LYC^NID^. 
Localities of Hypolyccena Lara. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Malmesbury. Kalk Bay. 
Stellenbosch. Caledon (/. H. MeriHman). Bobertson. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth. Grahamstown. King 
William's Town (TF. S. M. UUrhan), 
c. Griqualand West. — Klipdrift, Yaal Biver (/. //. Bowlier). 
d. Basutoland, — Maseru and Koro-Koro H. Boivker). 
C. Orange Free State. — Special locality not noted (C. Hart). 
D. Kaffraria Proper. — Butterworth and Bashee Biver [J. H. Bowlder). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D' Urban. 
h. Upper Districts. — Great Noodsberg. Grey town. Estcourt 
[J. M. Hutchinson). 
F. Zululand. — Napoleon Valley (/. //. BowJrer). 
H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourengo Marques (Mrs. Monteiro). 
K.Transvaal. — Potchefstroom and Lydenburg Districts (TF. Morant 
and T. Ay res). 
II. Other African Begions. 
A. South Tropical. 
hi. Eastern Interior. — Bamangwato, Kama's Country (//, Barter). 
B, North Tropical. 
b. Eastern Coast. — Shoa, Abyssinia [Antinori).^^ — Oberthiir. 
Genus IOLAUS. 
lolaus, Hiibn., Yerz. Bek. Schmett., p. 8i (1816); Westw., Gen. Dium, 
Lep., ii. p. 480 (1852); Hewits., Ulustr. D. Lep., p. 40 {1865); 
Trim. J Bhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 222 (1866). 
Imago. — Head of moderate size ; eyes smooth ; palpi rather long, 
slender, separated throughout, densely scaled, — the second joint very 
long, rising to about level of summit of eyes, — terminal joint slender, 
of moderate length (rather shorter in ; antennce rather thick, of 
moderate length (longer than in Myrina)^ very gradually clavate. 
Thorax of moderate size, clothed with silky down in front, on sides, 
and at back. Fore-wings rather broad ; costa rather strongly convex 
near base ; apex usually rather prominent ; hind-margin almost straight, 
or but slightly convex not far below apex ; inner margin always some- 
what projecting in the $ (in some species very strongly convex) before 
middle, and usually bearing on under side a tufb of long stiff hairs 
surmounted by a semicircular polished space ; costal nervure short, 
ending a little before middle ; subcostal nervures as in Myrina ; upper 
radial nervule joined to subcostal nervure at upper end of extremity of 
discoidal cell ; . middle and lower disco-cellular nervules of about equal 
length, slightly curved inwardly, — the lower joining third median 
nervule about latter's origin. Hind-wings rather truncate, but some- 
what produced in anal-angular portion ; costa convex ; hind-margin 
