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heavy, somewhat Inuiform, vinaceons brick red, the series first parallel, then con- 

 verging, slightly enrving distad between W and R', the discal series faintl.v bordered 

 with white proximally ; snbmarginal pinkisli white dots SC- — SM- present, the last 

 two with the black snbmarginal dots at ontside ; adraarginal interspaces smaller 

 than above, dark ferruginons, thinly edged with pinkish white at both sides ; mar- 

 ginal line as above ; tails acute, short, npjier one 3 to 4, second 2 to 3 mm. long. 



¥. Bo(/i/ above as in d, bnt abdomen blackish brown ; underside paler than 

 in cJ, abdomen with two black stripes, interrupted at edges of segments. 



Wings above blackish brown, with little bine gloss. Forewing : basal 



three-fifths of costal margin and part of cell dark cinnamon rnfous, cell-bars and 

 bar D less conspicuous than in 3, owing to the ]iosterior half of cell (or more) being 

 suffnsed with blackish brown ; median bars S(J'— R'- vestigial iu some specimens ; 

 postdiscal band of patches as in c?, but colour varying from creamy white to 

 yellowish buff, posteriorly somewhat broader than in S, spot SC* — SC* vestigial or 

 well-marked; admarginal spots smaller than iu <?, often obsolete, the last two often 



cream colour, the others cinnamon rufous. Hindwing : disco-postdiscal band 



varying from creamy white to bnlf yellow, straight, extending to abdominal margin, 

 of even width from SC=, or R", to SM-, wider at C, 5 to 9 mm. broad at R-, often 

 triangularly sinuate proximally upon R', often incised distally upon veins, edges of 

 band somewhat ochraceons rufous in the more yellow banded specimens ; admarginal 

 spots as large as in 6, but sometimes smaller and clearly separated from one 

 another, ochraceons orange, paler proximally, or very pale buff ; snbmarginal dots 

 ftP— SM-' as in S. 



Underside: mars brown or fawn colour, postdiscal band of forewing and disco- 

 postdiscal one of hindwing wider than above, less sharply defined, bntf or huffish 



white. Forewing: median bars SC'— R" more angle-shaped than in i, tawny 



marginal band comparatively more obvious. Hindwing: discal series of bars 



very inconspicuons, partly obliterated ; postdiscal bars as heavy as or heavier 

 than in d", snbmarginal area shaded with pinkish white, white snbmarginal dots 

 indistinct ; tawny ochraceons admarginal halfmoons somewhat thinner than in S, 

 their pinkish white j)roximal borders broad; tails as in S, bnt longer. 



Length of forewing : S, 37 — 41 mm. 

 „ „ ? , 40—46 mm. 



Clasper not so sharply pointed as in cynthia ; penis-funnel more triangular, 

 slenderer, apex thickened underneath to a tubercle which is compressed and produced 

 proximally into a tooth ; penis thin, with a dorsal tooth about 1 mm. before end, 

 and traces of teeth about 3 mm. from apex. 



JIdh. West African Forest Region from Sierra Leone to Angola and Uganda. 

 In the Tring Museum, 25 tJcJ, 8 ? ? from : Sierra Leone; Gold (Joast ; Cameroons ; 

 Congo: Lukolele, Bopoto, Kassai ; Ft. Alice, Uganda, Febmary 1, 1807 (Dr. 

 Ansorge). 



In the unique specimen (c?) from Ft. Alice the band of the forewing is nearly 

 eqnal in width, narrower than in most individuals from other places ; the bluish 

 white snbmarginal dots R'— SM- of the upperside of the hindwing are conspicuous, 

 and there is a trace of a further dot before R^ 



Ihe/emales from the tlongo basin and Cameroons have a very pale baud. 



The specimens from Fernando Fo seem to be slightly different from those from 

 other localities. In the single 3 examined (iu coll. Hewitson) the orange jiarts of 

 the upperside are darker, being more shaded with purple blue, the admarginal 



