LYC^ENIDvE. 
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Lingeus is a very distinct species, with no near ally except Palemon, 
Cram., from which it is easily distinguished by its curious dull tinted but 
exceedingly glossy violaceous- bluish instead of cupreous-violaceous upper side 
in the , and violaceous -bluish shot instead of plain brown or slightly cupre- 
ous-violaceous shot upper side in the $ . The differences in the under-side 
markings of the two species are given below in the descriptions of L. 
Palemon. 
This is a widely-spread butterfly and not uncommon in woods and bushy 
spots. It occurs throughout the year, but is frequent only in the summer, 
and I have not personally taken it before the middle of September or after 
the end of May. It is fond of hovering about low bushes, and often settles on 
flowers, where it is very easy of capture. The male is much more numerous 
on the wing than the $ . I captured the paired sexes on Table Mountain in 
February 1865. 
Localities of LyccBiia Liu gens. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Piketberg. Triangles Station, 
Worcester District {L. Pcringuey). Hobertson. Knysna. Plet- 
tenberg Bay. Oograbies, Namaqualand. Malmesbury (L. 
Peringuey). 
h Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown (J/. P. Parher). King Wil- 
liam's Town (J. H. Poivker). Keiskamma River (IF. D' Urban). 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee Biver {J. H. Powker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D' Urban, 
h. Upper Districts. — Great Noodsberg. Estcourt (/. M, Hutchin- 
son, 
F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay (the late Colonel IP Toiver). 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourenfo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro), 
K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District [T. Ay res). 
II. Other African Begions, 
A. South Tropical. 
hi. Eastern Interior, — Zambesi Biver {F, C. Selous). 
B. North Tropical. 
a. Western Coast, — Special locality not noted {E. Pourke). 
153. (35.) Lycaena Palemon, (Cramer), 
$ Papilio Paleinon, Cram., Pap."Exot., iv. pi. cccxc, ff. e, f. (1782). 
^ $ Lyccena Palemon, Trim., Bhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 240, n. 141 (1866). 
Exp. al.j ($) 10 lin. — i in. i lin. ; (^) 10 lin.~i in, o| lin. 
Allied to L. Lingeus (Cram.) 
$ Coppery-violaceous, with a hrou^n hind-marginal edging : cilia 
white, regularly interrupted with hrown on nervules. IPind-wing : a 
small blackish, pale-edged spot on hind-margin, just above first median 
nervule; tail rather broad, twisted, blackish, edged and tipped with 
white. Under side. — Yery like that of Lingeus but hroioner. Fore- 
wing : no basal stria, outer edge of terminal cellular fascia not reaching 
below median nervure ; costal origins of fascias more minute and 
