( 523 ) 



Tenth tergite (<?) rounded, often sinuate ; penis-funnel triangular, dorsal cavity 

 not quite extended to the end, which is hooked ; penis thin, with a mionte tooth 

 before the end ; clasper narrowed at apex into a slender tooth which is gently 

 curved mesiad. 



Ilab. East Africa from Natal to Abyssinia ; Madagascar. 



Individually very variable on upper- and underside ; angle of forewing often 

 rounded, sometimes very prominent and acute. 



a. Ch. neanthes neanthes. 



Nymjyhalis iieanthex Hewitson, Exot. Butt. I. A'ympludis t. 1. f. 2. 3. ? (1854) (Natal) ; Trim., 

 Rhop. Afr. AtiKtr. p. 179. n. 104 (1862) (Natal) ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 273. n. 55 (1871) ; 

 Gooch, Entom. XIV. p. 6 (1881) (Natal) ; Oberth., Aim. ilus. Ch: Geneva XVIII. p. 728. n. 61 

 (1883) (Shoa ; Jan., June, July, Nov.). 



Charasei manlhes, Butler, Proc. Zool. Sue. Load. p. 638. n. 63 (1865) (Natal) ; Stand., Exnt. Tagf. 

 p. 171. t. 68 (1886) (Natal ; Del. Bay) ; Trim. & Bowk., S. Afr. Butt. I. p. 320. n. 104 (1887) 

 (Caffraria ; Natal; DelagoaB.) ; Rogenh., in Baumann, U.-<amhara p. 327. n. 86 (1891) 

 (Usagara) ; Butl., Proc. Zool. See. Land. p. 650. n. 26 (1893) (L. Merc) ; Reb. & Rogenh., in 

 Baumann, Ma.-^mdand p. 332. n. 98 (1894) (Serengeti) ; Holl., Proc. U. St. Nat. Mus. XVIIT 

 p. 262 (1895) (Brit. E. A.) ; Butl., Journ. Linn. Sac. Land. XXV. p. 309. n. 49 (1896) (Caffraria  

 Natal ; Del. Bay ; L. Mwero ; " Cameroons " loc. err. ! !) ; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 633. 

 n. 36 (1896) (Somaliland ; Sheik Husein, IX) ; Butl., ibid. p. 397. n. 8 (1898) (Brit. E. Afr., 

 March) ; Auriv., Kongl. Sv. Vet. Ak: Handl XXXI. 5. p. 244. n. 68 (1899). 



^. Wings above ochT2Jito\\9. Forewing : bars and postdisco-marginal band 



varying individually from seal brown to tawny ; in the darkest specimens median 

 bars SC*'* — R^ joined together and to disco-marginal area, the discal bars larger, 

 fused to a band which is partly separated from the postdisco-marginal band by 

 rather small ochraceous interstitial spots, of which spot R' — R- and M' — SM- are 

 sometimes absent, Itrown median band at end of cell prolonged to M' ; in the 

 palest specimens the median patches SC^'^ — R^ are isolated and the discal bars 



are also partly, the posterior ones totally, isolated. Hindwing : postdiscal 



ochraceous interstitial spots SC^ — M^ well marked, upper snbmarginal interstitial 

 dots also obvious, though small. 



Underside ochraceous or tawny ochraceous, the black speckles rather prominent 

 on the pale ground ; the median baud well marked, or vestigial, with all inter- 

 gradations, the presence of the band apparently independent of the depth of the 



tone of the postdisco-marginal band of the upperside. Hindwing : tooth at R' 



very short. 



?. Wings above ochraceous; discal bars luniform, thin, posterior ones of 

 forewing separated, postdiscal ochraceous interspaces R' — JP of forewing wider 



than the postdisco-marginal band. Hindwing: discal series considerably varying 



in size, sometimes very slightly concave in front, bar SC^ — R' very little more 

 proximal than bar C — SC- in some specimens. 



Underside pale ochraceous, the median band mostly well marked, sometimes 

 vestigial. 



Hab. East Africa, from Natal to Abyssinia. 



In the Tring Museum 28 <S i , 21 ? ? from : Natal : Estcourt, v. vi. Delagoa 

 Bay ; Zomba, xii. '95 (Dr. P. Rendall) ; Rikatla. German E. Afr. : Mikiudani, i. 

 to v. British E. Afr. : Mombasa ; Taveta, vi. vit. ; Kibwezi, o. ii. '95 (Dr. Ansorge) ; 

 Ndange, 1. iv. '95 (Ansorge) ; Mbinzan, 8. iv. '94 (Ansorge) ; Melindi. Somali- 

 land : Sheik Husein, 30. ix. '94, wet country, 5 to 7000 ft. (Dr. Donaldson Smith). 

 Abyssinia : Shoa, Shoatalit, 9. i. '80 (Antiuori). 



