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from base to beyond middlej sometimes extending upwards into cell ; 
just beyond end of cell an orange spot, sometimes very indistinct ; in 
some specimens a faint trace of a second orange spot a little beyond 
the otlier ; more rarely these two markings are developed into short 
stripes (of which the inner is oblique and longer), and in one specimen 
they are confluent above second median nervule ; occasionally a third 
yellow mark in discoidal cell. Hind-iving : blue leaves a tolerably 
broad costal, hind-marginal and inner-marginal dark border ; hind- 
marginal border containing a bluish lunular line near anal-angular 
projection, which is orange-yellow^ marked with two silvery-dotted black 
spots; tails black, orange at base and white at tip. Under-side. — 
Pale whitish-yellow, tuith gold-lined, purple-hordered, Uach-edged trans- 
verse fasciae ; common to both wings, a fascia from costa before middle 
(confluent on median nervure with a black basal patch), extends across 
hind-wing to before anal angle, whence it is angulated to about middle 
of inner margin, — a fascia from costa about middle (becoming dull and 
gradually obsolete below second median) to third median nervule of 
hind-wing beyond middle, — two submarginal purplish stride (of which 
the inner commences with a costal gold spot) becoming confluent and 
bright-orange, with a gold streak before anal angle of hind-wing, — and 
a hind-marginal, black, edging line. Fore-wing : at base, two purple 
spots, and a short transverse streak a little beyond them, not gilt ; 
beyond second fascia, a costal spot and a fascia from costa to third 
median nervule, coloured like other fasciae. Hind-wing : seven spots, 
of which the larger have gilt centres, in basal area ; anal-angular pro- 
jection of ground-colour, its black spots very conspicuous ; a reinarlcable 
longitudinal fold, clothed with silky pale-brown hairs, runs from base 
between median and submedian nervures as far as orange colouring 
before anal angle. 
$ Paler ; Mice much duller and paler, luithout imrple gloss. Fore- 
wing : orange spots beyond cell larger, sometimes expanded into trans- 
verse hands, sometimes confluent on median nervules ; a short dull- 
whitish band before them, crossing cell and joining blue. Ilind-wing : 
a dusky band from costa crosses a dull-whitish space before hind- 
marginal border ; anal-angular orange pale and dull ; lunular marginal 
line ivhite. Under side. — As in ^. 
In this beautiful Aplinceus, while the under-side pattern is most constant, 
the upper side of the fore- wing is remarkably variable, especipJly in the ^ , 
as regards the ochre -yellow markings. In a series of s before me there is 
every gradation, from uniform fuscous beyond the blue area to a development 
of the yellow markings as full as in the allied A. Natalensis, Westw. In the 
$ the markings in question are broader and always to some extent repre- 
sented, but they are very often incomplete, and sometimes inclining to 
whitish and suffused. 
I have noted under A. Natale7isis the differences existing between that 
species and A. Masilikazi. 
On the coast of Natal this butterfly is by no means rare. I always found 
it in wooded spots, keeping about rather high bushes, and often settling on 
