( oo6 ; 



Jii tlic Triiio- Muspnra A SS. •"> ?? from: Gold Coast; Congo; Loanda, v. 

 (Mocqnerys) ; Natal : Kiknyn Escarpment, Brit. E. Afr. Feb. llMil (Dolierty). 

 A loiin; sciics tVoiii Ainbriz, ('oiijrd, in tlic Dublin Miiscuni. 



47 7. Nephele comma. 



*Zni,ilia rir/ili'.iiviis Walker, L!.il f.rp. /,is, /!. .][, vili. p. \W>. n. 1 (18.')G) (partini :— Mus. Brit.). 

 *Xephele mmimi Hopfifer, M„mitsl,i'i: .1/.. W'ixs. Bnliii p. 421 (18.57) (Mus. Berlin) : id., in Peters. 

 Heise Mozamh., Zixil. V. p. 424. t. 27. f. 12 (1802) (Mozambique ; Guinea). 



5 ? . Black side-])atches of abdomen reduced in size, those on segments 2 and 3 

 not distinct, pale dorsal area of segment 4 as wide (transversely) as the black side- 

 patcli. 8nbmarginal line of forewing very sharply marked, almost straight from 

 ]{- backwards, the marginal area limited by this line shaded with grey, especially 

 at the line, (."ombs of tarsi and spurs heavy. Stigma of forewing absent, or 

 represented by a minute" dot, or by a comma-shaped spot which is widest behind, 

 being here dilated proximad and distad, (ir only distad (I'l. LXIV. f. 13. 14). 



ri'. S. rommn /'. dcraxa nov. 



Zditil'm virnlf.irciix var., W.alkcr, /.''. (partini). 



Zfinilio penoeus, Boisduval {non Cramer, 177(1), Sper. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 140. n. 2 (1875) (partim ; 



S,non ?). 

 Nepheh rirkle^reiix, Butler, Trans. Zonl . Soc. Loud. ix. p. 623. n. 12 (1877) (Natal) ; Westw., in 



Gates, Mntahehlaiiil p. 355 (1881) ; Druce, in Moloney, M'est Afr. Forestry p. 403. n. 20 (1887) : 



Kirby, /.<■. p. OSO. n. 14 (1892) (Africa). 

 Xephele hespeni V, Holland, Trans. Ainer. Eiil. Soc. xvi. p. 68. n. 31 (1880) (Benita). 

 yejiMe fiuiehrh, Butler {nnn Fabricius, 1703), I.e. p. G24. n. 13 (1877) (Congo) ; Butl., Prnr. Zn,,!. 



Soc. Loud. p. 674. n. 168 (1893) (Zomba, Jan.): Kirby, I.e. p. 680. n. 15 (1802) (partim) ; 



Schaus & Clem.. S/er)a Leone Lep. p. 10 (1803). 

 Xephele charoba, Moschler. Ahli. Senh-. Xotiirf. Ges. xv. p. 71. n. 150 (1890) (Accra). 

 Xephele eharohti Kirby, Trims. Ent. Snr. Lond. p. 239. 243 (1877) (Madag. ; partim). 

 Xephele hesjjera, Saalmiiller (nnn Fabricius, 1775), Lep. Jladcu/. p. 133. n. 310. t. 3. f. 42 (1884) 



(syn. excl.). 



c? ? . Forewing withont white spot, or only with a minute dot. 

 Hab. Africa south of the Sahara ; Madagascar. 



We cannot find any constant difference between Malagassic specimens and 

 Aethiopian ones. 



f/. X. comma f. comma. 



ZoniJia viridescens Walker, I.e. (partim). 



*Xephele comma Hopffer, I.e. ; Butl., Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 623. n. 11 (1877) (Xatal) ; 



Westw., in Gates, .Uatahehland p. 355 (1881) ; Druce, in Moloney, West Afr. Forestry p. 493. 



n. 19 (1887) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 680. n. 12 (1892) (Africa). 

 Zon'dia comma, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 142. n. 4 (1875) (Natal) : Dew., Mitth. Miinrh. 



Ent. Ver. iii. p. 25 (1H70) (Ci.inchoxo). 

 Xephele comma 'i, Holland. Trans. .1 ;,„•)■. Ent. Soc. xvi. p. 68. n. 30 (1880) (Benita). 



6 ? . Forewing with a white comma-shaped spot (PI. LXIV. f. 13). 



Hab. This and the previous form occur commonly in West and East Africa as 

 far south as Natal (probably also in (!a[)e Colony). 



c'. JS'. comma f. loc. charoha. 



Deilrphila mor/jlinis, Boisduval {non Cramer. 1777), Faune ^fad. Bomh. p. 75 (1833) (Madag.). 

 Zonilia didyma, (xurnee {non Fabricius, 1776), in Vins., \'oy. Madag. p, ,30 (1865) { = morpliens). 

 ZiinHia. mnrphen.t, Boisduval, Spec. Grii. Lep. Hit. i. p. 1.30. n. 1 (1875) (partim ; Madag.); Mali., 

 Ann. Soc. Etil. France p. 206 (1870) (Madag.). 



