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SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTEEELIES. 
D' Urban met with it about King William's Town from November to May, and 
I took a specimen at Grahamstown as late as the 25th May. 
Though known to occur in various very distant points in Tropical Africa, 
Gidica does not appear to flourish anywhere out of South Africa proper. Three 
examples have reached me from Uamaraland, and a few have been taken in 
Abyssinia ; but its place over the greater part of the tropical interior seems to 
be taken by the abundant Mesentina. 
Localities of Fieris Gidica. 
I. South Africa. 
E. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Knysna. Plettenberg Bay. 
h. Eastern Districts.— Port Elizabeth (W. S. M. Urban). Uiten- 
hage. Grahamstown. Kowie River (J. L. Fry), and Tharfield 
{Miss M. Botvlier), Batliurst District. Keiskamma Mouth and 
King William's Town (JV. S. M. U Urban). Queenstown 
(IF. .S'. M. D' Urban). 
D. Kaflraria Proper. — -Bashee River (/. H. Botcher). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Yerulam. Umvoti. 
b. Upper Districts. — Estcourt {J. M, llidciiinson). Rorke's Drift 
{J. H. Boivher). 
11. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. — Damaraland {J. A. Bell). 
b. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River {Rev. H. Roioley). 
B. North Tropical. 
61. Eastern Interior. — Abyssinia: " Shoa " {Antinori). — Oberthiir. 
" Atbara River " [Soudan]. — Butler. 
261. (12.) Pieris abyssinica, Lucas. 
5 Fieris abyssinica, Luc, "Rev. et Mag. ZooL, 2nd Ser., iv. p. 328 
(1852)." 
$ ? Fieris Gidica, Yar. (Allica, Boisd. MS.), Oberth., Etudes d'Ent., iii. 
p. 16 (1878). 
Exp. al., ($) 2 in. 0 -4 lin. ; ($) i in. 10 lin. — 2 in. 2^ lin. 
Very closely allied to Gidica, Godt. 
$ White, with blachish markings; pattern of markings quite as 
in Gidica, but blackish, duller, inclining to broivn. Fore-wing : apical 
hind-marginal border not so clearly defined, rather diffused, its outer 
row of whitish spots more or less obsolescent. Under side. — Hind- 
luing and apical area of fore-wing more or less tinged luith pale didl- 
reddish^ on which the darker markings are less distinct and much browner 
than in Gidica, and sometimes obsolescent. Hind-ioing : a longitudinal 
whitish ray (conspicuous in the more reddish-tinged examples) from 
base almost to hind-margin, traversing discoidal cell, bounded infe- 
riorly by a dark-brown ray along the line of disco- cellular fold and 
the extension of that fold beyond extremity of cell ; basal edging of 
