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iipjier tliiii, tlie st'coiul the largest of the tliree, more or less widened behind and 

 curved ontward, soinetinies joined to the ujiper spot, or to the inner, seldom to 

 both. Underside of palpus little paler than breast. Tenth segment see PL XLIV. 

 f. 29. 30 ; harpc PI. 1 L. f. 30 ; penis-sheath I'l. LV. f. 3.5. 



Hah. Continental Africa ; common. 



In the Tring Museum 12U-odd specimens from Sierra Leone to Nalal, and 

 eastwards to British East Africa ; 1 larva, "J ])upae from Durban (Leigh). 



4^;'>. Nephele argentifera. 



*Zo>iilio aryeiiti/rra Walker, List Up. liis. B. M. viii. p. l',)-t. n. 4 ( 18r.C>) (Natal ;— :\[us. Oxford) ; 



Boisd., Spec. Gni. Up. U(l. i. p. 14(;. n. 12 (187o). 

 Xfphele arjjeniifeva, Butler, Tniii.i. ZouL Sm-. Land. ix. p. \'<12. n. (1851)) ; Kirby, Tnum. F.nl . 



.%('. Loud. p. 239 (1877) (Natal); Westw., in Gates. .Unlahelehiiid p. 355 (1881): Kirby, 



Cat. Lcp. llet. i. p. 679. n. 5 (1892) (Natal) ; Pagenst., dahrh. H,i,i,b. Wis^. Anst. x. 2. p. 38, 



n. 103 (1893) (Mozambique, 8. i. ; Quilimane, 8. iii.). 



(? ? . A conspicuous insect, recognised at a glance by the two silvery, posteriorly 

 converging bands of the forewing : the tirst subbasal, straight, at right angles 

 to costal margin, the other discal, somewhat curved, widened behind and in front; 

 fringe of hinder margin white between the bands ; stigma large, oblique, sub- 

 triangular, ni>per distal edge longest ; the spot consists of the dots 1 and 2, the 

 two being sometimes nearly separated ; spot 3 is generally present as a minnte dot. 



llab. East Africa : from Natal to British East Africa. 



Li the Tring Mnseum 12 <?(?, 12 ? ? from: Delagoa Bny ; Kiloa ; Liudi ; 

 Dar-es-Salaam ; Mombasa. 



484. Nephele densoi. 



ZmiiUa densoi Keferstein, ,r<du-b. Ak. Erfurl (2). vi. p. 14. t. 2. f. 5 (1870) (Mad.ag.) ; Mab., Ann. 



Soc. Eld. Frunre p. 2'JG (18710 (Madag. ; = malgassicu = vhadama). 

 *ZoiuUa maUja^skn Felder, RcUe Xomro, Lip. t. 7(i. f. 2 (1874) (Madag. ;— Mus. Tring) : Boisd., 



?..'. p. 147. n. 14 (1875) (Xossi-be). 

 *Zoiidia rhadama WiLlker, List Lrp. Ins, li. .][. viii. p. 33 (1S64) (Madag.; iioui. niid.)\ Boisd., 



iS>cc. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 146. n. 13 (1875) (Madag. ;— coll. Cbarles Obertliiii). 

 Xiphele densoi, Butler, Trans. Zool. Hoc. Lond. ix. p. 622. n. 3 (1877) ; Saalm., [^ep. .Moduij. p. 135. 



n. 311. t. 4. f. 43. 43a (1884) (= imdyassiai = rhad,u,„i) ; Kirby, Cat. Lcp. ild. i. p! (w'.l. n. 8 



(1892) (Madag.). 

 Xcphele malrjasxicu. Butler, Tninx. Zn,d. Soc. Lond. ix. [i. i;2.".. ii. 9 (1877) (= densoi V) ; Kirby, I.e. 



n. 9(1892) (Madag.). 

 Xcphdc )-/i<(rf»/»<(, Butler, I.e. p. (;3(l (1877). 



J¥. Stands midway between oeiiDjiiiDi and uixeitfiferu. Discal lines of 

 forewing, ahocc, straight, slightly curved, not dentate, interspaces forming a pale 

 inconspicuous band, similar to that of oenopion, but as much jiroximal as in 

 ros(te, not edged with white ; stigma (PI. LXIV. f. 4. 5) : dot 1 rounded, 2 

 forming a right angle, the outer arm of it extending along R', often interrupted, 

 sjiot 3 minute. 



Hub. Madagascar. 



In the Tring Mnseum lU cJc?, 11 ? ¥ from: Madagascar, one of them from 

 Antanundje, Baie d'Antongil, iii. iv. 1897 (A. Moc(iuerys). 



A pair from Grande Comorc in the Tring Museum represents jierhaps a 

 subsjiecies confined to tiic ( 'omoro Islands ; the two specimens, one of which is 

 in fairly good condition, are darker than our Madagascar individuals, and have 

 the pale discal band of the forewing more curved in front. 



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