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SOUTH-AFRICAN" BUTTERFLIES. 
Nymphalis Varanes, Godt., Enc. Meth., ix. p. 364, n. 48 (18 19). 
Philognoma Varanes, Westw., Gen. D. Lep., ii. p. 311, n. 2 (1850). 
5, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 181, n. 105 (1862). 
Exp. al., 3 in. 2—9 lin. 
Hich-ferruginous, spotted with ivaimi orange-ocJireous ; hasal portion 
of fore-wing pale-yellowish shading into orange-ochreous^ of hind-iuing, 
silky-white. Fore-wing : narrowly white on inner margin, gradually 
shading tlirough dull-yellow into orange- ochreous, which latter colour 
occupies middle ; three short, transverse, ferruginous marks on the 
ochreous portion, — one just beyond extremity of discoidal cell, — another 
between third and second median nervules, below, and slightly beyond, 
the first mark, — the third between second and first median nervules, 
vertically in a line with the first mark ; outer half of wing dark-ferru- 
ginous, which colour commences abruptly just beyond the three marks 
described, indenting the orange-ochreous between median nervules; 
beyond middle, two transverse rows of orange-ochreous spots, the outer 
row parallel to hind-margin, the iimer somewhat sinuate, — the spots of 
the outer row thinner and more lunular than those of the inner ; neither 
row extending below submedian nervure, and both with the spot next 
costa often indistinct ; between the two rows is another of dark spots, 
more apparent in ^ (whose ground-colour is paler). Hind-wing : basal 
portion, to beyond extremity of discoidal cell, glistening -ivhite ; along 
submedian nervure, from base, a dense clothing of silky, white hair, 
not extending to anal angle ; rest of wing ferruginous, inclining to 
ochreous near costa and next basal white ; two rows of ochreous spots 
in fore-wing indistinctly continued in this wing, the row of dark spots 
distinctly so, diminishing in size from subcostal nervure as far as second 
or first median nervule ; bordering hind-margin, a row of thin, dull- 
blue lunules, of which the three next anal angle are the most con- 
spicuous, being outiuardly very thinly white-edged ; tail at extremity 
of third median nervule brownish-ferruginous, slightly widened at its tip, 
from two to three lines in length. Under side. — Very variable ; dull 
greyish-broiun, inclining to ferruginous, loith pale-green nervures ; outer 
poi-'tions of loings more or less glistening. Fore-wing : crossing discoidal 
cell, three transverse, more or less distinct, strongly waved and angu- 
lated grey lines, sometimes defined with glistening- silvery outwardly, 
the third extending almost to submedian nervure ; a little beyond cell, a 
fourth, similar, longer, interrupted line, about middle, also nearly reach- 
ing submedian nervure ; beyond middle, a slightly-curved, transverse, 
continuous, dark-grey streak, glistening -silvery externally, from costa to 
below first median nervule ; beyond this, the surface is more or less 
washed with glistening-silvery, which does not, however extend to 
hind-margin, except at apex and at anal angle ; parallel to hind- 
margin, a row of more or less indistinct, dark- grey spots, from costal 
edge to submedian nervure. Hind-wing : before middle, three trans- 
verse, much-angulated, zigzag grey lines, similar to those in fore- wing, 
