of South African Butterflies. 291 



separate; a yellow space at anal angle, extending narrowly along 

 hind-margin. Underside. — Paler. Fore-wing : a whitish mark on 

 costa, above disco-cellular vitreous marks; a dentate, sub-mar- 

 ginal, pale yellow-ochreous streak from costa. Hind-wing : two 

 pale, dull-ochreous, macular bands across central region ; some 

 scattered spots at base ; anal-angular and marginal yellow-ochreous 

 marking paler than above. 



A single specimen of this fine Pamphila is in the British Museum. 



Hab. Port Natal.— Coll. Brit. Mus. 



XXT. Descriptions of Nine Exotic Species of the Genus 

 Graciiaria. By H. T. Stainton, Esq., F.L.S. <fcc. 



[Read Jan. 6th, 1862.] 



In preparing the eighth volume of the "Natural History of the 

 Tineina,"my attention has been drawn to the species of Graciiaria 

 wliich occur out of Europe ; and finding that I had at least nine 

 species which seemed referable to this genus, I thought that a 

 short paper descriptive of them, and illustrated by a plate, might 

 be acceptable for the Transactions of this Society. 



In structure all the nine species present a wonderful accord- 

 ance, only two being at all aberrant, and those not to a suflScient 

 extent to warrant the creation of new genera. 



Four of these insects have been made known to us by the 

 labours of Mr. Sylvester Diggles, at Moreton Bay (Figs. 1, 2, 

 3 and 7) ; for the remaining five I have to thank Mr. Atkinson, 

 of Calcutta. To all the beauties of form which prevail through- 

 out the genus Graciiaria, it will be seen that most of these insects 

 superadd the charms of colour and marking. 



Graciiaria formosa, n. sp. (PI. X. fig. 1.) 

 Alis anticis puniceis, strigis septem obliquis costalibus albis 

 (quarum tres posteriores obscure marginatae), quinque dor- 

 salibus dilute luteis albidisve, strigaque apicis alba cum 

 puncto nigro. 

 Exp. al. 5 — 5 1 lin. 



Head pale-yellow or whitish, with a crimson streak down the 

 centre and at the sides. Face white, slightly speckled with 

 crimson. Maxillary palpi, white, with a faint crimson tinge. 



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