26o SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



covers flattened, sharply angulated, and extended far out from the 

 body ; thorax rounded, expanded ; back prominent ; abdomen more or 

 less angular, slightly curved inward, bifid at tip. The chrysalis state 

 lasts from ten to fifteen days. 



The above descriptions of larva and pupa are from notes and drawings 

 furnished by Captain H. C. Harford and Mr, W. D. Gooch. Both these 

 gentlemen reared the butterfly on the Natal Coast. Captain Harford notes 

 that the larva, like those of many Nym^jhalidce, has a habit of wagging its 

 head about — doubtless a menacing gesture, to which the long antler-like horns 

 would give point. He also remarks that it spins a web to lie upon over the 

 surface of a leaf. Mr. Gooch observes that the larva presents a variety in 

 which all the body except the spiracular stripe is blackish. 



Mr. Druce {Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875, P- 4°9) notes that examples of 

 this butterfly, taken by the late Mr. J. J. Monteiro in Angola, had the white 

 band of the hind-wings much wider than in the specimens from Natal. 



The A^ariety A. of Hiarhas indicates an intimate relation of the species 

 with its congener Dryo2>e, Cramer, which has the common transverse stripe of 

 the same warm ochrcous-yellow, but much broader. This alliance is emphasised 

 by the circumstance of the capture by Colonel Bowker, on 13th April 1881, at 

 D'Urban, Natal, of an ordinary male Iliarbas, paired with a female Dryope, 

 only separable from ordinary examples by a narrower yellow band in the hind- 

 wings. My correspondent wrote — "There was no question about this union, 

 as I followed the pair for some distance before making the capture ; on the 

 wing, the female carried the male." The paired sexes of Hiarhas were taken 

 by Colonel Bowker at D'Urban in March 1879. 



This elegant butterfly prevails widely over the wooded parts of South 

 Africa. Its flight is somewhat curious, not rapid or direct, but backwards and 

 forwards in a limited space, usually about a group of shrubs or young trees. 

 Often several individuals keep hovering around a single tree, or settle on the 

 stem and sun themselves, shuffling about in a playful fashion. I have not 

 noticed it anywhere in abundance, but it may be termed common — specimens 

 almost always being seen in the course of a woodland walk. 



Localities of Eurytela Hiarlas. 



I I. South Africa. 



B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Uistricts. — Ivnysna. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown. Kleinemond River, Bathurst 

 {H. J. Atherstone). "King AVilliam's Town."— W. S. M. 

 D'Urban. East London [P. Borcherds). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashce River {J. H. Boicker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. " Lower Umkomazi." — J. H. Bowker. 

 h. Upper Districts. — Pietermaritzburg [Miss Colenso). 



F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay [Colonel H. Toiver). 



XL Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — "Angola (/. /. Monteiro)." — Druce. 



B. North Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Sierra Leone : Ashanti. — ColL Brit. Mus, 

 h. Eastern Coast. — "Abyssiuiaj Shoa (J»ij«o?-i)."^Oberthiir. 



