2 24 SOUTH-AFEICAN EUTTERFLIES. 



coloured species of Gomplwcaijms, which grows in wet or swampy spots among 

 long grasses or sedges ; " but I have not received any drawing or description 

 either of it or of the pupa. 



P. Cloantlia is a widely-spread species in the eastern parts of South Africa, 

 but I am not aware of its occurrence westward of George in the Cape Colony. 

 It is on the wing from the end of September to the beginning of April, but is 

 most numerous in January and February. It frequents open ground, preferring 

 damp marshy places with much grass, either in valleys or hollows on hillsides. 

 I have seldom noticed it on flowers ; it usually settles on the ground or on the 

 lowest plants, and when basking with expanded wings in the sunshine, is a 

 most conspicuous and beautiful object. It has all the activity of the Junonice 

 and Vanessoe, and is, I think, even bolder than they in returning to the same 

 spot after an unsuccessful attempt at its capture. 



Localities of Precis Cloantha. 



I. South Africa. 

 A. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Gqov^q {W, Atmore). Knysna. Plettenberg 



h. Eastern Districts.— Uitenhage (*S. D. Bairstow). Kowie River, 

 Bathurst {J. L. Fri/). Grahamstown. King William's Town 

 (TF. S. M. n Urban). East London (P. Borcherds). 



d, Basutoland. — " Maluti Mountains " (/. H. Bowker). 



D. Kafifraria Proper. — Biitterworth and Bashee Eiver (/. H. Bowlier). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Yerulam. Itongati River. Mapumulo. 



h. Upper Districts. — Udland's Mission Station. Fort Bucking- 

 ham, Tugela River. Greytown. Little Noodsberg. Intzutze, 

 Great Noodsberg. Maritzburg {Miss Colenso). Estcourt {J. 

 M. HutcMnson). 

 K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom {T. Aijres). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Angola : " Loanda (i?. MeldoJa)." — A. G. 



Butler. 

 h. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River {Rev. H. Roicley). 

 ^ I. Interior. — "Victoria ISTyanza {Rev. J. Hamiington)." — A. G. 

 Butler. 

 B. North Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Cape Palmas (Coll. Hope Mus.) 



h. Eastern Coast. — Abyssinia : " Shoa {Atitinon)." — Oberthiir. 



68. (3.) Precis Ceryne, (Boisd.) 



iSalaynis Ceryne, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 592, n. 68 (1847). 

 Junonia Geriine, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 131, n. 78 (1862),; and ii. 

 pi. 3, f. 4(i886)[cJ]. 



Exp. al., I in. 11 lin. — 2 in. 2 lin. 



^ Broivn ; a broad, pale-ochreous, reddish-tinged hand crossing loth 

 ^vings, and in hind-wing whitish on its inner side. Fore-tving : two 

 short, pale-ochreous strige cross discoidal cell, the outer of the two 

 extending a little below median nervure and its first nervule ; the 



