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portion of violet)^ — its hlackish edgings hroader and darker. Fore-wing : ! 
disco-cellular spot larger, ovate or round ; near posterior angle two i 
small blackish diffused spots, continuous of the series traversing violet 
jDatch. Hind-wing : blackish hind-marginal spots not so rare us in ^. 
Base of both wings (but especially that of fore-wing) with broader 
and darker greyish irroration. Under side. — Hind wing and apex of 
fore-wing didl creamy -ochreous {sometimes tinged with reddish), hatched 
faintly and minutely with grey; disco-cellular spots well-developed, 
that in hind-wing yellow with an inferior black dot ; transverse discal 
series of fuscous spots usually well marked, that on hind-wing elbowed 
at third median nervule, and continued thence to inner margin ; no 
spots at extremities of nervules. 
Variety A. and $). 
^ Blackish nervules and edgings of apical patch more strongly 
marked, the latter broader ; bases more widely and closely irrorated 
with greyish ; hind-marginal spots in hind-wing well marked, and 
five nervules (first subcostal to second median) finely black throughout f 
their length. Under side. — In both wings, nervules black close to ' 
hind-margin, and spots of discal series blackish, but usually very small, j 
$ Apical patch ohscure-white tinged loith violet, the intersecting I 
hlach macidar ray very Iroad, almost obliterating inner portion of violet. 
Hind-iving : hind-marginal spots large, black, inwardly prolonged and 
acuminate on nervules. Under side. — Hind-wing and apex of fore- 
wing strongly tinged with chrome-yellow ; spots of discal series very 
dark and distinct, separate, but larger than in $ ; extremities of ner- 
vules more widely blackish than in 
Dimorphic Form of — Apical patch black, broader throughout 
(and especially towards posterior angle) traversed mesially by a row of 
six rather small, outwardly narrowed white spots ; upper of two discal 
spots near posterior angle merged in hind-marginal black. Hind-wing : 
hind-marginal spots greatly widened, forming a border narrowly inter- 
rupted with white on inter-nervular folds. Under side. — As in $ just 
described, but the spots of discal series in both wings much enlarged. 
{Hah. — Damaraland, North-West Transvaal, and Eastern Tropical 
South Africa.) 
Some variation exists in both sexes of the typical form of Fegina, 
individuals occurring of smaller size than usual, with the under side 
more decidedly reddish-tinged, and with the cilia also creamy-reddish. 
The most strongly marked s of this description that I have seen were 
from the Eastern Transvaal ; two examples had the hind-wings quite 
pinkish-creamy, with faint dusky-grey striolation. I have not seen any 
$ in which the black macular ray traversing the violet apical patch is 
so nearly obsolete as in Westwood's figure {op. cit.) of a Tati specimen, 
but several $ s from Damaraland and the Transvaal exhibit considerable 
reduction of the ray. It is a $ of this kind that I have selected for my 
illustration. (Plate ii, fig. 3.) 
