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143. Zeritis taikosama (Wllgr.) — In the Museum Series the males 
show all gradations of development of the orange-yellow markings 
on upperside, viz., from a few orange-yellow scales only to a well- 
developed patch. In the females, the orange-yellow patch is still 
more developed, occupying in one specimen more than half the 
surface of the wings with the bases strongly suffused with paler 
orange-yellow. 
Two males from Potgietersrust exhibit a well-marked white dot 
at end of cell on forewing. 
157. Lycaena marshalli (ButL'J — ] I occasionally find this in my 
own and friends’ gardens where there are cultivated geraniums. I 
doubt its being wild here. I think it is introduced with geranium 
plants on which the larva feeds. I have bred it at Capetown on 
cultivated geranium. I believe it was introduced into Kimberley 
in the same way. I never took it out of town or away from a garden 
where geraniums grew.”— H. L. L. Feltliam. 
“ I thought for a long time that this was not a good species of 
Dr. Butler’s. I understand, however, that Mr. A. D. Millar, of 
Durban, and other good Natal collectors consider it rightly separated 
from palemon (with the violet-tinted male) ; I have, however, since 
taken the paired sexes of Marshalli, which, I think, settles the 
matter.”- — H. L. L. Feltham. 
Lycaena asteris Godt. — Although Mr. W. L. Distant, on the 
authority of Wallengren, mentions this species as being from the 
Transvaal, I have not included it in this list on the strength of Mr. 
Trimen’s remark, vide S. Afr. Buttfl., 2, p. 26, “ The true asteris has 
not to my knowledge been found away from the Cape Peninsula, but 
it has a very close ally inhabiting various parts of the Colony,” etc., 
and also as none of my correspondents has ever taken a specimen so- 
far. 
183. Lycaena jefferyi (Sw.)- -Some time ago the Museum again 
received a few lepidoptera from the Barberton District, presented by 
G. W. Jeffery, F.E.S., amongst which was a fine female of Lycaena 
jefferyi, the male of which I described in the Transvaal Museum 
Annals, Yol. I, p. 176. It differs from the male in several points. 
Head : Palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs as in male. 
Wings : Upperside brownish grey, with a dark violaceous blue 
disc, leaving fairly broad borders of ground colour. 
F ore wing : The streak closing cell more distinct, broader ; a 
small postmedian spot of ground colour between veins 1 
and 2. 
Hindwing : The hind marginal black spot better developed, 
bordered on the inside by an orange-yellow spot. Cellular 
mark represented by a small spot of ground colour. 
Violaceous blue crossed by a postmedian row of five spots, 
of which the first is indistinct, and placed between veins 
1 and 2. 
Underside : Of a lighter greyish colour than male, with the 
markings whiter edged. Black hind marginal spot the 
same as in the male. Cilia as in male, but outwardly not 
as white. 
This specimen was caught at Noordkaap, November, 1908. 
