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tinct wliitish acute lunular marks along hind-margin, becoming obso- 
lete towards costa, but in the other two the outer portion only of the 
row is indicated by the very faintest whitish scaling. Under side. — 
All the markings letter defined^ and with ivider lohite edgings than in 
the Fore-wing : discal row composed of six spots in the largest 
example ; of six on one side and five on the other in the smallest ; 
and of five in the third. 
In both sexes, when there are more than four spots in the discal 
row of the fore-wings, the fifth spot is smaller, and (as well as the 
sixth, when present) placed slightly before the line of the others. 
The row is but very slightly curved, commencing at a little distance 
from the costa, immediately above the first discoidal nervule. 
Mr. Bowker found this dull-tinted species commonly about the waggon- 
roads near Rouxville and the Orange River in January 1869, and also in 
similar situations near Eland's Berg and Klip Spruit in the following month. 
He noted that it frequented small bushy plants, and, when roused, kept long 
on the wing. 
Localities of Lyccena Letsea. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
d. Basutoland. — Klip Spruit {J. H. Boioker). 
C, Orange Free State. — Near Orange Biver, Bouxville, and Eland's 
Berg (/. H. Boivker). 
137. (19.) Lycaena dolorosa, s^x nov, 
Exp. al, (^) I in. — i in. 2 lin. ; ($) i in. 2 lin, 
$ Pale-violaceous ; fore-iving with a narroiv, even, fuscous hind- 
marginal horder, hind-wing with only a linear hlack edging and a series 
of indistinct fuscous spots ; cilia gj^eyish, mixed with fuscous in fore-wing , 
and narrowly interrupted with fuscous at ends of nervules in hind-wing. 
Hind-wing : spot between first and second median nervules black, 
larger than the other hind-marginal spots ; a very thin interrupted 
whitish line between the series of spots and hind-marginal black 
edging ; costa bordered with greyish-brown as far as first subcostal 
nervule, and at apex as far as second ; no tail. Under side, — Didl 
hroiunish-grey ; the markings scarcely darker than the ground-colour, 
inconspicuously hut distinctly edged with whitish on each side ; in each 
wing, a terminal sub-reniform disco-cellular lunule, a slightly sinuated 
macular discal row, and two submarginal rows of whitish lunules, 
indistinct in fore-wing. Hind-wing : three small blackish spots in 
sub-basal row ; first and last spots of discal row small, round, and 
black, and separate from the rest, — sixth spot almost touching lower 
extremity of disco-cellular lunule ; lunules of inner submarginal row 
