1920] Holland, Lepidoptera of the Congo 201 



(280) 18. Csnmothoe aramis (Hewitson) 



Plate X: Figure 1, (f ; Figure 2, 9 

 Eiiri/phene aramis Hewitson, 1865, Exot. Butt., Ill, Euryphene, PI. iv, figs. 16, 17, 9 . 

 Adolias fulvomactda Capronnier, 1889, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, XXXIII, Bull., p. 



cxliv, 9 . 

 Cymothoc aramis Aurivillius, 1912, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 1.53, PI. xxxvic, 



9. 



This species has hitherto only been known by the female sex, except 

 by myself. For many years a series of males has been standing in my 

 cabinets awaiting the coming of a favorable opportunity to describe 

 them, which now fortunateh^ arrives. Instead, however, of giving a long 

 verbal description, I shall rel}' more upon the figure on the plate to aid 

 the student in the identification of the species. The male is in outline 

 and in the shape and location of the markings very much like C. anatorgis 

 (Hewitson) (see Plate X, fig. 7, a"; fig. 8, 9 ; specimens in Holland 

 Coll.) but may be discriminated from that species at a glance by 

 the quite different color of the upper side of the wings. In C. anatorgis 

 the ground-color of the wings is deep blood-red, as in C. sangaris; 

 in aramis the ground-color is dark ochraceous, the tint being verj^ much 

 the same as the ground-color of the wings in C. lurida or C. cydades. 



The American Museum Congo Expedition brought back two males, 

 which were taken at Medje, September 27, 1910. I have a series of males 

 and females taken at Kangve on the Ogove River more than twenty years 

 ago. 



(281) 19. Cymothoe coccinata (Hewitson) 



Harma coccinata Hewitson, 1874, Exot. Butt., V, Harma, PI. vi, figs. 24-26, cf . 

 Cymothoe coccinata Aurivillius, 1912, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, PI. xxxvic, d'; 

 xxxvid, 9 . 



Of this species the Expedition returned seventy-four males, all 

 captured at Medje, except two which are labelled as taken at Gamangui 

 in June. A few were taken in April, the remainder were caught from 

 June to September. 



(282) 20. Csonothoe Reginae-Elizabethae, new species 



Plate X: Figure 5, cf, type; Figure 6, 9, allotype 

 (f. The males are without the light spot about the middle of the costa of the 

 secondaries on the upper side, which is a marked feature in C. aramis, anatorgis, and 

 coccinata. The edge of the costa towards the base is simply narrowly laved with pale 

 yellowish, which cannot be seen except by parting the fore and hind wings. The 

 prevalent color of the upper side of the wings is warm vermilion, somewhat paler than 

 in the case of C. coccinata, and much lighter in tone than in C. sangaris and C. ogova. 



