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tlie hind-wings, while on the under side the brilliant metallic spots of 
Chrysaor are scarcely indicated in the fore-wings, and the duller ones 
of the hind-wings wanting. From Z. Lyncurium it differs on the upper 
side in its paler colouring, well-marked discal row of spots, and narrower 
hind-marginal border in the fore-wings, and entire luant of the hroad 
lasal, a7id especially costal, fuscous clouding in the hind-ioings ; but on 
the under side is very similar, differing chiefly in the discal row of 
spots in the fore-wings being much more regular."^ 
The above description is made from the only example that I have seen, 
which was taken by Mr. Walter Morant near the Mooi River, in Natal, on the 
i5tli September 1870. 
I believe it to be a 9 ) but cannot decide, the first pair of legs being absent. 
Locality of Zeritis Lyccgenes. 
1. South Africa. 
E. Natal. 
h. Upper Districts. — Mooi River (IF. Moraiit). 
207. (6.) Zeritis ^thon, sp. nov. 
Plate IX. fig. 4 ( ? ). 
Exp. cd., Q) I in. 2 lin. ; ($) I in. 3 lin. 
J Metallic golden-red, deeper than in Chrysaor, spotted and narroivly 
hordered ivith hlach Fore-iuing : hind-marginal border rather broader 
than in Chrysaor, its inner edge more regularly and deeply indented 
with the ground-colour on nervules ; terminal disco- cellular spot and 
spots of discal row larger and much broader ; the latter arranged as in 
Chrysaor, with the exception of the sixth (lowest) spot, which is minute 
and immediately below, not beyond, the fifth. Hind-iving : hind-marginal 
border rather broader ; discal row of spots very differently arranged, — 
the first (upper-most) spot being isolated from the others and considerably 
nearer origin of first subcostal nervule than in Chrysaor, — the second 
much nearer termination of that nervule, and with the third and fourth 
forming a nearly straight transverse row as far as third median nervule, 
— the fifth and seventh wanting, and the sixth minute but occupying the 
same position (between first and second median nervules) as in Chrysaor. 
Under side. — Hind-wing and narroio apiccd horder of fore-iving pale 
creamy-ferruginous. Fore-iuing : — Pale orange-yellow almost to costal 
edge (which has an almost linear border of pale creamy-ferruginous), 
and quite to hind-margin below second median nervule ; a slender dark- 
red line on extreme edge of hind-margin ; all the spots very much 
thinner than above ; two spots in cell reduced to mere dots, and spot 
beneath cell very small ; an incomplete submarginal row of very small 
^ In this latter feature, Lycegcnes differs from both the species named as well as from th 
allied Z. j^thon, Trim., the three lower spots being almost in a straight line. 
