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SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
a denser or sparser flecking of ferruginous. Out of eleven $ speci- I 
mens (all South- African) now before me, only four have the apical i 
orange well developed ; four present only irregularly-disposed diffused ' 
orange- streaking ; one has scarcely any trace of that colour ; and the I 
remaining two are altogether without it. Usually the largest silvery 
spot of the under side of the hind-wings and the two small ones adja- • 
cent to it are perceptible on the upper side. The development and ' 
brilliancy of this large spot is very variable, — in some cases it is | 
obscured greatly by ferruginous clouding, and the other spots of the 
discal row are very inconstant in size and shape, and in the brightness 
of their silvery centre. 
M. Oberthur's separation (pp. cit.), as U. Trimenii, of the small 
Kaffrarian $ figured in my Rhopalocera Africce Australis^ cannot be 
sustained.-^ It is noticeable, however, that the under side of the small 
individuals of both sexes is of a deeper yellow, with the flecking of the 
hind-wings denser and pinker. I think it possible that this may be 
the winter (dry-season) brood. I did not meet with any small speci- 
mens during my summer visit, and the only similar example whose 
month of capture is recorded is a $ taken in August 1878 by Colonel 
Bowker. 
In upper-side colouring and pattern this brilliant butterfly has the aspect j 
of a magnified Temcolus Aiixo (Lucas), but is of much more vivid and intense 
yellow and orange in the $ . I found it pretty numerous on the coast of Natal 
in January, February, and April 1867, and had previously noticed a single 
specimen on the wing when calling at DUrban on 23d June 1865. It is 
exceedingly conspicuous in flight, but so swift as to be difficult to secure. 
Fortunately it has the family taste for frequent sips of nectar, and nearly all 
my specimens were made captive while settling on the flowers of Vinca rosea. 
Colonel Bowker sent me the paired sexes taken by him near DUrban in March 
1879 ; the large $ of this pair has no apical orange. The same observer found 
the species common in Kaffraria Proper ; it was noted as unusually numerous 
all through the summer and autumn of 1862. 
Though well known to range widely through Eastern Africa, I have met 
with no record of the occurrence of Leda on the western side, except in Mr. . 
Kirby's Catalogue of the Hewitson Collection, where Angola is given as a 
locality in addition to Natal. 
Localities of Eronia Lcda. 
1. South Africa. 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee, Colossa, and Nabesa Rivers (/. H. 
Boivker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — " Lower Umkomazi."— J. H. Bowker. DUrhan. 
Yerulam. 
F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay (the late Colonel H. Tower). Etshowe 
{A. M. Goodrich). 
1 My friend's remark, " Jamais VEronia Leda n'a de taches dans sa macule apicale 
aurore," renders it clear that he was at the time unacquainted with the female of this 
butterfly. 
