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SOUTH-AFKICAN BUTTEKFLlES. 
92. (2.) Euralia mima, (Trimen). 
Diadema mima, Trim., Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxvi. p. 506, note (1869); 
and Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 107 (notes). 
Ex;p. al., 3 in. 3 lin. — 4 in. 
J Sooty-Uack, with slightly'iridesce7it white spots ; hind-wing with a 
pale ochrey-yelloiv patch. Fore-wing : the following white spots, viz., 
towards middle an oblique row of two — one thin, elongate, almost 
longitudinally placed, in discoidal cell near the extremity, the other 
much larger, subovate, farther from base, between first and second 
median nervules ; a nearly parallel oblique subapical row of three, about 
midway between the first row and apex, consisting of two small rounded 
spots close together near costa, and a larger, inferior, irregularly sub- 
ovate one just above third median nervule ; and a submarginal row of 
seven small round ones, of which the first and seventh are largest, and 
the fourth and fifth minute or obsolete. Hind-iving : yellow patch 
occupying basal and central area, commencing very near base, rounded 
superiorly, rising more or less above subcostal nervure, extending to 
rather beyond middle on disc and also to inner margin, having its outer 
limit rather ill defined, and more or less penetrated by inter-nervular 
black rays from hind-margin ; nervures crossing yellow patch black ; a 
submarginal row of five small round white spots, of which the lowest 
(between first and second median nervules) is tinged with yellow. Cilia 
black, with small but very distinct inter-nervular white spots. Under 
SIDE. — Hind-wing and apical area of fore-iuing pale ochreoiis-hrown loitli 
a tinge of grey ; markings like those of upper side. Fore-whig : a small 
white spot in discoidal cell, before the first of the oblique median row ; 
three still smaller ones close to base, — two on costa and one at origin 
of subcostal and median nervures ; on costa, immediately above first 
spot of subapical row, a narrow white mark ; submarginal row of seven 
spots, usually complete, — often a minute additional spot just above the 
first ; from anal angle to lower radial nervule a double row of bluish- 
white lunules along hind-margin. Hind-wing: ochrey-yellow patch 
paler, smaller, its exterior outline better defined but irregular ; spots 
of submarginal row larger, better defined — a sixth sometimes present 
below first median nervule ; a double row of white lunules usually well 
marked along all the hind- marginal border ; inter-nervular black rays 
well-defined ; base narrowly black, with two small white spots, — one 
close to origin of precostal and costal nervures, the other at origin of 
subcostal and median nervures. 
? Similar to ^, hut the ivldte spots of oblique rows in fore-wing larger, 
and usually ringed with bluish {sometimes also with a few ochreous-yellow) 
scales ; in both wings traces of a double row of bluish-white lunules 
along hind-margin. Under side. — As in ^. 
Specimens of both sexes occur in which the yellow patch of the 
hind-wing is much restricted, not rising above subcostal nervure 01' 
