( 562 ) 

 4sr). Nephele oenopion. 



t)i-iiei(x iipitii/iioii Hubiier, S.iminl. Kx. Si-hm. ii. t. \i)'i i IsoC)— ?). 



ZonUiit oeiKi/iiiiii, Boisduval, N/nr. Grii. Li'/i. Ilil. i. p. 1 I'.l. u. 18 (1875) (M;ul. ; Mauri t. : I'.ouib. : 

 " Xatal " alia spec. V). 



c??. Forcwiug with tw(; l)iiuils ; oiio subbasal, edged witli white in-oximaiiy 

 and distall}', tlie other discal, li or more mm. from lower angle of cell at ]{•', 

 straight, or slightly concave ])roximally, widest in front, its inner edge white, 

 outer edge also white, or pale cinnamon ; fringe of hinder margin white between 

 tlie bands. No stigma, or only a small white spot. 



Paljjus concolorous with under surface of body, tirst segment with a small 

 pale lateral spot. 



Jluh. Aethiopiau Region. 



Three subspecies : 



a. JS'. oenopion ocno/iioii. 



Omens oenopion Hiibner, I.e. 



Deihphila oenopimi, Boisduval, Fimne ilml. limirh. p. 7."i. n. 8 (1833) (Bourbon ; Mauritius). 



I'li/l(uii/>elus oeiiii/i/uii. Walker, ///.s7 Lrp. Jim. II. M. viii. p. 1«'2. n. 14 (185fi). 



Xiinilia uenojiiiiii, id., /.<■. xxxi. p. .'!3 (1864) (Bourbon : Madagascar) ; Mab., .[mi. Sor. Eni. Fi-ain; 



p. 2% (1879) (Madag.) ; Vins., I'ap. liaurbim p. 13 (1891). 

 Nephele afiiiipioii (!), Butler, Tniii-f. Zool. Sue. Loud. ix. p. (i:i2. u. 2 (1877) (Bourb. : Madag.). 

 Sephile oenopimi, Kirby, Traii.i. Enl. Sue. T.nml. p. 23'J (1877) (Madagascar) ; Saalui., I.iji. Mailmj. 



p. 133. n. 308 (1884) (Nossi-br); Kirby, Cat. Lep. llel. i. p I17!). n. 3 (1892) iMadag.; Bourbon). 



S ? . Discal baud of forewing broad, the dark line withiu it thin, dividing 

 the band into a broad jiroximal and a thin outer portion, the latter only a 

 third the width of the former at II' and not white, as is the proximal edge of 

 the band. 



Had. Bourbon ; Mauritius ; Madagascar. 



lu the Tring Bluseum 2 i S , \ ? from ISonrljoii. 



Ik y. oenopion !<tictica subsp. nov. 



S. Like the preceding, but forewing witli a small but distinct rounded 

 white stigma. 



J/iifj. Grande C'omore. 



In the Tring Museum 1 S from (irandc Comore {fujie). 



c. X. oenopion continentis subsp. nov. 



Znnilin ueimiiiuii, Boisduval, in Deleg., Voi/. .!//■. .I«.v(/-. p. f/.tri. n. Ill (1847) (Natal : nuin. imhan: ; 



haee spec, 'i an rosae V) ; Mab., Bull. Hoc. Enl. Friimr p. 221 (1890) (Congo). 

 Ni'phelc oenopion, Schaus i*t Clem., Sirmi Lcmic Lip. p. 19 (1893). 



S ? . Somewhat smaller than the j)receding ; discal baud of forewing narrower, 

 the dark line within it broader, dividing the band into two lines, cf which the 

 external one is not much thinner than the inner one, and is also more or less wliite. 

 Few specimens have a minute white stigma on the forewing. 



/la/j. West Africa, aj)pareutly not rare. We have not seen s])ecimens fi'om tlie 

 eastern side of the Continent, where the species occurs without doubt. 



In the Tring Museum V.) (S(S, 1:5 ? ? from : Sierra Leone, type, June 1896 

 (C'apt. Stevens) ; Agberi, Niger, 9. xi. 1901 (Dr. Ansorge). 



