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The P. Tarqidnla is apparently imitative of Planema Aganice (Hewits.),i 
the shape and position of the central bands, the colouring, and particularly the 
basal markings of the under side of the hind-wings, being remarkably similar ; 
but the Pseudacrcea has a short subapical white bar not found in the Planema. 
The latter marking is, however, not noticeable in flight, and I fully believed 
the first example that I met with to be Planema Aganice, — a butterfly 
frequenting the same spot. Curiously enough, the $ Tarqiiinia does not 
resemble either sex of PI. Aganice, but is plainly modified in imitation of 
Amauris Echeria (Stoll), as shown by the reduced spots and (especially) apical 
prolongation of the fore-wings, the ochreous-yellow band of the hind-wings, the 
more distinct series of small submarginal spots, and the browner colouring of 
the under side. I have not seen the $ Tarquinia in life, but the likeness to 
Echeria in the cabinet is so strong, that on the wing it is in all probability 
entirely deceptive. 
I met with two examples only in Natal, one near D'Urban, on i8th February 
1867, and the other near Verulam, on the 24th of the same month ; the former 
was settling on a shady pathway in a wood, and the latter hovering about young 
trees at the edge of a wood, and settling on the outermost twigs occasionally. 
This latter individual had precisely the same slow floating flight as Planema 
Aganice, and settled in exactly the attitude adopted by that butterfly and by 
Amauris Eclieria, viz., with the wings dependent and closely shut, at the very 
extremity of a twig. 
The butterfly is undoubtedly rare ; but the late Mr. M. J. M'Ken forwarded 
a male from D'Urban in 1869 and a female in 1871. A female from Natal 
was in Mr. Hewitson's collection in 1867, as well as a male from the Zambesi. 
During his stay in Natal, Colonel Bowker has sent me four males from D'Urban 
(April 1879 and June 1881), one male from Isipingo (April 1879), and two 
males and one very small female {exp. al., 2 in. lin. only) from Pinetown. 
In Mr. Distant's collection I noted an apparent from Magila, East Africa, 
in which the bands were tinged with reddish-ochreous. The Natalian ^ s vary 
in the more or less yellowish tint of the band of the hind- wings. 
Localities of Pscudacrcca Tarquinia. 
I. South Africa. 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Verulam. Pinetown and Isipingo 
(/. H. Bowker). 
II. Other African Eegions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi. — Coll. Hewitson. Usambara : Magila. 
—Coll. Distant. 
95. (2.) Pseudacraea Delagoae, Trimen. 
Exp. al., ($) 2 in. 6^ lin. ; ($) 2 in. I I lin. 
$ Black, with white hands and spots. Fore-ioing : an outwardly arched 
rather broad band of five white spots, of which the first is of about the 
same size as the second, and is in discoidal cell at its extremity (being 
separated from the second by the curved and strongly black-clouded 
^ The West-African Lucretia, with its much more conspicuous subapical white marking 
in the fore- wings, bears a strong likeness to Planema Lycoa (Godt.), a native of the same 
region. 
