One hundred and four butterfly species in the families Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae and Hesperiidae were recorded from the National Botanic Gardens, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.  This represents approximately 16% of the South African butterfly fauna.  Another thirteen species not listed here have been recorded by two other studies.  The conservation value of this garden is briefly discussed.

Further information is given on the life history of Chrysoritis dicksoni  (Gabriel), with an illustrated description of the final instar caterpillar and its ecology, indicating that it probably subsists entirely upon regurgitations obtained from the ant Crematogaster peringueyi Emery and that the presence of scale insects (Homoptera) appears to be essential to the caterpillar through the tropic activities of the ant.  It is confirmed that the final instar has a functional DNO as well as TOs; also that it is capable of emitting drumming sounds.

The genus Tylopaedia is discussed and a new subspecies is described from near Windhoek, Namibia