124 
SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTEEFLIES. 
especially laterally and posteriorly, where tlie liair is mucli longer. 
Fore-wings large, somewhat truncate ; costa moderately arched, the con- ' 
vexity growing very gradually from base ; apex rounded ; hind-margin 
almost straight, moderately sinuated ; inner margin almost straight ; a i 
coating of very short hairs near base, more developed on inner margin ; 
discoidal cell rather short, truncate, the disco-cellular nervules (of which | 
the upper is very short, the middle of moderate length, and the lower 
much longer a,nd slightly bent outwardly) being only a little oblique ; 
first and second subcostal nervules arising near each other, a little before | 
end of cell, and the third a considerable distance beyond cell, not far j » 
from the origin of the fourth. Hind-wings large ; costa slightly arched 
about middle ; hind-margin scalloped ; anal angle pronounced ; inner 
margins meeting to a little beyond tip of abdomen, forming a deep 
groove, — beyond that slightly hollowed ; discoidal cell very short, its 
termination pointed inferiorly, the lower disco-cellular nervule forming 
a very acute angle with the median nervure just beyond origin of ' 
second median nervule ; costal nervure extending to apex ; internal 
nervure strong, curved, ending on inner margin rather beyond middle ; 
inner margin ciliated throughout ; over basal half a dense coating of 
long hairs, more developed towards inner margin. Fore-legs of $ very 
short, slender; tarsal joint very short; tibia and tarsus clothed with 
very short velvety pile, and fringed externally and at the tip with dense 
long hair ; those of ^ rather thicker and longer (especially tarsal joint), 
and not so hairy. Middle and hind legs of moderate length, rather 
thick ; femora smooth, slightly downy ; tibige strongly spinose gene- 
rally, the terminal spurs rather long and acuminate ; tarsi with the joints 
very distinct, finely spinulose above, more coarsely so beneath. Abdo- 
men rather short, laterally compressed. 
Larva. — Rather thick, but attenuated towards each extremity ; | 
anal segment bearing two small pointed projections ; skin thinly 
clothed with short hairs. — (Characters derived from a drawing by Mrs. 
F. W. Barber.) 
Pupa. — Very smooth and robust, with all the prominent parts much 
blunted and rounded ; region of wing-covers extremely convex ; a deep 
constriction on back between thorax and abdomen ; anal suspensory 
stalk slender and elongated. — (Characters of a specimen received from 
Mrs. F. W. Barber.) 
This genus is one of the few which are peculiar to South Africa, the 
large and beautiful butterfly which alone represents it not being known j 
to occur in any tropical locality. As mentioned in my remarks on the 
Sub-Family, I had considerable hesitation in placing Meneris among 
the Satyrincc, on account of its long and thick antennse and robust j 
general structure, — to which may be added the comparatively similar 
size and development of the first pair of legs in the two sexes ; but 
these approximations to the Nym'phalinoG are together of less import- 
ance than those characters which, in the earlier states as well as in the 
