( GOO ) 



A/)f///r/i//r/r and A'rji//r/i'. Pcnis-slu'iil li witli I wo dontatc iijm'al pviu-i'sses, 

 resembling those of JS'cplicle. 

 ? . Not dissected. 

 Early stages not known. 

 Iliih. West Africa. 

 Two sjiccies : 



Alidomen blaiOvish aLove, witli a large, sliarply 



defined, lateral, yellow patch .... 541. //. insigni.i. 

 Abdomen yellowish tawny olive above . . . .^42. //. hutlni. 



The costal lobe of the hindwing jn-ojects beyond the costal margin of the 

 forcwing when the insect is at rest. Tlie frennhim is well deve]oj)ed. 



;")41. Hypaedalia insignis. 



*/fi//iiiriliii:,i /ii.-.iiini.s Butler, Trims. Enl. Sor. LiiikI. yi. 3'.W. t. 9. f. .3 ( ? ) (li^77) Sierra Leone; — 

 Mus. Dul)liii) ; Holl., Trwia. Amrr. I-M. So,-, xvi. p. 50. n. ?, (1889) (Beiiita, ? ) ; Kirby, Cit. 

 Li>]i. llet. i. p. 033. n. 1 (1892). 



?. Vinlorsiile of iialj)ns and body, base of hindwing below, and a large lateral 

 jiafcli on tliii'd and fonrtli abdominal tergitcs orange. Basal area of forewing above 

 and disc marked with conspicuous brownish black interrupted lines, separated by 

 greyish interrupted lines, two larger acutely triangular spots more prominent, 

 one between M' and M- close to cell, pointing basad, the other before end of SM^, 

 pointing distad : with these variegated areas contrast strongly a large, ovate, 

 greyisli patch before middle of hinder margin, a longer median costal olivaceous 

 area, including the minute stigma, and tiic olivaceous apical area, which is divided 

 by an obliijne line. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



In tlie Tring Musenm 1 ? from Rierra Leone. 



042. Hypaedalia butleri. 



'^llllimahiVw iiitlrri Rothschild, Nov. Z(»il. i. p. (I!), t. (i. f. 4 ( 9 ) (1894) (Abiiri ;-Mus. Tring). 



c??. The lines of the forewing are not conspicuons, the median area between 

 the antemedian and discal lines is not separated into a costal and posterior portion, 

 the whole wing almost uniform in colour. The underside of tlie forewing is 

 cinnamon-rufons on disc : there is a sharjily defined, irregularly dentate, brown 

 marginal border ; the costal margin of tlie hindwing is less dilated than in 

 ins/pus ; the costal area greyish : disc tawny, gradually shading into ochraceous 

 towards base : hindwing longer than in i/isiffii/'^. Thorax above with a large 

 green mesial patch which extends on head and is laterally bordered by a brown 

 line. Pali>us more pointed than in insignis, greyish cinnamon below. Breast 

 and underside of abdomen bnfF-yellow ; npperside of abdomen nearly gallstone- 

 yellow. 



6 . Tenth tergite shorter than in AntinejjJiele, truncate ; sternite broad, 

 elongate, triangular (PI. XLIV. f Sfi). Clasper broad, sole-shaped ; harpe 

 (PI. IL. f. 30) long, curved upwards and twisted at end, which is flattened and 

 dilated. Penis-sheath (PI. LV. f. 43) with two processes, which are dentate at end 

 and curved proximad, the distal one sliort, the proximal one long. 



JIab. Sierra Leone to Congo. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cJcT, 5 ? from: Sierra Leone; Abiiri. Ashanti : 

 Bopoto, Congo (Rev. K. Smith). 



