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SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
Exp. al., I in. 5—8 lin. 
$ Bright chrome-yelloio ; fore- wing only with a narrow hlach larder 
widened about the apex. Fore-iving : border commencing at a point on 
costa just before extremity of second subcostal nervule, its apical portion 
moderately wide, but its hind-marginal portion rather abruptly becoming 
very narrow about end of third median nervule, and continuing so to pos- 
terior angle, — just above which it is sub-interrupted by some yellow 
scaling ; the inner edge of this border emits more or less acute denti- 
culations on nervules, and between these is more or less excavated, 
especially in its lower portion ; costa with a black edging line of 
extreme tenuity. Hind-iving : a series of nine very small but (with 
the exception of the two last) very distinct black hind-marginal spots, 
all nervular except the eighth, which is between first median nervule and 
submedian nervure. Under side. — Very much paler yellow, ivith pale 
dull-ferruginous markings. Fore-wing: two slender transverse linear 
marks in discoidal cell before middle, of which the first is near base 
and minute, and the second considerably larger and more or less angu- 
lated ; at extremity of cell a small geminate marking of irregular 
form, with a more or less prominent superior projection outward, 
enclosing two whitish spots ; a subapical, elongate, irregular marking, 
wider inferiorly, lying between costa and third median nervule ; space 
between superior part of this marking and apex sparsely scaled with 
dull-ferruginous ; a marginal series of nervular black spots throughout, 
minute on hind-margin, but larger (in fine specimens som.ewhat con- 
spicuous) on costa ; inner-marginal border whitish. Hind-wing : at 
extremity of discoidal cell a marking similar to that in fore-wing, but 
more irregular and more deeply insected ; a sub- basal curved transverse 
row of three small whitish spots in ferruginous rings ; close to base, 
between costal and subcostal nervures, a fourth spot (smaller and 
imperfect) ; a very indistinct, irregular, transverse, discal streak from 
costa to inner margin, broken completely on first subcostal, radial, and 
all three median nervules, and on submedian nervure ; series of minute 
hind-marginal spots as on upj^er side. 
^ Similar, rather paler. Fore-wing : apical black border broader, 
prominently so at point (between radial and third median nervules) 
where hind-marginal narrowing begins. Under side. — As in but the 
large subapical ferruginous marking of fore-wing rather broader and 
darker. 
The foregoing description is made from specimens captured by myself in 
Mauritius. The very feiv South-African specimens (three ^ s and five $ s) which 
I consider referable to Floricola are slightly larger, and of a paler yellow tint on 
the upper side ; and in the ^ the black apical border is a little broader and 
decidedly more prominent inwardly. On the under side the yellow is purer and 
brighter ; the subapical marking of the fore-wing is broader and darker, and 
the other markings are in general better developed. In these respects they 
approach Senegalensis, Geyer {nec Boisd.), which is indeed a very close ally of 
