( 597 ) 



arnmiiiatr', in J with a slemlov ami Ioiil;' mesial tntY : sjiines iiiimorons, oloiiLrate, 

 weak. Mcnini of iniilcoxa iiof oarinate lieliind ; mid- ami liimUarsns witli eomli of 

 long spines. 



cJ. Tenth segment not divided ; tergite narrow, long. Clasjier with a small 

 nnmberof large friction-scales, the midrib of wliicli is brown. Penis-sheatli withont 

 external armature, but witli a sliarp stiletto inside, wliich can be pushed out 

 (PI. LY. f. 44). 



5. Vaginal plate ronnded triangnlar ; orifice free, somewhat raised. 



Early stages not known. 



Jliih. Aethiopian Kegion, exclusive of the Malagassic Subregion. 



8ix species. 



Key to the species : 



a. A sharply marked oblique baud on forewing 

 from costal margin outside fork to outer 

 margin before angle ...... b. 



Forewing without this band . . . . . d. 



h. Forewing clayish ochraceons .... .■')3r). .1. marcida. 



Forewing mummy browu . . . . . c. 



c. Distal line of antemedian band of forewing 

 curving distad in front towards tlie post- 

 discal band ...... ."):l(i. A. anomahi. 



Distal line of antemedian band curving costad 



like first and second line .... 5137. -1. achlorn. 



(I. Abdiuuen below white, witli brown mesial 



spots. ....... 54(1. A. macidifera. 



Abdomen below withont brown mesial spots . . ('. 

 e. Brown distal marginal area SC"'— M' of fore- 

 wing limited by a straight white line. . r)39. ,1. luinilufa. 

 Brown distal marginal area irregular ; no 



white line, or the line also irregular . . 53S. A. miiscosa. 



53.1 Antinephele marcida (PI. VII. f. ','3, type). 



*Anlhie/,he/r mairlila Holland, EiiL Xetrs iv. p. ?.40 n. ('>. t. \'i. f. 7 (cJ) (18'.i.'5) (Benita ;— coll. 

 Holland) ; Kirby, Nov. Zour,. i. p. 100 (1S94). 



S . The pale line on tlie posterior part of the mesonotum has the appearance 

 of being the fringe of the tegula, wliicli it is not ; it is i)resent in all species, 

 but the pale colour encroaches upon the edge of the tegula generally only in 

 iiiiu-ulijeru. Abdomen below without spots. Not dissected. Dr. Holland kindly 

 lent us the type, of whicli we give here a figure. 



Hah. Benita, Gabun. 



One specimen (c?) in coll. Holland. 



530. Antinephele anomala. 



*Xriihch- fuioimdu Butler, Ann. Mm/. X. If. (:')). x. p. 4:U (1S8-') (Aburi ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 .l)i/iiiejihrl,' (iHomiild, Holland, Tniiu. Amrr. Ent. Sue. xvi. p. OH. n. ."12 (1K80) (Benita) : Kirby, 

 Cat. Lrp. 11,1. i. p. f)4--'. n. 1 (1802) ; Schaus & Clem., Sin-ni Leun,' Lpp. p. 18 (18K3). 



c??. The antemedian l)and of the forewing rcsemliles somewhat the band 

 of nKtrcida, l)ut is very much narrower ; the proximal line of the jiostdiscal 

 baud is white and continuous, not broken up into distinctlyseparate lunules. 



