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! together forming a short transverse streak ; below and beyond these a 
fourth very small yellow spot. Under side. — As in but all hind- 
marginal spots larger, and the subcostal marks of fore- wing as on upper 
side, but larger. 
I This little Cyclopides is on the upper side in both sexes like a mini- 
i ature C. JEgijpan, Trim., but is strikingly different on the under side, 
the marginal yellow spots and the shining white stripes of the hind- 
wings giving it a very varied and unique aspect. Except for the 
I under-side stripes, Meninx bears a near resemblance to a South- 
American species, figured under the name of Menes by Cramer [Pap. 
Exot, iv., pi. cccxciii. ff. n, i) and Stoll {SuppL, pi. vii. f. 6 g). 
Mr. W. Morant, in December 1868, first made this butterfly known to me, 
forwarding a ^ which he had taken near Potchefstroom, Transvaal, and which 
I described as the type of C. Meninx in 1872. Later in the latter year, I re- 
ceived from him seven ^ s and a $ from the same locality, as well as a 
from Mr. T. Ayres, also taken at Potchefstroom. In the collection acquired 
from Mr. Ayres in 1879, the South-African Museum received four fine (^s, all 
noted as taken in the Potchefstroom District. Mr. Morant described the 
insect as occurring early in December and flying feebly, and both he and Mr. 
Ayres stated that it was confined to marshy ground and the banks of streams. 
Wallengren {Ofv. K. Vet.-Almd. Fdi^h., 1875, P- 9^) nientions that Mr. IST, 
Person found Meninx pretty commonly at Potchefstroom in damp spots during 
the months December to February. 
Localities of Cyclopides Meninx. 
I. South Africa. 
E. "Katal."— Plotz. 
K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom and District {W. Morant and T. Ayres). 
320. (6.) Cyclopides Willemi, (Wallengren). 
$ Heteropterus Willemi, Wallengr., K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1857 ; 
Lep. Rhop. Caffr., p. 47, n. 2. 
$ Cyclopides? Willemi, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 296, n. 186(1866). 
Cyclopides Cheles, Hewits., Descr. 100 N. Sp. Hesp., ii. p. 42, n. 5 (1868) ; 
and Exot. Butt., v. pi. 59, ff. 12, 13 (1874). 
Exp. al, {$) I in. 3-3I lin. 
$ Dark-hroivn, very slightly glossy ; fore-wing with an outer-discal 
and also a suhmarginal series of didl pale-yellowish spots. Fore-wing : 
spots of discal series elongate, the first three forming (with a minute 
superior costal dot of the same colour) a short transverse subcostal 
streak, the fourth and fifth nearer hind-margin, and almost touching 
third and fourth spots of submarginal series, and the ninth and seventh 
(of which the latter is small and sometimes obsolete) almost in a line 
below first three ; eight spots in submarginal row, of which the four 
upper are linear and indistinct, but the four lower much broader and 
distinct. Hind-wing without markings. Under side. — Hind-wing 
cind apical hind-marginal border of fore-iving yelloivish-vjhite, with 
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