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SOUTH-AFRICAX BUTTERFLIES. 
submedian nervure. Under side. — Duller , less yellow (especially in hasal 
half), very finely speckled and hatched loith brownish; common discal 
streak much better marked than on upper side, reddish-brown, exteriorly 
relieved by a pale-yellow line ; submarginal lines almost obsolete ; a 
common indistinct transverse brown line before middle. Fore-wing : 
ocelli much less distinct than on upper side, tbe subapical one minute, 
the large one consisting of a grey spot, enclosing an enlarged shining- 
white pupil, and obscurely ringed with yellow. Hind-iving : a discal 
row of seven very small grey ocelli from costa to anal angle, — the second, 
third, and seventh being minute or almost obsolete, and the pupils of 
all indistinct. 
^ Similar, but brown border less apparent along costa, and more 
rufous apically. Under side. — Somewhat darker, with a rufous tinge ; 
the fine hatching closer and more distinct ; yellow external edging of 
common discal streak wider, more conspicuous. 
The dull-yellow ground-colour of this Mycalesis gives it a very 
peculiar aspect, but its alliance to the similarly-tinted M. Miasis, 
Hewits., noted by Mr. Butler (loc. cit), is more apparent than real, 
Simonsii being in fact much closer to M. perspicua, mihi. This will 
be seen on comparing the under sides, that of Simonsii being very 
close to that of those examples of Ferspicua in which the ocelli are 
almost suppressed. In M. Eliasis (a Congo species) the ocelli are 
well developed on the upper side of both wings, but are strikingly dis- 
tinct and numerous on the under side ; and they present the more 
important character of being situated in quite a different position, viz., 
quite close to the hind-margin. 
M. Simonsii was described from specimens brought from Lake Nyassa, 
which appear from Mr. Butler's description to have been a little darker than 
those which I have received from Mashunaland and the Zambesi, and to have 
as many as six spots in the discal series on the upper side of the hind-wing. 
I include the butterfly in my list on the strength of an example received in 
1875 from Mr. E. H. Barber, who took it on the Crocodile (or Upper Limpopo) 
River on the north-west boundary of the Transvaal, at a locality very near 
the Tropic, but believed to be a little to the southward. Though I could not 
identify this individual with any described Mycalesis, it was too much injured 
to enable me to diagnose it as a new species. 
Localities of Mycalesis Simonsii. 
I. South Africa. 
K. Transvaal. — Upper Limpopo River (7^". H. Barber). 
IL Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
hi. Eastern Interior. — Inyoutete River, Mashunaland, and Zumho, 
north bank of Zambesi River [F. C. Selous). *' Lake Nyassa 
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