SOUTH-AFEICAN BUTTEEFLIES. 
This Aplinceus is evidently related to A. Orcas, Drury, judging from the 
figures given on pi. xxxiv. of the third volume of that author's Illustrations, 
but is at once distinguishable by its conspicuous white spots on the upper 
side in the fore-wing and its yellowish instead of chocolate -brown under side. 
The large and brilliant silvery spots of the under side (which altogether 
separate it from any other South- African species known) are arranged much 
as in Orcas, but those in and beyond middle are perfectly separate, instead of 
being confluent into transverse bands. 
The only example I have seen of this exceedingly beautiful butterfly was 
captured by Mr. J. M. Hutchinson, who liberally presented it to the South- 
African Museum, and after whom, in recognition of his services to Ento- 
mology, I have great pleasure in naming the species. Mr. Hutchinson wrote 
in February 1886, that he met with only this single specimen, on the summit 
of a hill near Estcourt, Natal. It was flying round a tree with much rapidity, 
but settled several times ; when captured, it was resting on the upper side of 
a leaf. A second example, believed by Mr. Hutchinson to be also a , was 
taken by a Mr. Morrison at a spot about twelve miles distant. Colonel 
Bowker, who saw both specimens at Estcourt, informs me that Mr. Morri- 
son's w^as also without tails on the hind-wings. When in perfect condition, 
this Aplinceus must rival in beauty the most brilliant of the family Lyccenidoi. 
Locality of A})hnmis HiUchinsonii. 
I. South Africa. 
E. Natal. 
h. Upper Districts. — Estcourt (/. M. Hutchinson). 
194. (2.) Aphnaeus Natalensis, (Westwood). 
9 (?) Amhlypodia Natalensis, Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep., ii. p. 479, pi. 
Ixxv. f. 4 \_Apliuceus iV.] (1852). 
$ 9 Aplinmis Natalensis, He wits.. 111. Diurn. Lep., p. 62, pi. 25, ff. i, 2 
(1865). 
S ^ Apfhna^us Caffcr, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 88, and 
1870, p. 368. 
Expl. al., I in. — i in. 4 lin. 
^ Fuscous-hroion, loitli glistening violaceous-hluc discs ; forc-iuing 
with three transverse stripes of ochre-yellow. Fore-iving : blue occupies 
inner-marginal area to beyond middle, but enters discoidal cell only 
just at base ; a short oclire-yellow stripe, crossing discoidal cell towards 
extremity, from subcostal nervure to base of first median nervule, — 
another, beyond middle, longer, from near costa rather obliquely to 
first median nervule or a little below it, — the third one, submarginal, 
sometimes ends on third median nervule and sometimes joins second 
stripe just above second median nervule. Hind-wing: blue covers 
all but a wide costal and apical, i fid a narrow inner-marginal dull-grey 
border ; a very indistinct, darker, rather oblique, short stripe from 
costa beyond middle, and a similar but longer submarginal one ; at 
anal angle a large, conspicuous orange-yellow spot, marked inferiorly 
by a silvery-spangled small black spot ; a well-marked black edging 
