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species of this series found in Madagascar, is of a rich 

 tawny colour, with the apical region of the fore-wings broadly 

 black, and crossed by two oblique rows of yellow spots, 

 the inner one formed of larger and nearly connected ones ; 

 the tip of the hind-wings is also black. The rest of the 

 species all inhabit Tropical Africa, and differ considerably in 

 colour and markings. One, A. cupavia (Cramer) is black, with 

 two oblique rows of buff spots on (he fore-wings, and a large 

 oval spot, or short transverse band, in the middle of the hind- 

 wings. The males of other species are brown, green, or tawny, 

 crossed by daiker bands or spots, while the females have 

 usually an oblique white stripe across the fore-wings. 



Schatz has lately founded the genus Ctenandra for C. opis 

 (Drury), a species which differs considerably from Aterica, 

 especially in the slightly angulated fore-wings. The male, 

 which Drury described as a distinct species, under the name 

 of Papilio afer, measures a little more than two inches across 

 the wings, which are black, with transverse blue stripes, and 

 some white spots near the tip of the fore-wings. The hind- 

 wings are narrowed as in Aterica, but are more distinctly den- 

 tated, and are angulated towards the anal angle. The female 

 is larger than the male, and is tessellated with large black spots 

 and bands on a pale brown ground ; a pale yellow band runs 

 obliquely from the inner-margin of the hind-wings to the 

 middle of the fore-wings, and between this and the costa is a 

 row of white dots; the hind-wings are broader and less strongly 

 dentated and angulated than in the male. 



Cymothoe, Hiibner, is a genus including larger and hand- 

 somer species, measuring from two to four inches across the 

 wings. The fore-wings are usually more or less concave, and 

 the hind-wings are more rounded than in Aterica, and often 

 slightly produced at the anal angle. The sexes generally differ 

 considerably. Some of the smaller species are of a bright red 



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