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lunules. Hind-ioing : outer submarginal row of lunules more or less 
combining with a hind- marginal white line to form imperfect rings; 
hind-marginal spot between first median nervule and submedian nervure 
conspicuous, black, bordered inwardly by a broad orange-yellow lunule ; 
in some specimens, a very indistinct, thin, dusky, disco-cellular terminal 
lunule. Under side. — Agreeing very closely with that of L. Osiris^ 
Hopff. {q. V.) ; the growid-coloitr rather' more hroivnish, rendering the 
ivhite markings more distinct. Hind-iuing : an additional spot in suh~ 
hasal roiu, just below base of first median nervule ; inferior hind-mar- 
ginal spot (next anal angle) either wanting altogether or represented 
by a few black, greenish-silvery, and (rarely) orange scales. •'■ 
$ Darker, shot from bases over discs tvith hright pale-hhie. Fore- 
wing : disco- cellular lunule darker, broader ; whitish lunules near 
posterior angle usually less indistinct than in $ and margined on 
both sides by darker marks ; in one example, beyond these lunules, 
is a short thin whitish hind-marginal line ; blue suffusion occupies 
lower half of discoidal cell, and extends over disc and along inner 
margin to beyond middle. Hind-ioing : submarginal series of white 
lunules and hind-marginal white line much better marked than in 3^; 
black hind-marginal spot and adjoining orange lunule larger. Under 
SIDE. — As in ^, but the markings commonly not so distinct, especially 
in hind-wing, the sub-basal spots, and the first spot of discal row. 
The dull pale-grey $ of this species differs very much in appear- 
ance from the $ Osiris ; but the ^ s of the two forms, notwithstanding 
that Osiris has tails and Asopus none, are remarkably similar ; and in 
both sexes tlie under side of the two species are almost identical. 
Aso])2cs is decidedly a smaller insect than Osiris ; and the minute dif- 
ferences pointed out in the description seem to be constant. 
Mr. W. S. M. D'Urban, who first sent me this Lyccena^ wrote that it was 
not common near King William's Town in March. I met with it sparingly 
on the coast of Natal in Febriiaiy 1867 ; the few specimens I captured were 
flitting about low shrubs and herbage. 
Localities of Lycmna Asopus. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
h. Eastern Districts.— King William's Town [W. S. M. D'Urhan). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Victoria County. 
h. Upper Districts. — Estcourt (/. M. Hidcliinsoii). 
F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay {the late Colonel H. Tower). 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 
K. Transvaal.- — Potchefstroom District (T. Ay res). 
^ Hopffer {loc. cit.) mentions a ? from Senegal in which this inferior spot is as well 
developed as the superior one. 
