SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
have the appearance of rather irregular stria3 on a concolorous ground ; 
a short fascia across middle of discoidal cell of fore-wing. 
L. Bcetica (Linn.) [tailed], Sicliela, Wallengr,, oiotoUa, Trim., Tsomo, 
Trim., Noquasa^ Trim. 
147. (29.) Lycaena Baetica, (LinnaGus). 
^ Pajnlio Bmticus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i. 2, p. 789, n. 226 (1767). 
^ Polyommatus Bcaticus, Godt., Enc, Meth., ix. p. 653, n. 122 (1819). 
Lycaena Bcetica^ Horsf.. Cat. Lep, E. 1. C. Mus., p. 80, n. 14 (1828). 
$ Lycaena Bcetica^ Boisd., Sp, Gen, Lep., i, pi. 7, f. 9 (1836). 
^, $ „ „ Trim,, Rhop. Afr. Austr., ii. p. 236, n. 138 (1866). 
Larva and Pupa (South Africa), Trim., op. cit. p. 342. 
Exio. al.^ (^) I I-I- lin. — i in. 4^ lin. ; ($) I in. 2-5! lin. 
J Bilky violet-blue, vjith a fuscous hind-marginal edging. Hind- 
wing : two well-marked black spots, outwardly whitish-edged, near 
anal angle, of which the larger is above first median nervule. Under 
SIDE. — Pale-oclireous-grcy, luitJi undulated^ transverse white strim ; com- 
mon to loth wings, beyond middle, a fascia composed of a middle broad 
streak, with a parallel line at equal distances on either side, variable in 
regularity, angulated in hind-wing below first median, — a white stripe, 
narrow in fore-wing, but wider and conspicuous in hind-wing, excepting 
near inner-margin touching the greater portion of outer line of fascia, 
— followed by a lunulate stria and a hind-marginal edging. Fore- 
wing : a short triple fascia, similar to the longer one described, across 
cell, and another like it at extremity of cell, Llincl-iviiig : base lightly 
irrorated with blackish ; two to four transverse strias in basal portion, 
in places more or less confluent ; mixed up vdth these, a triple streak 
closing cell ; two black spots exteriorly edged with bluish or greenish- 
silvery, and interiorly bordered by an orange lunule (indistinct in 
lower spot). 
$ Didl-hroionish, vividly shot with shining Hue from base and over 
disc. Hind-wing : sometimes almost devoid of blue ; beyond middle a 
transverse row of broad, more or less conspicuous white lunules ; a 
row of thinner lunules near margin combine with a hind-marginal line 
to form bluish-white rings, of which the two next anal angle are com- 
plete, enclosing the two black spots. Under side. — As in $, but 
marking more conspicuous, especially the white stripe in fore-wing. 
Cilia in both sexes greyish at origin, white on outer edge. 
Larva. — Bright-green ; paler on the under surface. A dark- 
green dorsal line; beneath it, on each side, an indistinct line inter- 
rupted on each segment, followed by a row of short, oblique, indistinct 
streaks of the same dark-green, and a pale-green line just above the 
legs. Head small, shining, reddish-brown. Two-thirds of an inch in 
length. Feeds on flowers of Crotalaria capensis (a Papilionaceous 
shrub), in which it lives. 
