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3193 feet) in the Worcester District, a ^ and two were taken by M. L. 
P^ringuey, exhibiting much divergence from the typical form. The ^ is of 
ordinary size, and, except for a rather marked yellow basal suffusion in the 
fore-wing, more obscure than usual on the upper side, the discal ochre-yellow 
being reduced to a row of small separate spots. The $ s, on the contrary, are 
unusually large (exp. i in. io| lin.), with the yellow on the upper side much 
paler and largely developed from the bases outward. On the under side these 
three examples agree in having the markings of the hind-wing only faintly out- 
lined, but in the ^ the hoary tint still prevails, while in the $ s a general faint- 
brownish tinge makes the markings even more indistinct. At Plettenberg Bay 
I met with two S s and a $ not unlike those just described, and agreeing with 
them in the remarkable detail of having the small submarginal blackish spots 
on the under side much less indistinct than in the typical form and sagittate in 
shape — in this particular resembling A. hrachycera, Trim. The ^ s, however, 
are even duller than the Worcester ^ , having no basal yellow, and the pale 
space representing discal ochre-yellow, being very obscure dull-yellowish in both 
wings. On the under side these specimens have the markings much narrowed 
but very well defined ; and in the hind- wing the terminal disco-cellular spot 
emits superiorly a long ray extending along upper part of discoidal cell almost 
to base. In these variations from the Western and Southern Districts of the 
Cape Colony, the s are much more sombre-hued than the $ s, but this does 
not appear to be the case farther to the North and East, for I have before me 
three s from near Burghersdorp and one from the Transvaal which quite rival 
their $ s (brighter in those interior tracts than elsewhere) in the extent and 
brightness of the upper-side ochre-yellow. Of this variation, $ s, but not ^ s, 
have reached me from near Grahamstown, Griqualand West,^ and the Carnarvon 
District of the Cape Colony ; they (as well, as the ^ s just mentioned) agree 
pretty closely with the typical form as regards the under-side markings, and all 
the 9 s have the lower spots of the discal row in the fore-wing obsolete on the 
upper side. 
This curious butterfly only appears at the hottest time of the year, from the 
end of November to early in February. It is extremely local, occurring in spots 
of very limited extent, and is not by any means numerous in these favoured 
haunts. Its habits are quite those of the more sluggish species of Zeritis ; it 
always frequents bare sandy spots, whether on low lands or mountain-sides, and 
almost invariably settles on the ground, seldom moving unless disturbed, and 
then taking but a very short though swift flight. Mr. Morant noted his Trans- 
vaal examples as captured on 21st and 23d October 1870. 
Localities of Arrugia Protumnus. 
1. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Stellenbosch. Triangle Station, 
Worcester District [L. Peringuey). Plettenberg Bay. Van 
Wyk's Vley, Carnarvon District {E. G. Alston). Carries and 
Springbokfontein, Little Namaqualand {L. Peringuey). 
h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown (M. E. Barbe?^). New Year's 
River {H. I. Ather stone). Burghersdorp {D. R. Kannemeyer 
and /. H. Boivker). 
c. Griqualand West. — Yaal River (/. H. BowTcer). Kimberley 
(//. Grose Smith). 
K. Transvaal. Kalkfontein {W. Morant). 
^ I have since seen a S from Kimberley of this coloration belonging to Mr. H. Grose 
Smith; and another (November 1885) has reached me from the Carnarvon District, 
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