EURYPHENE. 



285 



Nymphalis Medon var. Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 389. "• 

 UO. 

 Sierra Leone. B. M. 



16. Rom. Eupalus. 



Papilio Eupalus Fabrimus, Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 48. n. 



14.8.; Jonex, Icon. 11. t. 73. f. 2. 

 P. Harpalyce Cram t. 145. D.E.? 



Nessiea Harpalyce Hiihncr, Verx. bek. Scltm. p. 41. n. 36l. 

 Nymplialis Erithonius Godart, Eric. M. ix. 390. n. 142. 

 Western Africa, Sierra Leone. B. M. 



17. Rom. Medon. 



Papilio Medon IJnnceus, Syst. Nat. u. 7.5.'?. n. 43.; Ckrch, 

 Icon. t. 28. f. 1.; Drury, III. 11. t. 15. f. 1. 2. 

 Western Africa, Ashanti. B. M. 



18. Rom. Arcadius. 



Papilio Arcadius Fahrichis, Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 151. 

 n. 463.; Jones, Icon. v. t. 38. f. 1.; Donovan, Nat. 

 Repos. IV. t 155.; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 385. n. 117. 

 (Nymphalis A.) 

 Western Africa, Ashanti. B.M. 



Subsection **. Fore wings acutely falcate at the tip. Palpi brown. 



19. Rom. n. sp. 



Sierra Leone. 



20. Rom. n. sp. 



Tropical Western Africa. 



B.M. 

 B.M. 



Genus LIX. EUKYPHENE. 



EuRYPiiENE Boisduval. 

 Nymphalis p. God'. 

 Adolias [). Dotibleday. 



1'>0DY robust ; hind wings large, entire ; antennae long ; palpi erect. 

 Head moderately wide, with a small conical tuft between the antennas. 

 Eyes very prominent and naked. 

 Antennce very long, straight ; terminated by a gradually formed, rather robust club, occupying about one fifth of 



the antennre, finely keeled beneath. 

 Labial Palpi rather long, erect, elevated considerably above the level of tlie eyes, and applied close to the face, so 

 that they extend but little in front, scaly, finely hairy beneath at tlie base, and on the back of the terminal 

 half of the second joint; third joint minute and conical. 

 Thorax robust and woolly, especially on the metathorax. 



Fore Wings moderately large. Costa very much arched. Apical angle rather acute. Apical margin straight, 

 scarcely more than two thirds of tlie length of the anterior. Posterior margin three fourths of the length of 

 the anterior, nearly straight. First and second branches of the subcostal vein arising before the extremity of 

 the discoidal cell ; third branch arising very near to, but beyond, the cell ; fourth branch arising very near to 

 the tip of the wing. Upper disco-cellular vein very sliort, transverse, arising at a little distance before the 

 middle of the wing, opposite to the base of the tliird branch of the median vein ; middle disco-cellular short, 

 and curved towards the base of the wing ; lower disco-cellular short, very slender, although distinct, uniting 

 with the third branch of the median vein at a little distance beyond its base ; the third branch much curved. 

 Ilind Wings suboval. Outer margin entire, or not strongly scalloped. Precostal vein much curved. Subcostal 

 arising opposite the base of the precostal. Discoidal cell closed by a very thin, and almost indistinct, lower 

 disco-cellular vein. 

 Fore Legs of the male small, pectoral, feathered. The tarsus two thirds the length of the tibia. Fore Legs of 

 the female scaly, very short. The tarsus about two thirds of the length of the tibia, and furnished beneath 

 with several pairs of small spines, indicating tlie articulations. 

 Four Hind Legs very long. Tibiaj and tarsi finely spined beneath. 

 Abdomen rather small. 



Transform ATI ONSi unknown. 



The chief character which I have found to separate tliis grouj) of African butterflies from the adjacent genera consists in the close 

 proximity of the third branch of the subcostal vein to the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell in the fore wings, the closed condition 

 of the discoidal cell in all the wings, and the generally acute tij)s of the fore wings. The species are, moreover, of small size, and dull 

 brown or reddish colours, with oblique bars of darker tints ; the markings on the under side of the wings being ill-defined. E. Sopluis 

 is closely allied to the two terminal species of liomalasosoma, and, like them, has the fore wings more strongly hooked than any of the 

 other species. 



There are at least five or six unnamed species in the British Museum collection, descriptions of which, unaccompanied by careful 

 figures, would be insufficient to identify them. It is probable that others are identical with various African species described by 

 Fabricius, which for the same reason it is almost impossible to identify. I have added a list of several of these, which seem from their 

 descriptions to be referable to this group. 



