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209. (8.) Zeritis Phosphor, Trimen. 
9 Zeritis PJiospJioi', Trim., Rliop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 269, pi. 4, f. 12 (1866). 
Uxp. al, 10 lin. — I in. I lin. 
^ Shmiiig golden-orange^ with dark borders. Fore-tuing : costa 
dusky at base : a conspicuous brownish- black spot closing discoidal 
cell, and united to a border of the same colour, which, commencing on 
costa just above it, and very broad in apical portion, diminishes in 
width to anal angle, where it turns inward a little on inner margin. 
Ilind-iuing : costa, base^ and inner margin broadly bordered or suffused 
with blackish-brown ; a dark disco-cellular lunule ; beyond middle, 
parallel to hind-margin (which is edged with a black line) a row of 
blackish spots, forming a macular stripe from costal to inner-marginal 
bordering ; lobe and tail on anal angle reddish-brown, the former 
sparsely scaled with bluish-silvery, the latter white-tipped and slightly 
twisted. Under side. — Fore-wing : costa, apex, and hind-margin 
bordered with pale greyish-ochreous, with a reddish tint on hind- 
margin ; ground-colour very pale orange-j^ellow ; three metallic, black- 
edged spots in cell, — below cell a black spot contiguous to middle 
cellular one ; two metallic dots on costa ; transverse stripe of six 
metallic, black-edged spots beyond cell (of which the three lower are 
confluent) turning inwards so as to appear almost continuous of spot 
closing discoidal cell ; a submarginal metallic-dotted streak rather 
strongly marked. Hind-uing : greyish-ochreous, with a ferruginous 
hind-marginal tinge ; metallic dark-edged spots arranged much as in 
Harpax^ Fab. ; two in cell, one closing it ; row beyond middle more 
conspicuous, composed of seven spots, arranged in pairs, except the 
seventh, — which, with the sixth, is large and brilliant; submarginal 
streak as in fore-wing, but strongly metallic at anal angle. 
The above description is that of the first example discovered by Colonel 
Bowker, a 9 expanding only 10 lines across the wings, taken on the Basliee 
River in Kaffraria Proper. Two ^ specimens subsequently captured on the 
Tsomo River, in the same territory, are considerably larger, expanding respec- 
tively 12 and 13 lines. Of these two, the larger has the outline of the hind- 
margin of the fore-wings elbowed about extremity of third median nervule, 
while in the other (as well as in the small Basliee River example) there is only 
a slight prominence in that part. The hind-marginal dark border of the fore- 
wings is very broad in the largest specimen, and the submarginal dark streak 
of the hind- wings suffused and almost continuous. I have not seen any but 
these three examples. 
Though near Harpax, Fab., in outline of wings (including the form of the 
tail on the hind-wings) and in the pattern of the under side, this curious species 
is very different as regards the palpi, the length of which — together with the 
metallic-orange of the upper side of the wings — approximate it to Zeuxo, Linn., 
Chrysaor, Trim., and their allies. 
Concerning the Basliee River specimen, Colonel Bowker wrote that it was 
the only one he saw, and was caught at the edge of a forest in the month of 
March. The two larger examples were also taken on the edge of a large forest 
(called the "Boolo") in December 1865, and were observed to fly down from 
some trees to drink at a small pool. 
