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(as in fore-wing) an indistinct liind-marginal row of dark spots ; often a 
faint whitish or hoary suffusion immediately preceding indistinct spots 
of submarginal row. 
$ Rather paler and duller ; cilia paler generally, but with darker 
interruptions on nervules, whiter at posterior angle of fore-wing. Fore- 
iving : orange usually rather more extended at extremity of discoidal 
cell and on inner margin about middle, and almost always emitting a 
more or less developed upward discal ray to or towards subcostal ner- 
vure. Under side. — As in Ilind-iving : discal whitish rather more 
diffused. 
A ^ from between the Zwartkops and Coega Rivers, and a $ and two $ s 
from Murraysburg, are considerably larger ((Js i in. 4 lin., $ s i in. 5-6 lin.) 
than the more Western examples. On the under side these $ s have the 
whitish at posterior angle of fore-wing more pronounced, and extending along 
inner margin, and the discal whitish suffusion of hind-wing immensely deve- 
loped ; while in the $ s the former character is equally, the latter less markedly, 
exhibited. In the $ s, moreover, the former character is unusually well mani- 
fested in the cilia on the upper side, and on the same surface the orange-red is 
much developed towards base, the customary basal suffusion being in one speci- 
men almost obsolete. 
A ^ I took at Knj^sna much resembles the darkest of the dusky 9 s of 
Aranda above mentioned, the orange-red being on the upper side limited in 
the fore-wing to a small patch before middle and a small discal spot, and in 
the hind-wing to a faint central-inferior ray and a patch along lower half of 
hind-margin. Another S from the same locality is, liowever, remarkable for 
the increased size and brighter tint of the orange-red in both wings. 
In general aspect and colouring of the upper side Almeida bears consider- 
able resemblance to Tlujra, Linn., especially in the larger $ examples. Besides 
the much more rounded outline of the wings in the ^ , and the absence of white 
in the cilia, the markings of the under side of the hind-wing are altogether 
different, the central irregular whitish streaks and the submarginal similar 
streak of Thyra being replaced by rows of small shining dark-edged spots 
arranged as in Ararida. To the latter Almeida is very closely allied, though 
its much darker colouring and more limited orange-red field (especially in the 
fore-wings) give it a very different aspect. The additional row of spots close to 
hind-margin seems the most constant distinction of Almeida, but this character 
recurs in all the nearly allied forms except Aranda. 
The habits and haunts of Almeida do not differ from those ' of its near 
allies ; it constantly settles on the bare ground in hilly places, and is verv 
easily captured. I found it rather numerously at Knysna from the middle of 
October to the middle of March. Near Cape Town it is certainly rare, and I 
have only met with a very few individuals in the neighbourhood of Wyn- 
berg. A single example only, taken by Mr. T. Ayres, has reached me from the 
Transvaal. 
Localities of Zeritis Almeida. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Cahdon {T. D. Butler). Knysna. 
Plettenberg Bay. 
h. Eastern Districts. — Between Zwartkops and Cocga Rivers, Uitcn- 
hage District {J. II. Bowlzer). Murraysburg (j. J. Miiskctt). 
K Transvaal. — Potchefstroom {T. Ayres). 
