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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Trimen 
  on 
  some 
  recent 
  (idditions 
  

  

  This 
  Lyccena 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Lijsimon 
  group, 
  and 
  so 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  L. 
  Otis 
  (Fab.) 
  — 
  as 
  recognised 
  

   by 
  Butler,* 
  De 
  Niceville,f 
  and 
  other 
  workers 
  at 
  Oriental 
  

   Lepidoptera 
  — 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  some 
  hesitation 
  in 
  awarding 
  

   it 
  species-rank. 
  The 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  agree 
  

   with 
  those 
  of 
  Otis 
  (Singalese 
  specimens), 
  but 
  its 
  ground 
  

   colour 
  is 
  paler 
  and 
  less 
  brownish. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  singular 
  

   silvery 
  bluish 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  that 
  best 
  distinguishes 
  

   Antanossa, 
  resembling 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  the 
  tint 
  exhibited 
  by 
  

   the 
  males 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  L. 
  Damon, 
  W. 
  V., 
  and 
  

   Conjdon, 
  Scop., 
  though 
  less 
  brilliant 
  ; 
  for 
  in 
  Otis 
  the 
  

   blue 
  is 
  distinctly 
  violaceous, 
  as 
  in 
  Lysimon. 
  The 
  hind- 
  

   marginal 
  series 
  of 
  dark 
  and 
  whitish 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  distinctive 
  feature 
  ; 
  and 
  

   in 
  size 
  (exj). 
  al. 
  $• 
  11|- 
  — 
  1 
  in. 
  Og- 
  lin., 
  ? 
  1 
  in. 
  0|- 
  lin.) 
  

   the 
  insect 
  is 
  notably 
  larger 
  than 
  Otis. 
  

  

  As 
  long 
  ago 
  as 
  March, 
  1867, 
  I 
  met 
  with 
  two 
  examples 
  

   of 
  this 
  butterfly 
  in 
  Natal, 
  and 
  recorded 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  its 
  

   apparent 
  distinctness 
  from 
  L.Kuysna, 
  mihi 
  {=Lysimon, 
  

   Hiibn.) 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  quite 
  recently 
  that 
  Major 
  

   D'Aguiiar 
  recalled 
  my 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  form 
  by 
  for- 
  

   warding 
  a 
  pair 
  from 
  Maritzburg, 
  and 
  representing 
  the 
  

   aj)parently 
  constant 
  characters 
  (notably 
  the 
  want 
  on 
  the 
  

   under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wings) 
  which 
  separated 
  it 
  from 
  Lysimon. 
  Other 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  Natal 
  have 
  since 
  reached 
  me, 
  vid. 
  : 
  one 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Hutchinson, 
  taken 
  at 
  Estcourt, 
  Weenen 
  

   District, 
  and 
  three 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Millar, 
  taken 
  near 
  

   D'Urban. 
  

  

  The 
  ? 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  (? 
  in 
  being 
  rather 
  darker, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  restriction 
  of 
  the 
  silvery 
  bluish 
  of 
  the 
  uj)per 
  side, 
  

   which 
  in 
  one 
  example 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  some 
  indistinct 
  

   scaling 
  in 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  is 
  absent 
  in 
  the 
  

   hind 
  wings. 
  

  

  I 
  had 
  described 
  this 
  butterfly 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  form, 
  not 
  

   identifying 
  it 
  with 
  Antanossa, 
  Mab., 
  until 
  carefully 
  

   comparing 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  excellent 
  figures 
  above 
  cited. 
  

  

  Major 
  DAguilar 
  writes 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  taken 
  a 
  good 
  

   many 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Maritzburg 
  District, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   coast 
  Mr. 
  Millar 
  has 
  noticed 
  but 
  few. 
  My 
  own 
  captures 
  

  

  - 
  Cat. 
  Fab. 
  Diurn. 
  Lep., 
  p. 
  169, 
  pi. 
  ii., 
  ff. 
  8, 
  11 
  (1869). 
  

   f 
  Butt. 
  India, 
  &c., 
  in., 
  p. 
  119, 
  pi. 
  xxvi., 
  f. 
  175 
  (1890). 
  

  

  