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This species farther differs from Zeuxo in having the lowest spot of the 
discal row (below first median nervule) in both wings situated beyond, instead 
of before, the fifth spot, and in wanting on the upper side the isolated spots 
in and below the cell. It exhibits considerable variation in the size of the 
spots of the discal row. In a ^ from Basutoland the lowest spot in both wings 
is wanting, and those of the hind-wing are minute ; while in three $ s from 
Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage the spots in the hind- wing are so much enlarged 
as to be for the greater part contiguous. In a very small $ taken at D'Urban, 
Natal, by Colonel Bowker, this enlargement of the spots is carried still farther, 
those of the fore-wing also uniting to form a continuous irregular stripe. Both 
this last-named example ^ and a $ taken by myself in the same locality present 
a rather conspicuous ferruginous submarginal suffused streak in the hind-wing, 
which is also more faintly represented in two ^ s sent by Colonel Bowker from 
the Bashee Eiver and near Somerset East respectively. The spots on the under- 
side of the hind- wings are usually less indistinct in the $ ; they are in both 
sexes more apparent in specimens from the eastern side of South Africa, espe- 
cially in the few I have seen from Natal, and in one that I captured at Port 
Elizabeth they are sub-metallic. The anal-angular projection of the hind-wing 
is little developed in specimens found near Cape Town, and not much more so 
in Western examples generally, but farther eastward it is marked, and in the 
■ Natalian examples becomes very prominent and widened, forming quite a "tail." 
In both sexes from Basutoland the silvery spots of the fore-wings are very 
faintly developed. 
This is the most metallic of the South-African members of the genus, 
rivalling the European Chrysophani. It is rather scarce near Cape Town, but 
numerous at Malmesbury and other places in the Western Districts, frequenting 
rocky " kopjes " and the stony sides of hills. On Table Mountain I have usually 
found it at a considerable elevation, and always singly. It is an active and 
conspicuous insect on the Aving, and settles very frequently on Ioav shrubs. 
Near Malmesbury it specially affected a species of Cotyledon, and at Lady Grey, 
in the Robertson District, I observed it on the flowers of Mesembryanthemum. 
It seems to occur throughout the year, but I have no record of it as appearing 
in December. 
Localities of Zeritis Chrysaor. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Kalk Bay and Blaauwberg, 
Cape District. Malmesbury. Waagenmaaker's Kraal, Beaufort 
District. Robertson and Lady Grey. Swellendam {L. Taats). 
b. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth. Uitenhage {S. D. Bairstotv). 
Zwaarte Ruggens, Uitenhage District (J. H. Boivker). Grahams- 
town. King AVilliani's Town {J. H. Boiclcer). Between Somerset 
East and Murraysburg ( /. H. Bowlier). " Bodiam, near Keis- 
kamma River." — W. D'Urban. Summit of Gaika's Kop, Amatola 
Mountains (/. H. Bowlier). 
c. Griqualand West. — Vaal River (/. H. Boivlxer). 
d. Basutoland. — Maseru and Koro-Koro (/. H. Boivlier). 
D. Kaffraria Proper. 
Kei and Bashee Rivers (/. H. Bowh'r). 
E. Natal. 
a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. 
^ A 9 of ordinary size, found by Colonel Bowker at Malvern, near D'Urban, in August 
1885, has just reached me. The upper-side spots are considerably enlarged, but not quite 
confluent, and the under side has the ferruginous streak on the hind-wing well marked. 
