Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, Southern
This pretty little species appears to be undescribed. It is nearly
allied to _C. Etrida_ and _Eione_, but differs in its characteristic
markings. On the upper side the wings of the male are white, with a
very slight yellowish tinge; the anterior have a large brown patch
occupying the greater portion of the posterior margin, and extending
over the greater part of the discoidal cell, at the extremity of which
is a small round black spot; the extremity of the wing is very broadly
brown, the dark colour commencing on the costal margin in front of
the discoidal spot, and extending nearly to the posterior angle of
the wing, where it is much narrowed, especially in the spaces between
the anal vein and the first and second branches of the median vein,
extending considerably more forward between the second and third
branches of the latter, so as nearly to unite with the truncated
extremity of the large brown patch; the brown apex of the wing bears a
row of five fulvous oval spots, the hind one of which is ill defined
and less strongly coloured: the hind wings are brown at the base, and
beyond the middle they are marked with a curved irregular brown bar,
which is partially connected with the brown spotted hind margin of the
wing, having a row of white spots between them, which become larger and
more or less confluent, especially towards the anal angle. On the under
side the fore wings are tinged with yellow, especially towards the
tips, the large brown markings of the upper side being nearly obsolete:
the hind wings are also yellowish, with a faint dusky fascia beyond the
middle, with a black discoidal spot surmounted with yellow scales; the
costa at the base is bright yellow, and the fringe of all the wings
is white. The female is slightly larger, with the brown markings more
suffused, the orange spots of the fore wings obsolete, and replaced
by brown, and the white submarginal spots of the hind wings almost
obliterated and replaced with brown.
Genus TERIAS, Swainson.
_Eurema_, Kirby, Syn. Cat. (haud recte).
28. (1) TERIAS RAHEL, Fabricius; Godart; Boisduval; Trimen, p.
76.
Ramaqueban River, February; near the Victoria Falls in January; and
near the Dry River, beginning of March.
29. (2) TERIAS ZOË, Hopffer in Peters’s Reise Mossamb. pl. 23,
f. 10; female.
Mas. Alis supra minus saturate atomosis, posticis limbo nigro omnino
carentibus et unicoloribus.
Near the Ramaqueban River, in February.
30. (3) TERIAS SERULI, Westw.
Alis supra pallide flavis, anticis apice macula trigona fusca intus
parum curvata integra, ante angulum posticum desinente; angulo extremo
apicali pallescenti; alis posticis immaculatis: alis anticis subtus
flavis, costa, apice, alisque posticis carneo-lutescentibus, omnibus
immaculatis. Expans. alar. antic. fere 1½ unc.
Habitat ad ripas Seruli fluv.; mense Augusto capta.
Family ACRÆIDÆ.
Genus ACRÆA, Fabricius.
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