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  of 
  two 
  small 
  rather 
  widely 
  separated 
  patches 
  ; 
  3o, 
  better 
  

   developed 
  rufous 
  patch 
  aud 
  more 
  distinct 
  ocelli 
  in 
  the 
  

   hind 
  wings 
  ; 
  and, 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  

   4o, 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  deeply 
  bifurcate 
  longitudinal 
  whitish 
  

   streak 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  ; 
  5o, 
  much 
  stronger 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  (almost 
  blackish) 
  freckling 
  ; 
  60, 
  different 
  direction 
  

   and 
  angulation 
  of 
  median 
  transverse 
  dark 
  streak, 
  which 
  

   is 
  also 
  more 
  strongly 
  developed. 
  

  

  The 
  South 
  African 
  Museum 
  acquired 
  a 
  solitary 
  3" 
  of 
  

   this 
  butterfly 
  in 
  1879 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   Transvaal 
  (Lydenburg 
  District) 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Ayres. 
  I 
  did 
  

   not 
  think 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  found 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  on 
  this 
  

   specimen, 
  as 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  merely 
  an 
  aberration 
  of 
  

   P. 
  Trimenii 
  ; 
  but, 
  in 
  1889, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Hutchinson 
  sent 
  

   several 
  examples 
  (including 
  one 
  ? 
  ) 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  form, 
  

   which 
  he 
  had 
  taken, 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  on 
  the 
  

   Natal 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Drakensberg, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  

   7000 
  ft. 
  He 
  has 
  since 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  numerous 
  

   at 
  that 
  height, 
  flying 
  rather 
  swiftly 
  and 
  continuously 
  for 
  

   a 
  Satyride 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  out 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  time, 
  

   not 
  appearing 
  after 
  the 
  15th 
  September, 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  

   noticed 
  at 
  any 
  lower 
  station. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  : 
  Drakensberg 
  (alt. 
  7000 
  ft.). 
  Transvaal 
  : 
  

   Lydenberg 
  District. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  ACECEIN^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Acrgea, 
  Fab. 
  

  

  Acroea 
  Admatha, 
  Hewits. 
  

  

  Acroea 
  Admatha, 
  Hewits., 
  Exot. 
  Butt., 
  iii., 
  p. 
  15, 
  pi. 
  8 
  

   {Acr(Ea,iii.), 
  ff. 
  16, 
  17 
  (1865). 
  [^ 
  .] 
  

  

  This 
  butterfly 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Horta 
  group, 
  but 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  that 
  species 
  and 
  its 
  allies 
  by 
  the 
  broad 
  

   dark 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  completely 
  enclosing 
  six 
  

   large 
  round 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  colour. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  figured 
  by 
  Hewitson 
  is 
  noted 
  as 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  

   Old 
  Calabar, 
  and 
  other 
  examples 
  in 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Col- 
  

   lection 
  are 
  recorded 
  from 
  Angola 
  ; 
  while 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Sierra 
  Leone 
  and 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  

   Museum 
  and 
  my 
  own 
  cabinet. 
  

  

  Not 
  until 
  1888 
  was 
  I 
  aware 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  occurred 
  

   in 
  extra-tropical 
  South 
  Africa. 
  A 
  single 
  ? 
  example, 
  

   taken 
  at 
  Etshowe, 
  Zululand, 
  in 
  January, 
  1887, 
  was 
  then 
  

  

  