1897.] BTTTTBHFLIES COLLECTED IW NATAL. 849 



7.3. Chexsoritis oeeas, Trimen. 



Niginya, 6500 feet, TJlundi, Natal, 18th September, 1896. 



" I expect this very rare species will be new to the Museum 

 collection. Hutchinson discovered it some years ago at a spot 

 close under the main Drakensberg range some ten miles from 

 TJlundi, and has never met with it since. It exhibits strongly 

 the tendency to localization, for we only found it in a limited area 

 of two or three acres on the summit of Niginya. "Within this 

 area it was abundant, as we took over fifty there between us, but 

 outside of it not one was to be seen. It is very sluggish, flying 

 very little, it being sometimes quite a difficulty to make it rise off 

 the ground." 



Mr. Marshall is quite right in his surmise that this species is 

 new to the Museum collection. 



74. Crudabia leboma, Wallgr. 



Tugela Eiver, 2500 feet, 28th October; 3rd, 9th, and 13th 

 November ; Frere, 3800 feet, 5th and 6th December, 1896. 



75. Chbxsophanus obus, Cramer. 



Estcourt, 8th October ; Frere, 5800 feet, 4th, 9th, and 

 10th December, 1896. 



76. Htpoltc^na laea, Linn. 



Chuga's Hill, 4000 feet, near Weenen, Natal, 29th October ; 

 Tugela Eiver, 13th November, 1896. 



Sooner or later a genus must be made for this species, which 

 has but little in common with typical Hypolyccena. 



77. Spindasis phanes, Trimen. 



Tugela Eiver, near "Weenen, 21st and 26th October, 1896. 

 Both species of Spindask sent in this collection are new to the 

 Museum. 



78. Sptndasis masilikazi, "Wallgr. 



Tugela Eiver, 2500 feet, 10th November, 1896, 



79. APHNiEUS HUTCHiNSOKii, Trimen. (Plate L. fig. 7.) 

 Tugela Eiver, near "Weenen, 30th October and 13th November, 



1896. 



I never could comprehend why my friend Trimen refused to 

 separate Spindasis from Aplinceus, the former having only four 

 subcostal branches to the primaries, and the latter five : the style 

 of pattern and coloration on the under surface is also very 

 distinctive. 



80. "Vieachola aktaltjs, Hopffer. 



$ , Estcourt, 4000 feet, 13th October, 1896. 

 " It is a very common insect." 



