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LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED BY OSCAR NEUMANN IN 

 NOETH-EAST AFRICA. 



By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., and KARL JORDAN, Ph.D. 



(Cwdiiiued frniii vol. x. p. 642.) 



SATYRINAE. 

 70. Mycalesis safitza aethiops subspec. uov. 



Myirdesis safitai, Aurivillius, l.i:. p. 56. n. 46 (1809) (partim ; Abyssinia) ; Pagenst., I.e. p. 132. n. I 

 (1902) (syu. excluded). 



All the specimens found by O. Neumann and Baron von Erlanger dill'er from 

 the East and South African aafitsa safitza in the discal line on the underside of 

 the forewiui;' being curved enstad, standing at right angles to costal margin, and in 

 the discal line of the hindwiug being much more irregular, curving distad between 

 Ri and Rl 



The clasper of the i has a much shorter narrowed distal portion. The two 

 tnfts on the upperside of the hindwing are of the same colour as in «. safitza, the 

 one in the cell being creamy grey, the other dark brown. The specimens are all 

 subocellate or punctate on the underside of the hindwiug, with the exception of the 

 two individuals from the Gillet Mts., in which the ocelli are rather better developed. 

 None of the specimens have the discal line of the underside conspicuously bordered 

 with cream-colour. The same applies to the individuals in Baron von Erlanger's 

 collection. 



10 c?(?, 3 ??, from: Gillet Mts., 1900—2200 m., l.vii. 1900, tijpe; Lake 

 Abassi, 4. 6. and 9. xii. 1900 ; Abera to Koritscha, 23. xii. 1900; Alesa, Koscha, 

 23. ii. 1901 ; Alesa to Schetie, Koscha, 25. ii. 1901 ; Uma R., Konta, l.iii. 1901 ; 

 Anderatscha, Kaflfa, 24. iii. 1901 ; Kankati to Djibbe, Ujimma, 26. iii. 1901. 



Besides a long series of aethiops, Baron von Erlanger found also two specimens 

 of M. ani/nana vicar/a Thurau, not mentioned by Pagenstecher, one from Wolesch, 

 15. ii. 1901, and the other from Fanole, 27. vi. 19ol.* 



There seem to be numerous undescribed African species of AL/calesis iu 

 collections. The genus is, however, a difficult one to deal with. A thorough 

 revision, based on a large material and an extensive study of the morphology of 

 the species, is a great desideratum. As we have no time at jjresent for a thorough 

 comparison of the structure of these insects, we abstain from describing any new 

 species, but offer only a few corrections to the list given in Aurivillius's great work. 



M. mandanes Hew. is not a synonym of auficriida, but is the same species as 

 yraphidabra. 



M. keiiia Rogenli. appears to us to be a subspecies of maiidaties. The structure 

 of the type should be compared with that of mandanes. 



M. ansorgei Sharpe is the same as mollitia Karsch, the latter name having 

 priority. 



M. dentata Sharpe {—JludatiUs Grose-Smith) is apparently the same as 



• The larger proi)ortiou of Baron von Erlanger's specimens is now in the Tring Museum. 



