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coloured species of GoinpJiocarjms, which grows in wet or swampy spots among 
long grasses or sedges ; " but I have not received any drawing or description 
either of it or of the pupa. 
P. Cloantha is a widely-spread species in the eastern parts of South Africa, 
but I am not aware of its occurrence westward of George in the Cape Colony. 
It is on the wing from the end of September to the beginning of April, but is 
most numerous in January and February. It frequents open ground, preferring 
damp marshy places with much grass, either in valleys or hollows on hillsides. 
I have seldom noticed it on flowers ; it usually settles on the ground or on the 
lowest plants, and when basking with expanded wings in the sunshine, is a 
most conspicuous and beautiful object. It has all the activity of the Junonice 
and Vanessa?, and is, I think, even bolder than they in returning to the same 
spot after an unsuccessful attempt at its capture. 
Localities of Precis Cloantha. 
I. South Africa, 
A. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — G^OYgQ {W. Atmore). Ivnysna. Plettenberg 
Bay. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Uitenhage {S. D. Bairstow). Kowie River, 
Bathurst (J. L. Fri/). Grahamstown. King William's Town 
(TF. S. M. D'Urhan). East London (P. Borclierds). 
d. Basutoland. — " Maluti Mountains " (/. //. Bowker). 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Butterworth and Bashee River (J". H. Boiolier). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Verulam. Itongati River. Mapumulo. 
h. Upper Districts. — Udland's Mission Station. Fort Bucking- 
ham, Tugehi River. Greytown. Little Noodsberg. Intzutze, 
Great Noodsberg. Maritzburg [Miss Colenso). Estcourt (/. 
M. Hutchinson). 
K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom {T. Ayres). 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. — Angola: " Loanda {R. Meldola).''—A. G. 
Butler. 
h. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River (Rev. H. Rowley). 
I. Interior. — "Victoria Nyanza {Rev. J. Hannington).^^ — A. G. 
Butler. 
B. North Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. — Cape Palmas (ColL Hope Mus.) 
h. Eastern Coast. — Abyssinia : " Shoa (Antinori).'' — Oberthiir. 
68. (3.) Precis Ceryne, (Boisd.) 
Salamis Ceryne, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 592, n. 68 (1847). 
Junonia Ceripie, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 131, n. 78 (1862),; and ii. 
pL 3, f. 4 (1886) [c?]. 
Exp. al., T in. 11 lin. — 2 in. 2 lin. 
(J Broion ; a broad, pale-ochreotcs, reddish-tinged hand crossing both 
wingSy and in hind-iving ivliitish on its inner side. Fore-iving : two 
short, pale-ochreous striae cross discoidal cell, the outer of the two 
extending a little below median nervure and its first nervule ; the 
