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kind; cilia greyer, more glossy. Under side. — Hind-wing and costal 
and broad apical hind-marginal border of fore-wing reddish-brown with 
a tinge of yellow-ochreous. Fore-iving : ground rather paler and greyer 
than on upper side. Hind-iving : tiuo ivhite longitudinal streaks, — the 
upper one very conspicuous, sharply defined, running from base through 
discoidal cell to hind-margin, — the lower one duller and thinner, 
running from base to hind-margin between first median nervule and 
submedian nervure, not well-marked before middle ; inner-marginal 
fold dull greyish-brown. 
Head and body fuscous-brown above, the thorax beneath clothed 
with greyish hair, and the abdomen with a whitish median stripe. 
Antennae blackish above, barred with brown and white beneath ; palpi 
with fuscous hairs above, but beneath with whitish basal scales and 
mixed sandy and grey hairs. 
% Like ^, but fore-wings rather longer and acuter, and cilia greyer. 
Under side. — Paler, and with a stronger tinge of ochreous-yellow than 
in ^. Hind-wing : upper stripe thinner and not so purely white or 
so sharply defined ; lower stripe almost obsolete. 
Variety A. — Much larger; exp. al. ($) i in. 3-3 J- Hn. ; ($) i in. 
4-6 lin. 
Paler ; cilia greyer. Under side paler ; in hind-wing some more 
or less developed white irroration immediately above lower white 
stripe. In both sexes, but especially in the the fore-wings are 
more pointed at apex. (Hab. — Piketberg, Tulbagh, and Swellendam 
Districts, Cape Colony.) 
I think that the smaller examples above described are really 
referable to Latreille's species, the expanse of which is given as about 
an inch ; but I am doubtful as to the much larger Variety A. The 
only known locality of the smaller (typical) form is Uitenhage in the 
Eastern Cape Colony, while the variety belongs to the Western Dis- 
tricts. The Kaffrarian specimens included under this species in my 
former catalogue must, I think, be removed to the next species, G. 
Tsita, mihi, although the presence of the reduced white streaks on 
the under side of the hind-wings approximates them to Lepeletierii. 
Colonel Bowker took a few of the typical form (including one $ example) 
at Uitenhage in October 1879 and in 188 1. I received from Mr. S. D. 
Bairstow a ^ captured at the same place. I first met with Var. A. at Vogel 
Vley, Tulbagh District, in October 1863; and subsequently (September 1869) 
took a good many specimens of both sexes in the Piketberg District. The 
insect frequents broken shrubby slopes and banks of streams, preferring stony 
places ; it settles constantly on the ground and on stones, and is easily 
captured. 
Localities of Cyclopides Lepeletierii. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Vogel Vley, Tulbagh District. Berg River 
Bridge and Piketberg. Swellendam {L. Taats) — Var. A. 
