﻿LYC.ENIDiE 
  (AFRICAN). 
  — 
  AXIOCERSES. 
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  species, 
  from 
  Teita, 
  British 
  E. 
  Africa. 
  In 
  size 
  they 
  equal 
  the 
  specimen 
  figured 
  

   by 
  Cramer, 
  Vol. 
  III., 
  PI. 
  CCXLIIL, 
  Figs. 
  E., 
  F., 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  PUtiis, 
  

   and 
  are 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form. 
  

  

  I 
  consider 
  that 
  I'irnis, 
  Cram., 
  Ahnchht, 
  Feld., 
  Tdihoaumd, 
  Wallengr., 
  

   Moluiiio, 
  Trim., 
  and 
  J)am((niisis, 
  Trim., 
  are 
  all 
  seasonal, 
  local, 
  or 
  sexual 
  

   forms, 
  or 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  separate 
  into 
  

   distinct 
  species, 
  the 
  variations 
  in 
  shape, 
  size, 
  coloration 
  and 
  markings 
  being 
  

   almost 
  infinite, 
  and 
  merging 
  one 
  into 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  which 
  places 
  it 
  out 
  

   of 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  anyone 
  to 
  satisfactorily 
  draw 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  one 
  species 
  and 
  

   another, 
  though 
  extreme 
  forms 
  might 
  appear 
  to 
  warrant 
  separation. 
  

  

  The 
  sjiecimens 
  figured 
  are 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith's 
  Colleetiou. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  AXIOCERSES. 
  

  

  I.— 
  AXIOCERSES 
  BAMBANA. 
  f. 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  ' 
  

  

  A.rlua'rsrs 
  Baiiilntiia. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  j\Iult\ 
  Uppersidk. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  rather 
  

   glistening 
  rufous 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  discoidal 
  nervule 
  to 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  about 
  its 
  middle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  wider 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  

   this 
  band 
  are 
  three 
  black 
  bars, 
  two 
  crossing 
  the 
  median 
  nervules 
  confluent, 
  the 
  

   tliird 
  rather 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  crossing 
  between 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  and 
  

   the 
  submedian 
  nervure. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  rufous, 
  dusky 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  an 
  irregular 
  

   dark 
  line 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  it, 
  and 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  row 
  of 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  disc, 
  of 
  which 
  those 
  nearest 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  the 
  

   broadest, 
  and 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  are 
  nearly 
  obsolete; 
  outer 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  

   black, 
  a 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  line 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  differ 
  httle 
  from 
  J. 
  llnrpnx, 
  Fabr. 
  ; 
  the 
  metallic 
  spots 
  surrounded 
  by 
  

   black 
  are 
  very 
  conspicuous, 
  and 
  the 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  submarginal 
  row 
  are 
  all 
  metallic 
  

   except 
  the 
  lowest 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  are 
  more 
  convex 
  than 
  in 
  

   A. 
  Haijuix 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  metallic 
  spots 
  and 
  lines 
  are 
  well 
  

   developed, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  outer 
  marginal 
  silvery 
  line 
  which 
  extends 
  round 
  the 
  

   wings 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  at 
  one 
  

   third 
  from 
  tlie 
  anal 
  anijle. 
  

  

  