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SOUTH-AFEICAN BUTTERFLIES. 
vaguely occupies the lower lialf of discoidal cell, and covers space 
between median nervure and its first nervule and inner-margin to near 
posterior angle ; an indistinct dark-grey lunular mark at extremity of 
discoidal cell. Ilind-iving : the suffusion covers middle field of wing 
from base, leaving the costa and apical, hind-marginal, and inner- 
marginal border free ; an indistinct dark lunule at extremity of dis- 
coidal cell ; a little beyond it, a curved macular streak between second 
subcostal and second median nervules ; a thin black line on hind-mar- 
ginal edge ; within it a thin white line, most apparent near anal 
angle, itself immediately preceded by four to six thin whitish lunules, 
which join with it to isolate spots of the ground-colour ; these spots 
are darker near anal angle, that between second and first median ner- 
vules being black, bounded interiorly by a well-marked orange lunule. 
Cilia in both wings whitish. Under side. — Soft pale-grey ; the mark- 
ings slightly darker^ hut distinctly edged on hath sides with ivhitish ; in 
each luing a roughly 8 -shaped mark at extremity of discoidal cell, a 
discal inferiorly-incurved row of more or less confluent similar imper- 
fect rings ; a submarginal row of lunules ; and a thin hind-marginal 
whitish edging line. Fore-iving : basal area quite spotless as far as 
extremity of cell. Hind-wing : near base, just below costal nervure, 
a small but distinct round black spot in a whitish ring; the hind- 
marginal black spot between second and first median nervules, and a 
smaller similar spot close to anal angle, conspicuously spangled with a 
few greenish-silvery scales, and interiorly bounded by an orange 
lunule ; between these two spots a few greenish-silvery scales. 
$ Similar to male, hut ground colour paler and driller, while the 
hlue suffusion is considerahly hrighter in hue. Hind-iuing : blue be- 
coming very faint on disc, which bears a transverse row of rather 
indistinct whitish lunules. Under side. — As in male. 
This Lyccenesthes is in several respects intermediate between L. 
Liodes, Hew. (the Emolus of my Rhop. Afr. Aiist., not the true Emolus 
of Godart), and L. Otacilia, mihi. It is at once to be distinguished, 
however, from both species by the singularly pale and dull hue of the 
bluish suffusion on its upper surface, which in the male contrasts 
remarkably with the universal dark purple of L. Liodes, and the well- 
defined bright violaceous of Z. Otacilia. In size Z. livida is larger 
than Z. Ziodes, and very mnch larger than Z. Otacilia. The female 
has, on the upper side of the fore-wing, none of the fuscous spots so 
strongly marked in the female Z. Ziodes. The under side markings 
are in both sexes less irregular, and not so dark as in Z. Ziodes, and 
the ground-colour has none of the yellowish-brown tinge observable on 
the under side of Z. Otacilia. 
I first noticed this butterfly in Mrs. Barber's collection in February 
1870, and made a description of the two female specimens which the collec- 
tion contained, under the impression that they would probably prove to be 
the female of L. Otacilia, mihi. These examples were taken at Highlands, 
