LYC^NID.E. 
163 
^ $ Zerilis Croesus, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 3rd Ser., i. p. 283 
(1862). 
^ 9 Chrysoplianus Penon, Hopff., Peters' Reisen. Mossamb., — Ins., p. 403, 
pi. xxvi. ff. 1-3 (1862). 
$ 5 Zeritis Perion, Trim, [part], Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 267, n. 166 
(1866). 
Exp. aL, ($) I in. — i in 3 lin. ; (g) i in. 2-3 lin. 
J Red, incliiimg to orange, not hrilliant ; ivitli shining hroiun^ 
UacJdsh horders. Fore-wing : base suffused with brown-blackish ; bor- 
der wide along costa and hind-margin, and very broad in apical 
region (almost reaching extremity of discoidal cell) ; two spots in cell, 
and a quadrate one closing it, all touching costal border, and dark- 
brown ; two similar spots between second and first median nervules, 
one just beneath extremity of cell, the other more or less incorporate 
with hind-marginal border (a spot above, and rarely another below, this 
latter spot, touching it, sometimes separable from border) ; cilia narrow, 
white, interrupted with brown. Hind-iving : costa from base widely, 
hind-margin very narrowly, bordered ; a fuscous streak closing cell ; a 
sub-marginal row of blackish lunular marks, more or less distinct ;^ 
ancd angle prominently lohed, ferruginous-red, marked with a gilded 
dot, hearing a sliort, slightly twisted, acute tail of the same hue, white- 
tipped, on submedian nervure. Cilia mingled greyish and ferruginous. 
Under side. — Fore-wing : dull orange-yellow, very pale on inner 
margin ; border varying from cinereous to ferruginous-brown ; spots 
in and bordering discoidal cell, transverse row of spots beyond middle, 
and row of four dots on costa, all with large, brilliant, greenish-golden 
centres ; below median nervure, a large, dull-black, whitish-centred, 
often gold-dotted spot ; a wliitish, gold-dusted streak along bend of 
costal edge at base ; a sub-marginal row of golden dots, sometimes 
indistinct. Hi7id-iving : varies in tint like border of fore-wing ; three 
transverse rows of small golden spots, some of which ai'e indistinct, the 
middle row including a golden streak closing cell ; a dark-brown trans- 
verse shade near hind-margin, ending on inner margin with a golden 
streak, and often marked externally with some indistinct golden dots ; 
a pale hind-marginal edging becomes golden near anal angle. 
$ Didl orange-yellow ; hrown horders jjcdcr, narrower. Fore-wing : 
base more widely suffused with brown, mingled with ochreous ; apical 
border not half as wide as in ^ ; spots in and about cell larger ; 
beyond middle, a zigzag row of small, quadrate, blackish spots across 
wing. Hind-iuing : base dark-brown to extremity of discoidal cell ; 
costa broadly bordered ; hind-margin edged with a brown line ; sub- 
margiiaal lunular row well marked, the lunules contiguous ; a more or 
less incomplete row of small spots a little beyond middle, like that in 
fore- wing. Under side. — Quite like that of J ; rather paler ; spots 
larger, the gilding slightly paler but not less brilliant. 
^ In three Natalian specimens this marking is altogether wanting. 
