LYC^^NIDiE. 
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$ Darker hrownish-grey ; discs paler and broadly sJiot from hases to 
beyond middle with violaceous blue; hind-wing with the outer row of 
submarginal lunulcs broad, white, and {except toivards costa) well-marked. 
Fore-wing : terminal disco -cellular dusky marking much broader tlian 
in ^, rather conspicuous; violaceous-blue suffusion just as in Asopus, 
$ ; some very indistinct submarginal traces of paler markings. Hind- 
wing : terminal disco- cellular lunule much thinner than in fore-wing, 
but distinct ; beyond it, a short, central, dusky, transverse streak, repre- 
senting discal roiv ; blue suffusion rather more extended outwardly 
than in Asopus mingling loith and obscuring the ivide tvhitish suffused 
lunules of inner submarginal roio ; superior hind-marginal black spot 
considerably larger than in and its broader adjoining lunule orange- 
yellow, — inferior one also much better developed. Under side. — As in 
but discal row rather more regular. 
Notwithstanding its very much larger size and its possession of 
a very short tail on the hind-wings, this butterfly is a close ally of 
Asopus, Hopff., so much so, that it looks like an enlarged copy of the 
latter. The $ in both is remarkable for the entire absence of blue on 
the upper side, while the $ has a considerable blue suffusion from the 
bases over all the discal area except towards costa. The characters 
emphasised in the above description are the chief distinguishing 
features of Parsimon. 
Fabricius {op. eit. ) undoubtedly described the ^ only, making no mention 
of the conspicuous blue of the $ ? though he notes the variation of the disco - 
cellular dark spot of the fore-wings and white lunules of the hind-wings, 
which approximate to the latter sex, in appearance, some (J specimens. The 
supposed type of Parsimon (see Butler, Cat. Fab. D. Lep., p. 166) in the 
Banksian Collection in the British Museum is, however, a $ of rather dull 
colouring, but shot with bluish from the bases ; and, after a minute inspec- 
tion of the specimen, I came to the conclusion that it was not the $ of 
Parsimon, but of the closely-allied L. patricia, Trim. The latter species has 
all the upper side of the (J of a pale violaceous-blue, which precludes the 
possibility of that sex being taken for ^ Parsimon ; but the 9 s of the two 
forms are with difficulty separable, — the only constant distinction being in 
the sub-basal row of spots on the under side of the hind-wing, which in 
Patricia has one spot less than in Parsimon, as the third (between median 
and submedian nervures) is wanting.^ 
I met with a few examples of both sexes in Natal in February and 
March 1867, both on the coast and inland; they flew actively about long 
grass on the ridges and sides of hills. 
Localities of Lycocna Parsimon. 
I. South Africa. 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee PJver {J. H. Bowker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban {M. J. M^Ken and J. H. Bowker). 
Avoca {W. Movant). Yerulam. 
^ It is due to the kindness of Mr. Chr. Aurivillius, of the State Museum, Stockholm, 
who sent me three of the typical specimens of Asteris^ Wallengr,, for inspection, that I have 
been able to identify the ? noted by the latter author to be = Parsimon, F., ? . 
