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April ; and Mr. D'Urban recorded its occurrence in British Kaffraria in 
October, March, and April. Colonel Bowker forwarded a good many ex- 
amples from Kaffraria Proper. 
Localities of Lycccna Melccna. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
h. Eastern Districts.— King William's Town {W. S. M. D' Urban), 
c. Griqualand West. — Yaal River {J. H. Bowker). 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River {J. H. Bowker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Pinetown (/. H. Bowker). 
h. Upper Districts. — Intzutze River. Maritzburg. Estcourt (/. 
M. Hutclmison). 
F. Zululand. — St. Lucia Bay {the late Colonel H. Totoer). 
162. (44.) Lycsena Griqua, sp. nov. 
Exp. al, ($) 1 1 lin — I lin. ; ($) 1 1 J lin. 
Markings and j^f^itern as in L. Melcena, Trim., hut the basal and 
marginal black didler, broader, and more suffused, especially in and 
the white discal field p)rop}oi'tionaIly diminished, and in $ also obscured. 
Fore-wing : isolated subapical whitish spot always reduced in size and 
obscured, sometimes nearly obsolete, and in one ^ wanting altogether ; 
the spots much narrower. Hind-iuing : the spots much narrower and 
almost obliterated by the broad suffused blackish of the base and mar- 
gins. Under side. — Very pale creamy -yellovnsh grey; all the mark- 
ings arranged as in Mclmna, but pale fuscous instead of black, and 
exceedingly attenuated, especially in hind-iuing {luhere in $ they are obso- 
lescent). Fore-wing : longitudinal basal stripe represented by a very 
thin short mark at base and (usually) a small spot on costa before 
middle. Hind-wing : only last two spots of hind-marginal row bluish- 
silvery-dusted, except in one ^, which has three, and one which has 
four so ornamented. 
The five ^ s and two $ s above described are all tailless, but there is the 
vestige or base of a tail on one hind-wing of a single ^ . As the specimens 
are in fair condition, it is difficult to believe that all of them could have lost 
the tails ; and yet the form is so very intimately related to L. Meloena, Trim., 
that one would certainly expect it to be caudate. 
The only specimens I have seen were collected by Colonel Bowker in 
1 87 1 on the Yaal River, Griqualand West. They were accompanied by a 
single ordinary example of L. Melcena, but by no specimens of a character 
intermediate between the two forms. 
Locality of Lycxna Griqua. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
c. Griqualand West. — Yaal River (/. H. Bowker). 
