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SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
fifth, wliicli is rather larger than on upper side, and conspicuous- 
beyond the spots and also along inner-marginal fold the dark-brown 
surface is unmarked, except by a white line just before hind-marginal 
edge, between first median nervule and anal angle ; about base some 
sparse whitish scaling. 
Head and thorax very robust, the former quite as hroad as the latter. 
Antennae with a well-developed and strongly recurved hook ; black 
above, half-ringed with yellowish-white beneath, and with basal incras- 
sation of club also marked beneath with yellowish-white. Beneath, 
the palpi and front of the hi^east are conspicuously yellowish-white ; 
rest of breast greyish. Abdomen blackish, with complete segmental 
incision rings of yellowish-white, very thin above, but wider laterally 
and beneath. 
$ Like but rather paler and duller. Fore-iving : about subcostal 
and median nervures, near base, a little dull-yellowish scaling. Hind- 
wing : spots of discal series yellower, slightly larger, — usually a minute 
additional spot between the subcostal nervules. Under side. — Much 
paler. Fore-wing : costal yellowish-white extending to beyond middle ; 
spots larger. Hind-wing : basal whitish scaling and median whitish 
shade, as well as discal spots (except the last), better developed ; white 
hind-marginal line widened to a streak between first median nervule 
and submedian nervure. 
This strongly-built little species, which in marking is not unlike 
the much larger P. Borbonica (Boisd.) in the fore-wings, may be 
recognised by its large head, very dark ground-colour, inner-marginal 
yellowish-white edging on upper side of the fore-wings, rather well- 
developed discal series of yellowish-white spots in hind-wings, and very 
glossy partly violaceous-shot under side. In the latter feature it much 
resembles P. Fatuellus, Hopfi"., — especially the I was enabled to 
identify Ncba, He wits., with this species by examining the seven speci- 
mens in the Hewitson Collection at the British Museum. 
I took a ^ near D'Urban, Natal, in February 1867, and Colonel Bowker, 
Mr. "W. D. Gooch, the late Mr. M. J. M'Ken, and Mr. A. D. Millar have all 
from time to time sent a specimen or two captured in that locality. As my 
last-named correspondent writes, however, the butterfly appears to be decidedly 
rare in that part of Natal. The paired sexes were taken by Colonel Bowker 
on the 13th August 1878. A single taken at Humbe, on the Cunene 
River, in October 1887, by Mr. Eriksson, has the vitreous spots decidedly 
larger and the under side paler and greyer than usual. 
Localities of Pamphila Moritili. 
I. South Africa. 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Pinetown {W. Morant). 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques (Mrs. Monteiro). 
K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ayres). , ' . 
