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marginal border broadest near costa, its inner edge irregularly but 
deeply dentated with ground-colour on nervules. Under side. — Hind- 
wing, and costal edge and narroiv apical and hind-marginal border of 
fore-iuing, ^ale-grey varied loith luhitish ; in both luings some glittering 
imle-golden s}oots. Fore-wing : orange fading into pale-yellowisb on 
inner margin ; a submarginal row of six small black spots, of wbich 
the upper three are more or less filled with golden scaling ; first spot 
of discal row, two small costal spots before it, terminal disco-cellular 
spot, and two additional spots in discoidal cell, all filled with pale- 
golden scaling ; below median nervure a blackish spot ; a hind-mar- 
ginal row of indistinct whitish lunules, commencing with that at apex. 
Hind-wing : the following pale-golden brownish- edged spots, viz., three 
in discoidal cell — first (minute) at base, second (larger) midway, third 
(large) at extremity ; two near base — one just below costal, the other 
just below m.edian nervure; nine forming a regular submarginal row — 
the third and fourth conspicuously clouded with dark-brown ; a rather 
irregular discal row of nine whitish-grey spots, of which the first, 
second, eighth, and ninth are more or less marked with pale-golden 
scales ; several whitish subquadrate marks interspersed between the 
golden spots ; hind-marginal lunules as in fore-wing, that next anal 
angle largest, interiorly edged with dark-brown. Dark part of cilia 
mixed with grey. | 
This very distinct species appears on the whole to he nearer to Z. Pyroeis, 
Trim., than to any other member of the genus, resembling it in the absence of 
metallic lustre in the orange of the upper side, the shape of the wings, and the 
arrangement of the under-side markings ; but also differing conspicuously in 
its total want of any basal blue on the upper side, and possession of golden 
spots on the under side of the hind-wings, and of cilia black and white instead 
of almost uniform greyish. Tlie defective or obsolete condition of the discal 
spots on the upper side of the hind-wings reminds one of Z. Lyncurium, Trim., 
but it is not at all like the latter in other respects. 
I have seen only two examples — both $ — of this beautiful little Zeritis. 
The first (on which I founded the species in 1868) was found at Murraysburg 
in the Cape Colony by Dr. and Mrs. Muskett, who sent it to me in July 1864. 
The other I had the good fortune to capture on August 20, 1873, at the very 
distant locality of Oograbies, in Little Namaqualand. It was very active and 
wary, settling sometimes on the ground, and sometimes on a shrubby Mesem- 
bryantliemiim^ with small white flowers, at the opening of a dry ravine. It for 
a long time eluded my pursuit, as I lost sight of it altogether for more than an 
hour, much to my disappointment at the time, as I had at the first glance 
recognised it as the hitherto unique Clirysantas. This Namaqualand example 
is a little smaller than the Murraysburg one, and has the under-side markings 
all less distinct, but presents an imperfect discal row of spots on the upper side 
of the hind-wings. 
Localities of Zeritis Clirysantas. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Oograbies, Namaqualand. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Murraysburg {Mrs. Muskett). 
