284 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



92. (2.) Euralia mima, (Trimen). 



Diadema mima, Trim., Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvi. p. 506, note (1869) ; 

 and Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 107 (notes). 



Exp. al., 3 in. 3 lin. — 4 in. 



$ Sooty-Uach, with sliylttly-iridescent ivhite s2Jots ; liind-ioing with a 

 pale ochrey-yellow patch. Fore-wing: the following white spots, viz., 

 towards middle an oblique row of two — one thin, elongate, almost 

 longitudinally placed, in discoidal cell near the extremity, the other 

 much larger, subovate, farther from base, between first and second 

 median nervules ; a nearly parallel oblique subapical row of three, about 

 midway between the first row and apex, consisting of two small rounded 

 spots close together near costa, and a larger, inferior, irregularly sub- 

 ovate one just above third median nervule ; and a submarginal row of 

 seven small round ones, of which the first and seventh are largest, and 

 the fourth and fifth minute or obsolete. Hind-wing : yellow patch 

 occupying basal and central area, commencing very near base, rounded 

 superiorly, rising more or less above subcostal nervure, extending to 

 rather beyond middle on disc and also to inner margin, having its outer 

 limit rather ill defined, and more or less penetrated by inter-nervular 

 black rays from hind-margin ; nervures crossing yellow patch black ; a 

 submarginal row of five small round white spots, of which the lowest 

 (between first and second median nervules) is tinged with yellow. Cilia 

 black, with small but very distinct inter-nervular white spots. Under 

 SIDE. — Hind-wing and apical area of fore-iuing pale ochreous-lroivn with 

 a tinge of grey ; markings like those of upper side. Fore-iuing : a small 

 white spot in discoidal cell, before the first of the oblique median row ; 

 three still smaller ones close to base, — two on costa and one at origin 

 of subcostal and median nervures ; on costa, immediately above first 

 spot of subapical row, a narrow white mark ; submarginal row of seven 

 spots, usually complete, — often a minute additional spot just above the 

 first ; from anal angle to lower radial nervule a double row of bluish- 

 white lunules along hind-margin. Hind-iving : ochrey-yellow patch 

 paler, smaller, its exterior outline better defined but irregular ; spots 

 of submarginal row larger, better defined — a sixth sometimes present 

 below first median nervule ; a double row of white lunules usually well 

 marked along all the hind-marginal border ; inter-nervular black rays 

 well-defined ; base narrowly black, with two small white spots, — one 

 close to origin of precostal and costal nervures, the other at origin of 

 subcostal and median nervures. 



$ Similar to ^, but the ivhite spots of ohlique rovjs in fore-wing larger^ 

 and usually ringed ivith hluish (sometimes also with a few oehreous-yclloiv) 

 scales; in both wings traces of a double row of bluish-white lunules 

 along hind-margin. Under side. — As in $. 



Specimens of both sexes occur in which the yellow patch of the 

 hiud-wing is much restricted, not rising above subcostal nervure or 



