32 
SOUTH-AFEICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
unlike that of a spider of the Gasteracantha group. From every point 
of view, it looks altogether unlike what it really is — the chrysalis of a 
butterfly — and no doubt derives protection from its disguise. 
Few African butterflies are better known or more widely spread over the 
continent than Agatliina. It is rather a heavy flyer, haunting wooded spots, 
and is very conspicuous on the wing. Like many others of the Sub-Family, it 
is of somewhat gregarious habits, but I never observed in it any tendency to the 
direct onward flight in one direction so characteristic of many PierincE. It 
keeps much about low trees, and often settles on the leaves. 
In South Africa Proper it is confined to the Eastern Territories, not being 
recorded in the Cape Colony from farther westward than the Albany District. 
It becomes numerous about King William's Town and in the Trans-Kei 
country, and is abundant on the coast of Natal. The perfect insect appears 
to be " out" all the year round. I have personally taken it in the months of 
January, March, April, June, and August, and have ample records of its capture 
in May, October, November, and December. Colonel Bowker sent me the 
paired sexes taken on the Bashee River in May 1863, at King William's Town 
in 1872, and also at D'Urban, Natal, on the nth October 1881. 
Localities of Mylothris Agathina. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown (M. K Barber and II. J. 
Atherstone). Kowie River, Bathurst District (./. L. Fry). Wind- 
vogelberg, Queenstown District {Dr. Batho). King William's 
Town. " East London and Keiskama River mouth." — W. S. 
M. D'Urban. 
D. Kafi'raria Proper. — Butterworth and Bashee River (/. H. Bowker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts.— D'Urban. Avoca (/. H. Boivker). Itongati 
River. " Lower Umkomazi." — J. H. Bowker. 
h. Upper Districts. — Maritzburg {S. Windham). Estcourt (/. M. 
Hatchinson). 
F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay (the late Colonel H. Toiver). 
G. " Swaziland."— The late E. C. Buxton, 
H. Delagoa Bay.- — Lourengo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 
K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom (F. E. Noren). 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. — Damaraland (/. A. Bell). " Angola {Pogge).'' 
— Dewitz. " Congo : Kinsembo {H. Ansell).'' — A. G. Butler. 
" Chinchoxo (Falkenstein)," — Dewitz. 
h. Eastern Coast. — Quilimane (/. H. Boivker). Zambesi {Rev. H. 
Rowley). " Querimba." — Hopfl'er. 
hi. Eastern Interior. — Shashani River, near Bulawayo ; and Inyam.- 
bare River {F. C. Selous). 
B. North Tropical. 
a. Western Coast.— Sierra Leone. — Coll Brit. Mus. 
6. Eastern Coast. — " Abyssinia {Raffray and Antinori).'' — Oberthlir. 
