556 MISS E. M. SHARPE o>' KKW [June 20, 



IIyPOLIMIs'AS MISIPPUS. 



HypoUmnas misippus (Lmw.) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. 

 p. 225. 



Htpolimnas dubius. 



Hiipolimnas duhius (Beauv.) ; Kirby, Syu. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. 

 p. 220. 



Ckekis natalensis. 



Crenis natalensis, Boisd., Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. i. p. 250 (1887). 



Subfam. Libyth^in^. 

 Libythea labdaca. 

 Libythea labdaco, Westw., Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 282. 



Chakaxes monteiri. 



CJiaraars monteiri, Staudinger, Ex. Schm. p. 170, Taf. 59. fig. 1. 



Tarn. Lyc^nib.!:. 



Hypolyc.tena rata. 



Hyj)oh/ca'na rava, Holland, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. x. p. 286 

 (1892). \ 



Tarucus pplchra. 



Tarx(ciis pidilira, Murr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 524, pi, 10. 

 figs. 7, 8. 



Hyreus lixgeus. 



Cnpido liiH/ens (Cram.) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 350. 



ZlZERA KNTSNA. 



Zizera l-nysna, Trim. Ebop. Afr. Austr. p. 255 (1862-66). 



Catochrysops sancti-thom.t, sp. n. 



Allied to C. ella, Butl., but rather larger. The male is more 

 brownish violet on the upperside. 



The underside differs considerably, being of a uniform brown 

 with darker markings edged on both sides with pale drab or "white. 

 The hind wing has three ocelli, black encircled by orange and the 

 lower half of the ocelli edged with metallic green. 



The female has a very brilliant patch of metallic blue on the 

 fore wing, with a very broad border of dark bro^\n on the costa 

 and hind margin. 



Hind wing also with a blue patch at the base, but not so bright in 

 colour. The border on the costa and hind margin broMu, with an 

 indistinct spot of black just above the tail. 



