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greenish-silvery ; in one specimen a similar smaller spot just above 

 sub-median nervure. 



$ . Glistening-brown, with a brassy or coppery gloss ; spotless ; 

 cilia as in $. Underside. — Quite like that of $ ; but inner row 

 of ocelli, in both wings, more irregular, that in fore-wing being 

 sometimes small, inconspicuous, or half-obliterated. 



One $ specimen in my collection has the 3rd median nervule 

 prolonged into a very short linear tail, but no other example that 

 I have seen has any trace of this appendage. The under sur- 

 face, in both sexes, is very variable. 



The $ of this species is more closely allied to the European 

 L. Arion, Linn., than any other Lyccena I am acquainted with, 

 but the brown ? seems to indicate an affinity to L. Corydon, 

 Adonis, and allies. 



This is the largest known South African species of the genus. 

 Tt frequents hilly, sandy localities near the sea, and seems to be 

 very local. 



Hab. Cape Town, Mossel Bay ; Coll. mihi. — Cape Town ; 

 Coll. South Afr. Mus. 



Lyccena Catharina. 



Exp. 1 in. 1 lin. — 1 in. 5 lin. 



$ . Dull violaceous-blue ; costa and hind-margin narrowly 

 bordered with greyish-brown in both wings. Hind-wing : on hind- 

 margin, between 1st median nervule and anal angle, from 1 to 4 

 bright-orange lunules, the largest between 2nd and 3rd median 

 nervules, and with a round black spot touching its outer edge. 

 Cilia whitish-grey. Underside. — Whitish-grey; ocelliform spots 

 blackish or black, white-ringed ; in both wings a white-edged, 

 blackish streak closing cell, a sinuate row of conspicuous ocelli 

 beyond middle (those in hind-wing smaller and fainter than those 

 in fore-wing), a sub-marginal row of ill-defined, fuscous, whitish- 

 bordered lunules, and a single small ocellus in discoidal cell. 

 Hind-wing: base dusted with blackish and bluish scales; an 

 ocellus near base, just below sub-costal nervure ; orange lunules 

 paler, black spot marked outwardly with some bluish-silvery 

 scales. 



$. Blue paler, less violaceous than in $. Fore-wing: costa, 

 apex and hind-margin very broadly bordered with greyish-brown. 

 Hind- wing : costal half of wing greyish-brown, some small out- 

 wardly whitish-edged fuscous lunules along hind-margin ; orange 

 lunules paler and larger than in $ , more or less confluent, black 

 spot larger. Underside. — Quite like that of i ; spots larger, more 

 conspicuous. 



