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the late Mr. E. 0. Buxton in Swaziland, of rather smaller size than 
usual {$ I in. 9 lin., $ i in. 8 lin.). The $ has the longitudinal 
stripe of the fore-wing reduced and grey, while that of the hind- 
wing is obsolete ; and the under side of the hind- wings is white. 
The $ s cannot, in my opinion, be separated from the smaller examples 
of Achine. 
A dwarf $ in my collection is only I in. 6 lin. in expanse, while 
two still smaller $ s expand respectively I in. 5 lin. and i in. 3 lin. I 
captured these three examples at Knysna. 
From Natal, Delagoa Bay, the Transvaal/ and the Eastern South- 
Tropical Interior, all the $ examples I have seen have the under side 
white or creamy-white, and several of those from the two tracts last- 
named (as well as two of the $ s) exhibit a tendency towards the 
very nearly allied Gavisa, Wallengr., in the nervules on the under side 
being blackish close to the hind-margin. 
This gaily-coloured Teracohts is numerous, and generally distributed over 
most of Eastern South Africa, but in the Cape Colony does not appear to extend 
■westward beyond the Oudtshoorn District. I have met with it freely at 
Knysna, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, and near Grahamstown, and took the paired 
sexes at the first-named place on i8th JSTovember 1858. In Natal it seems on 
the coast to be replaced almost entirely by the doubtfully distinct but larger 
and more heavily marked Gavisa, Wallengr. During the summer and "early 
autumn it is constantly to be found coursing actively along the edges of woods, 
seldom penetrating for any distance among the trees or ranging far into open 
ground. 
Localities of Tcracolus AcMne, 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Oudtshoorn (— Adams). Knysna and Plet- 
tenberg Bay. 
h. Eastern Districts, — Port Elizabeth. Uitenhage. Kowie River 
Mouth (/. L. Fry), Kleinemond River {H. J. Atherstone), and 
Tharfield (Miss M. L. Boivker). Grahamstown. King William's 
Town (TK .S'. UUrhan), 
D. Kafifraria Proper.— Butter worth and Bashee River (J. H. Boivker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — Verulam. 
h. Upper Districts.— Weenen County (/. M. Hutchinson). 
G. " Swaziland."— The late E. C. Buxton. 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Louren§o Marques (M7^s. Monteiro)^ ■ 
K. Transvaal. — Limpopo and Marico Rivers {F. C. Selous), and Junc- 
tion of those rivers (A. W. Erilisson). Potchefstroom and 
Lydenburg Districts {T. Ay res). 
^ I have not seen the types of T. fumidus, Swinhoe, from Transvaal ; but the figures and 
descriptions {Proc. ZooL Soc. LoncL, 1S84, pi. xl. ff. 4, 5, p. 442) of both sexes induce a 
strong belief that the species in question has been founded on dwarf examples of Achine. 
The expanse of fore- wings noted is i| inch. 
