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fore wing. Along the costal margin there are two white 

 spots. The underside of the fore wing is a lighter brown, 

 having all the spots plainly marked in white with the excep- 

 tion of the two larger spots, which are yellow. 



The hind wing is similar to the fore wing, having the 

 yellow basal area quite as dark as on the upperside, and the 

 spots are white, while near to the precostal nervure there is 

 one small white spot. 



Exp. 3*1 inches. 



Hah. Matabele Land. 



Fam. Lycaenidae. 



Genus Spalgis. 



Spalgis latimarginata, sp. n. 



Nearest to 8. epius, Westwood, but is much larger, and 

 the general colour is of a creamy white. The hind margin 

 has a border of light brown extending to the costa and 

 colouring the wing at the base ; it is very wide near the apical 

 portion of the fore wing. 



The hind wing has the subcostal nervure paler, with no 

 border along the hind margin, but having a small black spot 

 at the end of each nervule. 



The underside of the fore wing has a small black spot at 

 the end of each nervule, and the fine lines of brown are more 

 approximate than in S. epius^ the lines being confined to a 

 border along the hind margin. From the costa to the base 

 of the wing are transverse lines of brown, less strongly 

 marked and becoming more numerous at the base. A long 

 transverse line of brown extends from about the middle of the 

 fore wing to the middle of the inner margin, dividing the large 

 white patch into two sections. The hind wing has the 

 markings of the same fine character, but has more white 

 between the lines than in 8. epius. 



Exp. cJ 1*3 inch. 



The female has the apex, costa, and hind margin of the 

 fore wing broadly bordered with light greyish brown, widening 

 a little more towards the base of the wing than in the male. 



On the hind wing there is a somewhat broader border of 

 brown extending from the costa to the anal angle, the costal 

 margin being white. 



The underside of the fore wing has a border of fine trans- 

 verse lines from the costa to the hind margin, these lines being 



