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SOUTH-AFRICAK BUTTERFLIES. 
from the same gentleman a $ from the same locality. These examples were 
taken respectively in June and July 1868. In 1870 the late Mr. M. J. 
M'Ken forwarded a ^ , taken in D' Urban Botanic Gardens, on Poinsettia 
ipulcherrima, and also a $ from the same locality. The late Mr. E. C. Buxton 
met with the species in Swaziland, and in 1873 sent me a photograph of the 
^ . Colonel Bowker has contributed about a dozen examples, taken in March, 
April, June, and August, at D'Urban, Avoca, and Pinetown, Natal. He and 
Mr. Morant both describe the habits of Diodes as resembling those of Antalus. 
Localities of Dcndorix Diodes, 
I. South Africa. 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. D'Urban (TF. Morant, M. J. M'Ken, and /. H. 
BoivJcer). Avoca and Pinetown (/. H. Boioker). 
G. Swaziland."— The late E. C. Buxton. 
175. (3.) Deudorix Dariaves, Hewitson. 
$ $ Deudorix Dariaves, Hewits., Ent. Month. Mag., xiii. p. 205 (1877) 
in. D. Lep., SuppL, p. 30, pi. Va. ff. 60-62 (1878). 
Exp. al., {$) I in. 2 — 3 lin. ; ($) i in. 6\ lin. 
J Fuscous-hroivn ; fore-wing without marking ; hind-tving very 
broadly orange-red exteriorly. Fore-wing : inner-margin rather convex 
near base ; sexual tuft of hair long, grey, mixed with fuscous-brown. 
Hind-iving : orange-red occupying most of the field as in D. Diodes^ 
Hewits., but extending subcostally (below sexual violaceous badge) 
nearer to base ; fuscous-brown of basal area reaching to extremity of 
discoidal cell, and emitting a broad streak all along fold between first 
median nervule and submedian nervure ; hind-marginal black linear 
edging, tail, anal-angular lobe, and inner-marginal greyish border, as 
in Diodes. Under side. — Fore-wing : dull pale-grey ; white-edged 
markings as in Diodes^ but discal macular band more curved near costa. 
Hind'iving : a sub-basal series of four large, conspicuous, white-ringed 
spots, of which three are ferruginous-red and the fourth (close to inner- 
margin) dull brown ; terminal disco-cellular mark and discal band 
arranged as in Diodes^ but whitish mesially, and with their white edges 
(as well as inner edge of submarginal lunular streak) enlarged ; costal 
spot of discal band interiorly tinged with ferruginous ; hind-marginal 
black spots strongly marked, especially that on anal-angular lobe, the 
lunule interiorly edging upper spot pale-yellow ; fuscous space between 
spots spangled with bluish- silvery scales. 
$ Dull-greyish hroiun, ivith a paler discal space in loth wings ; 
hind-iving with a suhnarginal macular whitish hand. Fore-iuing : paler 
space suflfusedly covering basal half of median nervules. Hind-wing : 
paler space less apparent, but extending towards base ; whitish band 
lying between second subcostal and first median nervules ; hind-mar- 
ginal spots, black and white edging, and tail quite as in Diodes. 
(This description of the $ is made from Hewitson's figure ; the under side 
is not figured, but is stated by Hewitson to be like that of the ^ , but paler.) 
