192 SOUTH- AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



3 lin.), the butterfly appears constantly to present on the upper side of the 

 fore-wings the middle discal row of black spots, which in South- African indi- 

 viduals is only completely shown on the under side ; and in the same way they 

 possess on the upper side of the hind-wings two lines of disconnected short 

 thin black lines before the discal row of spots corresponding in position to the 

 streaks present on the under side. The largest examples are those from China, 

 the type-specimen figured by Drury expanding about three inches. 



A. Pltalantha has quite the habits of the larger European species of Ar- 

 gynnis ; but its flight is more rapid and irregular, and it usually rests on a 

 flower for a very short time before hurrying on again. It is conspicuous on the 

 Aving, looking almost golden in the sunshine. In August 1865 I took an ex- 

 ample near D'Urban, Natal, and in 1867, from Feljruary to April, often met 

 with the species in that Colony, most commonly near Pietermaritzburg. Colonel 

 Bowker has forwarded to me two pairs of Fhalantha captured in copuJd, one at 

 D'Urban in April i88r, the other at Isipingo in November 1882 ; the sexes 

 present no noticeable diff'erence in either case. 



Localities of Atella Phalantha. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Kleinemond River, Bathurst (//. /. Ather- 

 stone). 



c. Griqualand West. — Yaal River {M. E. Barber). 



d. Basutoland — Maseru (J". H. Bowker). 



D. Kaff"raria Proper. — Bashee River (/. H. Boiolcer). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban, Yerulam. Isipingo (/. //. BoivJcer). 

 h. Upper Districts. — Pietermaritzburg. Estcourt (/. M. Hutchinson). 



F. Zululand.— St. Lucia Bay {H. Tower). 

 H. Delagoa Bay {J. J. Monteiro). 



K. Transvaal. — Potchefstrooni {T. Ayres). Marico River {F. C. Selous). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. " Angola {J. J. Monteiro).'" — H. Druce. Do. 



{Dr. Pogge, " 10° S. lat.")— H. Dewitz. 

 h. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi {Rev. H. Roioley). " Querimba." — 



Hopffer. 

 hh. Comoro Islands : Johanna {Beivsher). Madagascar {Greve). 



" Bourbon." — Boisduval. Mauritius. 



B. North Tropical. 



b. Eastern Coast. — "Abyssinia: Shoa {Antinori)." — Oberthiir. 



IV. Asia. 



A. Southern Region. — India (North India, Nepaul, Bengal : Brit. Mus. ; 



" Kurrachee : " C. Swinhoe). Ceylon {E. L. Layard and H. 

 Trimen). Malacca, Penang : Brit. Mus. China (Shanghai : 

 Brit. Mus.) 



B. Malayan Archipelago. — Java : Brit. Mus. 



V. Australia. — Austro-Malayan Archipelago. — "Celebes (Macassar), Timor." 

 — Wallace. 



