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Show 856 ON BUTTERFLIES COLLECTED IN NATAL. [NOV. 16, 122. PYRGUS ASTERODIA, Trimen. Niginya, 5800 feet, Ulundi, 17th September; Frere, 3800 feet, 10th December, 1896. New to the Museum collection. 123. PYRGUS ZEBRA, Butler. Pyrgus zebra, Butler, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1888, ser. 6, vol. i. p. 207. Tugela Biver, 2500 feet, 26th October and 15th November, 1896. This is quite new to the African fauna. Becently Mr. Trimen showed me specimens of a nearly allied species (or perhaps a variety of P. zebra), differing in the absence of the subbasal whitish bar on the under surface of the secondaries; these Natal examples, however, cannot be distinguished from those of Northwestern India, excepting in their slightly blacker ground-colour (which, by the way, is probably due to the superior freshness of the specimens). Mr. Marshall suggests the possibility of this butterfly being P. sataspes, but the latter is a very distinct species. 124. PYRGUS FEROX, Trimen. Estcourt, 11th and 12th October; Tugela Biver, 25th October 2nd and 13th November ; Frere, 6th December, 1896. 125. CELJENORRHINUS MOKEEZI, Wallgr. Karkloof, 13th and 14th February, 1897. 126. CYCLOPIDES METIS, Linn. Karkloof, 8th, 13th, and 14th February, 1897. 127. CYCLOPIDES INORNATUS, Trimen. Karkloof, 25tb January and 21st February, 1897. New to the Museum collection. 128. KEDESTES MACOMO, Trimen. Tugela Biver, 30th October and 1st November, 1896. New to the general Museum collection, though present in the Hewitson series. 129. KEDESTES TUCUSA, Trimen. 2 , Estcourt, 15th October, 1896. 130. KEDESTES CALLICLES, Hewits. Tugela Biver, 15th November, 1896. 131. KEDESTES WALLENGRENI, Trimen. Estcourt, 26th August, 1896. New to the Museum collection. |