﻿to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  South 
  African 
  butteoflies. 
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  . 
  2 
  • 
  Exp. 
  al. 
  2 
  in. 
  2—3 
  lin. 
  

  

  Transparent, 
  ivitli 
  a 
  dull 
  fuscous 
  apical 
  and 
  hind-marginal 
  

   harder 
  in 
  both 
  ivings 
  ; 
  hind 
  tuing, 
  and 
  (more 
  faintly) 
  basal 
  half 
  

   of 
  fore 
  wing 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  extremity 
  of 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  and 
  obliquely 
  

   to 
  posterior 
  angle, 
  very 
  dull 
  brich-red 
  ; 
  fore 
  luing 
  without 
  

   markings, 
  hind 
  wing 
  tvith 
  numerous 
  blacJc 
  spots. 
  Hind 
  %ving 
  ; 
  

   A 
  spot 
  in 
  cell 
  close 
  to 
  base, 
  and 
  another 
  about 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  

   middle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  o 
  , 
  subbasal 
  spots 
  — 
  one 
  costal, 
  and 
  four 
  between 
  

   median 
  nervure 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  two 
  snaall 
  spots, 
  obliquely 
  

   placed, 
  marking 
  extremity 
  of 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  discal 
  superiorly 
  

   strongly 
  outward-curving 
  series 
  of 
  8 
  spots 
  from 
  costa 
  to 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  being 
  considerably 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  (the 
  

   3rd, 
  4th, 
  and 
  5th 
  spots 
  are 
  obsolete 
  in 
  the 
  Zululand 
  specimen) 
  ; 
  

   fuscous 
  hind-marginal 
  border 
  ill-defined 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  edge, 
  the 
  

   nervules 
  and 
  internervular 
  lines 
  crossing 
  it 
  are 
  darker. 
  Under 
  

   SIDE. 
  — 
  Much 
  duller 
  and 
  paler 
  ; 
  red 
  in 
  fore 
  wing 
  very 
  faint, 
  in 
  hind 
  

   wing 
  wanting, 
  replaced 
  by 
  creamy 
  (in 
  Natal 
  example 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   dull 
  reddish 
  before 
  discal 
  series 
  of 
  spots). 
  Hind 
  iving 
  : 
  An 
  ad- 
  

   ditional 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  base, 
  on 
  costa. 
  

  

  These 
  South 
  African 
  specimens 
  agree 
  very 
  well 
  with 
  

   Hewitson's 
  brief 
  description 
  {loc. 
  cit.) 
  of 
  the 
  Madagascar 
  

   type. 
  Hewitson 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  any 
  small 
  red 
  inter- 
  

   nervular 
  hind-marginal 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  wings, 
  nor 
  is 
  

   there 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  these 
  in 
  the 
  specimens 
  just 
  described 
  ; 
  

   but 
  Guenee, 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  (o^j. 
  cit.) 
  oi 
  A. 
  Piva, 
  men- 
  

   tions 
  them, 
  and 
  Mabille 
  {op. 
  cit.) 
  both 
  describes 
  and 
  

   figures 
  them. 
  As 
  regards 
  these 
  spots, 
  however, 
  it 
  should 
  

   be 
  noted 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  evidently 
  variable 
  alike 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   distinctness, 
  and 
  number 
  ; 
  the 
  figures 
  in 
  Grandidier's 
  

   work 
  giving 
  six 
  rather 
  bright 
  and 
  large 
  ones 
  in 
  pi. 
  9 
  a, 
  

   f. 
  7 
  ; 
  six 
  rather 
  small, 
  faint, 
  and 
  inconspicuous 
  ones 
  in 
  

   pi. 
  10, 
  f. 
  5 
  ; 
  and 
  only 
  three 
  (between 
  3rd 
  median 
  nervule 
  

   and 
  submedian 
  nervure) 
  in 
  pi. 
  10, 
  f. 
  6. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Zululand 
  : 
  Etshowe. 
  Natal 
  : 
  Malvern, 
  near 
  

   D'Urban. 
  Madagascar: 
  North 
  and 
  East 
  (MaSiZZe). 
  

  

  FamUy 
  LYC^NID^. 
  

   Genus 
  Lyc.ena, 
  Fab. 
  

   Lyccena 
  Antaiiossa, 
  Mab. 
  

   Lyccena 
  Antanossa, 
  Mab., 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  

   1877, 
  p. 
  101 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  Grandid., 
  Hist. 
  Phys. 
  

   Madag., 
  Lep., 
  i., 
  p. 
  221, 
  and 
  Atlas, 
  pi. 
  28, 
  ff. 
  11-^ 
  

   U 
  (1885—87). 
  

  

  