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covers flattened, sliarply angulated, and extended far out from the I 
body ; thorax rounded, expanded ; back prominent ; abdomen more or j 
less angular, slightly curved inward, bifid at tip. The chrysalis state i 
lasts from ten to fifteen days. 
The above descriptions of larva and pupa are from notes and drawings 
furnished by Captain H. C. Harford and Mr. W. D. Gooch. Both these 
gentlemen reared the butterfly on the ^^'atal Coast. Captain Harford notes 
that the larva, like those of many Nym]jlialidce, has a habit of wagging its 
head about — doubtless a menacing gesture, to which the long antler-like horns 
would give point. He also remarks that it spins a web to lie upon over the 
surface of a leaf. Mr. Gooch observes that the larva presents a variety in 
which all the body except tlie spiracular stripe is blackish. 
Mr. Druce {Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., 1875, P* 4^9) iiotes that examples of 
this butterfly, taken by the late Mr. J. J. Monteiro in Angola, had the white 
band of the hind-wdngs much wider than in the specimens from Natal. 
The Variety A. of Hiarhas indicates an intimate relation of the species 
with its congener Drijope, Cramer, wdiich has the common transverse stripe of 
the same w^arni ochreous-yellow, but much broader. This alliance is emphasised 
by the circumstance of the capture by Colonel Bowker, on 13th April 1881, at 
D'Urban, Natal, of an ordinary male Hiarhas, paired with a female Dryope, 
only separable from ordinary examples by a narrower yellow band in the hind- 
wings. My correspondent wrote — "There was no question about this union, 
as I followed the pair for some distance before making the capture; on the 
wing, the female carried the male." The paired sexes of Hiarhas were taken 
by Colonel Bowker at D'Urban in March 1879. 
This elegant butterfly prevails widely over the w^ooded parts of South 
Africa. Its flight is somewhat curious, not rapid or direct, but backwards and 
forwards in a limited space, usually about a group of shrubs or young trees. 
Often several individuals keep hovering around a single tree, or settle on the 
stem and sun themselves, shuffling about in a playful fashion. I have not 
noticed it anywhere in abundance, but it may be termed common — specimens 
almost ahvays being seen in the course of a woodland walk. 
Localities of Ewrytela Hiarhas. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Knysna. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown. Kleinemond Eiver, Bathurst 
{H J. Atherstone). "King Wilham's Town."— W. S. M. 
D'Urban. East London (P. Borcherds). 
D. Kafifraria Proper. — Bashee Eiver {J. H. Boivker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D' Urban. " Lower Umkomazi." — J. H. Bowker. 
h. Upper Districts. — Pietermaritzburg [Miss Colenso). 
r. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay {Colonel H. Toiver). 
11. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical 
a. Western Coast. — "Angola (/. /. Monteiro).^^ — Druce. 
B, North Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. — Sierra Leone: Ashanti. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 
h. Eastern Coast. — "Abyssinia: ^\\o& {Antinori).'''' — Oberthiir. 
