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no fascia beyond middle, hut an irregular row of eight distinct black 
spots, of which the first, fourth, and eighth are larger than the rest ; 
bluish at base almost obsolete ; two spots near anal angle faintly blue- 
dusted, usually without orange lunule. 
$ Whitish discal space STmdlcr, less distinct, sometimes almost 
obsolete ; blue from base sometimes strongly-marked, sometimes 
scarcely traceable. Under side. — As in $ ; hut in one specimen the 
ground-colour is hroumisli-grey, the spots larger than usual, and their 
white rings and edges conspicuous. 
In Natal and at Delagoa Bay a slight variety occurs, in which 
the $ has on the upper side a much narrower, almost linear hind- 
marginal dark-edging, and both sexes have on the under side the discal 
fascia of the fore-wing more oblique and with its terminal spot more 
widely separated from it, and the discal series of spots of the hind-wing 
in places not separate, but contiguous. 
On a careful comparison of the description and figure of L. henigna given 
by Mr. Moschler {lac. cit.) with $ s of Moriqua, I cannot find any characters 
to distinguish it from those of the latter in which the upper-side bluish from 
base is rather restricted. 
The characters above given amply distinguish Moriqua from Jesous ; the 
most readily observable, in addition to the very different, more violaceous 
tint of the upper side in the ^ , being, on the under side, the absence of any 
brownish tinge in the ground-colour, and, in the hind-wing, the presence of 
a discal series of small black spots instead of a brownish white-edged sub- 
macular fascia. 
I found Moriqua common in Natal, both on the coast and inland, and at 
D 'Urban twice captured the paired sexes — on the ist and 12th February 
respectively. It is a weak flyer, and delights to settle on the leaves of low 
shrubs and long grass. Though more prevalent in wooded spots, it is often 
met with on open ground in sheltered places. Mrs. Barber informs me that 
this species abounds near the mouth of the Kleinemond River, in the Bathurst 
District of Cape Colony. 
Localities of Lyca^na Moriqua. 
I. South Africa. 
B Cape Colony. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown and Fish River Heights (M. 
K Barher). Kleinemond River {M, E. Barber), King 
William's Town {W. S. M. D' Urban). 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Butterworth, Tsomo River, and Heads of St. 
John's River (J. H. Boioker), 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban, Yerulam. 
h. Upper Districts. — Great Noodsberg. Hermansburg. Grey- 
town. 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a. Western Coast. — Kinsembo, Congo (//. Grose Smith). 
