( 0.55 ) 



S ? . Diflfers from rHr/i/ma in the npperside of the hindwing au<i the basal 

 half or two-thirds of the underside of the forewing (excepting costal area) being 

 ferruginons. 



Larva (adnlr): j^xle side-band conspicnons, reaching from ajiex of fonrth 

 segment to middle of sixth. 



There are two forms, as in diifi/ma : 



(('. S. si(hi:aria f. sidicuriii. 



•ZoniVa mhvima Walker, /..■. ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. [let. i. p. 143. u. C, (l.«!7o) (Swan R.). 



ZoiiUia aiitipoda Walker, I.e. xxxi. p. M (186-1) ; Boisd., /.-■. p. 14.3. sub n. (> (I87.i). 



Xephele .lubvaria. Butler, Tiv^in. Zool. Sor. Loud. ix. p. 624. n. 15 (1877) ; Swinh., Cal. Lep. ITel, 



Mm. Ox. i. p. 35. n. 137 (1892) (Cape York) ; Kirby, Gil. Lep. Ilet. i. p. G80. n. 19. (1802) 



(Austral.). 

 Nephele hespem, Hauipson. in Blanf., Famui Brit. Iwl. Molhx i. p. 108. n. 172 (1891) (partim). 



cJ?. With silvery spot on forewing (PL LXV. f. lo). The spot within cell 

 and that ontside D' are generally completely fused to a long curved comma-shaped 

 mark, which is preceded by a white dot : in one of our specimens this dot also joins 

 the comma. 



b'. N. suhfaria f. metapyrrha. 



*Zomlhi metapi/rrha Walker, I.e. viii. p. 196. n. 10 (1856) (Moreton Bay ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Boisd,. 



I.e. p. 143. n. 7 (1875). 

 *neilephila daUi Newman, TmnK. Kid. Soc. Lond. (2). iv. p. 54 (1857) (Mus. Brit.). 

 Nepheh metapurrha, Butler, I.e. ix. p. 625. n. 16 (1877) ; Swinh., I.e. n. 138 (1892) (Jloretcn Bay) ; 



Kirby, I.e. p. 681. n. 20 (1892) (Austral.). 



S ? . Forewing without a silvery spot, or only witli a minnto dot. 

 Hab. Australia : (Jneensland. 



Both forms in the Tring Museum: 2 larvae, l.j Si, 13 ? ? from: Mackay ; 

 Dawson 1^. ; Brisbane ; Cape York. 



4Tr). Nephele van. 



*Zuii\i;a run Walker, Lht Lep. /«.«. /?. .)/. viii. p. 197, n. 11 (1856) (hab. ? ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Oherth, 



Ann. Mux. Civ. Genova xv. p. 172. n. 62 (1879) (Abyss. ■. = rafraiji). 

 *Zoiiilia sehimperi Lucas, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fmiiee p. 606. t. 13. f. 1 (1857) (Abyss. ;— Mus. Paris). 

 Nephele m», Butler, Trans. Znol. Soe. Loud. ix. p. 625. n. 17 (XSTi) (^^seJiinqieri ■ Abyssinia); 



Kirby, Trann. Ent. Soe. Loud. p. 239 (1877) (Ambriz, Congo) ; Moscbl., Ah!i. Seid\ yiiliirf. Ge-. 



XV. p. 71. n. 16(i (1890) (Accra) ; Kirby, Ced. Lep. ILet. i. p. 680 n. 17 (1892) (Congo ; Abyss.). 

 *Zai,di,i rojfraiji Oberthiir, Et. d'Eut. iii. p. 31. t. 3. f. 2 (1878) (Abyss. ;— coll. Charles Obertbiir). 



c? ? . The short terminal spur of the hindtibia has the comb as feebly developed 

 as in the Oriental species. Mesothoracic tegula with a thin grey fringe ; black 

 lateral patches of abdomen reduced in size. Underside of body pinkisli, a pinkish 

 tint also often on wings. The silvery mark of the forewing is V-shaped and 

 generally somewhat yellowish (PI. LXV. f 12); the olive-green disc.al area is 

 triangular, narrowing to a point behind close to hinder angle of wing ; its inner 

 edge very oblique, crossing M at or near base of M' ; the outer edge of the area is 

 quite straight from R^ to IP, nearly at right angles to the veins, while it slants 

 distad from R- to SC% being somewhat curved between the veins ; the marginal 

 area is densely shaded with pinkish grey, except at edge of wing. The distal 

 margin of the hindwing is blackish, with a reddish tint coming through. 



Ilnb. West and Kast Africa. 



