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hase and an inner-marginal horder. Fore-iving : band variable in width, 
commencing abruptly on or a little above median nervure and first 
median nervule, and widening more or less to inner margin ; tuft of 
hairs on inner margin brown. Hind-wing : basal brown not extending 
nearly to middle, but emitting a thin ray along fold between median and 
submedian nervures ; inner-marginal border dull-greyish ; orange-red 
much paler along costal edge ; hind-margin with a linear black edging 
thicker inferiorly ; sometimes a very small blackish spot close to hind- 
margin between first and second median nervules ; a larger black spot 
scaled with golden-green on anal-angular lobe ; tail linear, black, white- 
tipped ; circular badge small, shining-violaceous, just on the branching 
of subcostal nervure. Under side. — Paler or darker hroivnish-grey ; 
in both ivings the following rather darker, on both sides white- edged 
markings, viz., a terminal disco-cellular spot, — a discal transverse sub- 
macular, irregular band, — and a submarginal row of lunules. Fore- 
wing : costa narrowly edged with orange from base ; inner-marginal 
area more or less faintly tinged with orange. Hind-iving : discal band 
much more irregular than in fore- wing, angulated sharply between first 
median nervule and submedian nervure, and thence much narrowed to 
inner margin ; inferior half of hind-margin and terminal third of inner 
margin with a linear black edging ; hind-marginal black spot very 
well defined, and immediately preceded by a conspicuous orange lunule ; 
spot on anal- angular lobe as above. Cilia fuscous mixed with dull- 
whitish ; inferiorly glossed with ochre-yellow. Abdomen superiorly 
tipped with orange-red. 
$ Dull-fiiscoiis, the discs dushy-u-liitisli ; a dull violaceous-bluish 
gloss, chiefly in basal area ; cilia grey. Fore-wing : inner-marginal area 
whitish. Hind-wing : hind-marginal black edging thicker than in ^, 
and bordered anteriorly by a white line, thicker inferiorly ; some orange 
as well as golden-green scales on anal-angular lobe. Under side.- — 
Much paler than in $ ; all the markings better developed and defined. 
Head in both sexes orange-red in front, edged with white on each 
side. 
This species comes nearest to the Oriental D. Fjnjarbas (Moore), given by 
Hewitson (op. cit., p. 17) as typical of the genus JDeudorix, but is smaller, 
paler beneath, with blunter and less elongate wings ; the orange-red band 
of the ^ is in the fore-wing transversely instead of longitudinally disposed, 
and in the hind- wing very much broader costally ; while the $ is on the 
upper side very much paler discally and has a bluish suffusion wanting in 
Epijarbas. 
The brilliant colouring of the $ instantly separates Diodes from Antalus ; 
but the 5 s of the two butterflies are very much alike, and the distinguishing 
characters of Diodes $ ^i^e its larger size, orange-red forehead, whiter more 
faintly blue-shot discs of upper side, and want of basal ocelli on under side 
of hind-wings. The last character is common to both sexes, and also marks 
D. Isocrates (Fab.). 
It was not until October 1869, when I received a ^ from Mr. W. Morant, 
that I was aware of the existence of this butterfly. This example was cap- 
tured in Natal, on the Umgeni ; and in the December following I received 
