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mark twice as broad as in Lconidas ; sixth spot of discal series rather, 
and fifth greatly enlarged, so that these three markings form a broad 
oblique band ; the seventh spot is considerably and the eighth moder- 
ately enlarged and lengthened ; and the first and second are much 
longer ; first and third disco-cellular marks and eight spots of sub- 
marginal row, on the contrary, considerably smaller. Hind-wing : 
basal patch considerably wider, especially along inner margin, and in 
discoidal cell reaching nearly to extremity ; submarginal spots much 
reduced in size. The basal red appears to be wanting on the under 
side in both wings. 
{Hob. — " Zanguebar : Tchouacka (IlaffraT/)." — Oberthiir.) 
This marked variety w^as named and figured by Mr. C. Oberthiir 
(op. cit.) from a single example ; it is possibly, as he suggests, entitled 
to species rank, but not having examined the specimen, I am unable 
to give any decided opinion on this point. 
P. Leonidas has long been well known from the Western Coast of 
Tropical Africa, and later as a native also of the Eastern Coast. It 
was not until 1878 that I learned the existence of the typical form 
to the south of the tropic, where its prevalent representative is the 
doubtfully distinct " Variety A." of Mr. G. K. Gray ( = Brasidas, Feld.). 
Specimens received in that year and subsequently from Delagoa Bay 
(Mrs. Monteiro) quite agree with West-Coast examples ; and just 
recently — in November 1887 — I have received a $ and a $ taken 
as far south as Etshowe in Zululand by Captain A. M. Goodrich. 
The $ shows a tendency in the direction of Brasidas by the almost 
obsolete condition of the basal cellular mark in the fore-wings. 
A pupa received from Mrs. Monteiro resulted in a ^ on the 9th 
December 1886. I could not discover that this Delagoa Bay specimen 
differed at all from the chrysalides of Brasidas from Natal, which are 
described below. 
As Boisduval (piJ. cit.) and Mrs. Butler {Cat. Fat. D. Lep. in Brit. 
Mus., p. 243) have pointed out, F. Leonidas in pattern and colouring 
presents unmistakable resemblance to the variety (Fetiverana, Doubl. 
= Leonora, Butl.) of Danais Limniace, Cram., inhabiting Western 
Tropical Africa.^ This mimicry is not close as regards the basal patch 
of the hind-wings, but is accentuated by the similarity in the outline 
of the wings, the white spotting of the head and thorax, and the median 
ochreous-yellow colouring on the under side of the abdomen. 
Localities of Fapilio Lconidas. 
I. South Africa. 
F. Zululand. — Etshowe {A. M. Goodrich). 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Louren^o Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 
^ Mr. J. Morton Pask, R.N., who presented specimens of this Danais to the South- 
African Museum, informed me that it was a very abundant species at Cape Coast Castle. 
