. Bowher), 



D. Kaftraria Proper. — Sogana River {J. H. Boicker). Heads of the 



Umzimvubu {/. H. Boivker). 



E. Natal. 



h. Upper Districts. — Great Noodsberg. Greytown. Estcourt (/. M. 

 Hufchinso7i). Maritzburg (Colonel S. Scott). 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydcnburg District {T. Ayres). 



52. (19.) Acraea Buxtoni, Butl, 



Acnea Serena (Fab.), Boisd., App. Yoy. de Delcg., p. 590 (1S47). 

 Acnea Manjaca (Boisd.), ^Vallgrn., Lep. Rhop. Caffr., p. 22 (1857). 

 Acra'a Serena (Fab.), pars, Trinien, Rhop. Afr. Aust., i, p. 107, n. 67 



(1S62). 

 Acrc^a Buxtoni, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xvi. p. 395 (1875). 



JExp. al., I in. 7 lin. — 2 in. 



$ Bright fulvoits-ochrcous, with narrow hlacJcish borders and a few 

 black spots. Fore-ivivg : base very faintly and narrowly blackish ; costa 

 with a narrow blackish border, wider about middle ; about middle 



