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the former as well in colour as in size. The $ (of which I have seen but one 
example) resembles the Katalian variation of the 9 Niohe, but differs in 
possessing a well-developed terminal disco-cellular lunule in the fore-wings, 
and a blue hind-marginal spot in the hind-wings. On the under side 
Tantalus comes nearer to Niohe, but wants the transverse whitish band 
beyond middle, while the discal row of spots is formed of elongate (not 
rounded) scarcely whitish edged black' marks in the fore-wings, and still 
thinner dull-brownish marks in the hind-wings, and the submarginal common 
dark streak is narrowed and more sharply defined. 
This Lyccena was sent by Colonel Bowker from Kaffraria Proper, but 
until lately, when other specimens were sent by him from Natal (including 
a $ ), I had regarded it as a variety of L. Niohe. The latter examples were 
captured by him in August and September. 
Localities of Lyccena Tantalus. 
I. South Africa. 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee Biver (/. H. Bowher). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban and Pinetown {J. H. BoivJcer). 
135. (17.) Lycaena ignota, sp. nov. 
Exp. aly ($) I in. 3-4 lin. ; ($) i in. 2I-5 lin. 
^ Very dull greyish-hrown ; a narrow dull-fuscous line edging hind- 
margin ; cilia glossy, hrownish-grey^ becoming ivhitish outwardly. Fore- 
wing : a scarcely perceptible darker, linear, terminal disco-cellular 
mark. Hind-wing : a very indistinct small, narrow, fuscous hind- 
marginal spot between first and second median nervules, faintly (in 
one specimen more distinctly) ringed with whitish scales ; no tail. 
Under side. — Didl-grey ; markings hlacJcisJi and pale-hroivnish, incon- 
spicuously tvhite-edged ; sid)marginal rows of whitish lunules, and hind- 
marginal whitish line, with which the obiter roiv forms rings, rather 
faintly marked, hut less indistinct in hind-wing. Fore-wing : terminal 
disco-cellular mark rather narrow, lunulate, fuscous ; slightly curved 
discal row of six rather small blackish or dark-brownish spots, of which 
the fifth is rather nearer base than the fourth and sixth. Hind-iuing : 
three small rounded black spots in sub-basal row ; first and last spots 
of discal row like them, but the first one rather larger ; second spot 
round, but brown instead of black ; other spots of row small, pale- 
brownish, the sixth rather nearer base than the fifth and seventh ; 
terminal disco-cellular mark sublinear, lunulate, dark- or pale-brown ; 
hind-marginal spot usually distinct, but small, silvery-scaled externally. 
$ Similar, slightly paler ; disco -cellular mark in fore-iving^ and 
hind-marginal spot in hind-wing rather more apparent. Under side. 
— More tinged with hrown ; all the markings less distinct, the dark ones 
