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tinguished, except by one or two slight characters that would escape a 
cursory comparison. 
A single $ specimen was sent me from Pinetown, Natal, by the late Dr. 
J. E. Seaman, and a by Mr. Walter Morant, towards the end of 1869. Dr. 
Seaman noted the $ as having been taken in July, "at an opening in the 
bush ; " and Mr. Morant described the $ as occurring in June " on small trees 
by the waterside," and further observed, with reference to the $ sent by Dr. 
Seaman (which he did not recognise as of the same species as the ^ sent by 
himself), "This is very scarce; I have a single specimen in my collection, 
taken on a low tree near water " (see note on ^ above) " about two years ago, 
since which time I have seen but one other.'' The late Mr. E. C. Buxton 
sent me the photograph of a $ , taken by him in the Amaswazi country. 
Since 1874 Colonel Bowker has forwarded a $ from the mouth of the Kei 
Kiver, and five $ s and three $ s from Natal, the latter taken chiefly in the 
neighi30urhood of Pinetown. The first-mentioned specimen was taken in 
March 1875 ; Natalian examples at intervals from 1879 to January 1885.^ 
In habits H. Buxtoni does not appear to present any peculiarities, but it is 
evidently very much rarer than its nearest congener, H. PMlippus. 
Localities of HypolyccfMa Buxtoni. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Kei Biver Mouth (west bank) {J. H. Boioker). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — Isipingo. Pinetown (also J, E. Searn,an and 
W. Morant) ; and Inanda (J. H. Boivker). 
G. Swaziland. — " XJsutu Biver." — E. C. Buxton. 
181. (4.) Hypolycaena Hirundo, (Wallengren). 
Thecla Hirundo, Wallgrn., K. Sv. Yet.-Akad. Handl., 1857, p. 35, n. 4. 
Amhlypodia Hirundo, Trim., Bhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 230, n. 133, pi. 4, 
f. II [?] (1866). 
Hypolyccena Hirundo, Hewits., 111. Diurn. Dep., SuppL, p. 12 (1869). 
Exp. aL, 9 lin. — i in. i lin. 
Bark ash-grey ^ irrorated from bases ivith very pale Uuish-grcy ; anal 
angle of hind- wing produced and lobed, and ending in a long twisted^ 
Uack, hroadly white-edged and fringed tail, on submedian nervure. 
Fore-wing : on hind-margin, close to posterior angle, a black, 
indistinctly white - ringed spot. Hind - wing : paler nearer inner 
! margin ; along hind-margin a row of dark white-ringed spots, very 
■ indistinct, excepting the three last, which are black and well-marked 
! (that on anal-angular lobe being the largest) ; before this, a row of 
indistinct whitish lunules. Cilia of fore-wing grey, white at anal 
j angle ; of hind- wing wholly white. Under side. — Whitish-grey ; 
j with white-hordered yellow-ochreous stria; : common to both wings — a 
I ^ The fine pair taken at this last date was presented by Colonel Bowker to the British 
Museum. 
