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SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
3 lin.), the butterfly appears constantly to present on the upper side of the 
fore-wings the middle discal row of black spots, which in South- African indi- 
viduals is only completely shown on the under side ; and in the same way they 
possess on the upper side of the hind-wings two lines of disconnected short 
thin black lines before the discal row of spots corresponding in position to the 
streaks present on the under side. The largest examples are those from China, 
the type-specimen figured by Drury expanding about three inches. 
A. Plialantha has quite the habits of the larger European species of Ar- 
gynnis ; but its flight is more rapid and irregular, and it usually rests on a 
flower for a very short time before hurrying on again. It is conspicuous on the 
wing, looking almost golden in the sunshine. In August 1865 I took an ex- 
ample near D'Urban, Natal, and in 1867, from Felu'uary to April, often met 
with the species in that Colony, most commonly near Pietermaritzburg. Colonel 
Bowker has forwarded to me two pairs of Phalantlia captured in copuld, one at 
D'Urban in April 1881, the other at Isipingo in November 1882 ; the sexes 
present no noticeable difi'erence in either case. 
Localities of Atclla Phalantlia. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Kleinemond River, Bathurst (//. /. Ather- 
stone). 
c. Griqualand West. — Vaal River (M. E. Barber). 
d. Basutoland — Maseru (/. H. Boiolcer). 
D. Kaff'raria Proper. — Bashee River (/. H. Boivker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Verulam. Isipingo (/. H. BowJcer). 
b. Upper Districts. — Pietermaritzburg. Estcourt (/. M. Hutchinson). 
F. Zululand.— St. Lucia Bay {H. Tower). 
H. Delagoa Bay {J. J. Monteiro). 
K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom [T. Ay res). Marico River [F. Q. Selous). 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. " Angola (/. J. Monteiro).^' — H. Druce. Do. 
(Br. Pogge, " 10° S. lat.")— H. Dewitz. 
b. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi {Eev. H. Rowley). " Querimba." — 
Hopfi'er. 
bb. Comoro Islands : Johanna (BeivsJier). Madagascar (Greve). 
" Bourbon." — Boisduval. Mauritius. 
B. North Tropical. 
b. Eastern Coast. — " Abyssinia : Shoa {A7itinori)." — Oberthiir. 
IV. Asia. 
A. Southern Region. — India (North India, Nepaul, Bengal : Brit. Mus. ; 
" Kurrachee : " C. Swinhoe). Ceylon (B. B. Bayard and B. 
Trimen). Malacca, Penang : Brit. Mus. China (Shanghai : 
Brit. Mus.) 
B. Malayan Archipelago. — Java : Brit. Mus. 
V. Australia. — Austro-Malayan Archipelago. — "Celebes (Macassar), Timor." 
— Wallace. 
