NYMPHALID.E.-NYMPHALIN^E. 



PROTHOE. I. 



I.— PROTHOE RIBBEI. s . Figs. 1, 2. 



Prothoe Eihhei, Rothschild, " Novitates Zoologicfe," II., p. 161 (1895). 



Exp. j . 4.2 inches (= 107 mm. ; $ . 4.5 inches (= 115 mm.) 



Male. Upperside black. Anterior wings with a greenish-white band, 

 narrower and macular above, rmming between the fourth subcostal nervule and 

 the submedian nervure. Posterior wings with a broader curved greenish-white 

 band, slightly produced on the median nervules, running from below the costa 

 to the submedian nervure, beyond which it is continued by a few specks. Inner 

 margin of posterior wings whitish at the base below the submedian nervure ; 

 the internal nervure is also white. The lower part of the wing is broadly sub- 

 lobate. 



Underside. Anterior wings brown, with a row of yellowish-white sub- 

 marginal s])ots, varying in form, between the nervures; largest and most 

 distinct towards the tip ; cell with from live to seven bluish-white spots ; below 

 the costa, within the submarginal spots, are traces of two obsolete bluish-white 

 spots. Posterior wings darker brown, ,with several bluish-white spots along the 

 costa and inner margin, and in the cell. There are three rows of submarginal 

 markings, the innermost bluish-white, linear or slightly curved, separated by 

 the nervures ; the middle consisting of eight semicircular or heart-shaped out- 

 lines, within which are a few specks of the same colour ; and the outermost row 

 consisting of yellow markings, that between the upper median nervules golden- 

 yellow, nearly square, with an irregular triangular projection on the inner side ; 

 the spot above it lemon-yellow, semicircular, the rest on either side much paler, 

 and linear. 



Body black, head and body below spotted with white ; collar whitish above ; 

 orbits and palpi beneath white ; femora and tibiae lined with white or grey. 



Female larger and browner. The band on the anterior wings is much 



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