1920] Holland, Lepidoptera of the Congo 171 



(197) 36. Euphaedra eleus coprates (Druce) 

 Romalceosoma coprates Druce, 1875, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 411. 



Euphcedra eleus var. coprates Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. Jj^thiop., p. 186; 1912, Seitz, 

 Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 190, PI. XLiia, d' (in error hybridus), PI. xlii?), 9 . 



Of this varietal form, distinguished by the presence of spots in the 

 cell of the fore wings, both on the upper and under side, there are three 

 males taken at Medje, one in June and the other two in August. 



(198) 4. Euphaedra edwardsi (Hoeven) 



Aterica edwardsi Hoevex, 1845, Tijd. Nat. Gesch., XII, p. 251, PI. iv, figs, la, 16. 



Romaloeosoma pratinas Doubled.w and Hewitson, 1850, Gen. Diurn. Lep., II, p. 

 284, PI. XXXVIII, fig. 3, & . 



Euphcedra edwardsi Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. .^Ethiop., p. 186; 1912, Seitz, Gross- 

 Schmett., XIII, p. 189, PL XLiic ( 9 , noti cf , as figured on plate). 



The collection contains one female taken at Medje on July 29, 1910. 



IV. Ceres Group 



As already indicated, the collection contains a great many speci- 

 mens referable to this group showing innumerable slight variations in 

 color and markings, so that it becomes very difficult to determine bj" 

 fixed lines specific and varietal distinctions. 



(199) 5. Euphaedra preussi Staudinger (?) 

 Euphcedra preussi Staudinger, 1891, Iris, IV, p. 119, PI. i, fig. 1. 



To this species I I'efer, with some doubt, eighteen males and four 

 females, all taken at Medje, at dates ranging from July to September, 

 except one male captured at Niangara in November and one female 

 taken at Bafwasende on January 7, 1910. 



Not one of these specimens agrees absolutely on the lower side with 

 the figure given by Staudinger, though the males agree almost per- 

 fectly with the figure which he gives of the upper side of the wings. 

 In this connection it is to be observed that the insect figured as E. preussi 

 by AurivilHus in Seitz, 'Gross-Schmetterhnge,' XIII, Plate xLiirf, is not 

 the insect figured by Staudinger in Iris (loc. cit.) but represents the 

 variety named njamnjami by Staudinger. Staudinger's figure represents 

 an insect which is bright ochraeeous on the under side. The insects 

 upon which I am reporting are prevalently greenish on the under side, 

 though some of them are brownish, but almost all are inclined to be 

 more or less ochraeeous on the inner margin of the lower side. The 

 number of the spots in the cells of both the fore and hind wings on the 

 lower side is somewhat variable. All have a pale discal spot beyond the 



