240 EAST AFRICAN LEPIDOPTERA— HOLLAND. vol. xviii. 



Genus CHRYSOPHANUS, Hubner. 



CHRYSOPHANUS ABBOTTII, new species. 



(Plato VII, tig-. 4.) 



The markings of the anterior wiugs upon the upper .surface are niucli 

 as in ('. phlwas^ Linnaeus; the markings of the posterior wiugs upon 

 the same surface recall those of (J. ochimxs, Herrich-Schaffer, female, 

 or of C. thersamon^ Esper, female. 



Male. — Ui)per side: Auterior wing: The apex of the wing is more 

 acute than iu any other species of the genus thus far described. The 

 color is bright metallic orange red, inclining very slightly to dusky at 

 the base. The costa beyond the middle is very narrowly edged with 

 blackish; the outer margin is evenly bordered with a band of black of 

 moderate width; the body of tbe wing is adorned by spots of deepest 

 black, arranged as follows — one on the cell, one at the end of the cell, 

 four below the costa coalescing as a subapical band, a pair disposed 

 ujjon the interspaces between the median nervules, and a quadran- 

 gular spot near the outer angle between the first median nervule and 

 the submediau nerve. Posterior wing: The ground color is the same 

 metallic red which prevails upon the forewiug, inclining very slightly 

 near the outer margin to opaque scarlet. The base and the inner 

 margin are somewhat densely adorned with a vestiture of dusky hairs. 

 The costal margin is heavily bordered with black, and the outer margin 

 very narrowly Avith the same color. There is a row of small marginal 

 spots disposed upon the interspaces and fusing with the narrow outer 

 border and causing the red area of the wing within to have a scalloped 

 or crenelated appearance. In addition to these markings there is at 

 the end of the cell a dusky bar, beyond the cell an interrupted trans- 

 verse series of spots, one near the costa, in some si)ecimens fusing 

 with the dark costal margin, two opposite the cell, a pair u]ion the 

 interspaces of tlie median nervules, and a pair upon the inner margin, 

 more or less obscured by the dusky hairs which clothe the base. There 

 is in addition a submarginal low of black spots forming a regular 

 series conformed in the line of curvature witli tlie outer margin of the 

 wing. 



Under side: Anterior wing: The under side of the anterior wing 

 differs from the upper side in that the black margin of the outer edge 

 of the wing is lacking, being sim])ly represented by three obsolescent 

 spots, one at the outer angle and two situated between the median ner- 

 vules. The black spots of the basal and liinbal areas of the wings 

 reai)pear upon the lower side, and are larger and more distinct than 

 upon the upper side, not coalescing at all, and each being surrounded 

 by a faint bluish- white line. Posterior wing: The posterior wing is 

 heavily dusted with dark ferruginous scales, and the markings of the 

 upper side reappear very obscurely u})ou this side. 



