﻿Species 
  of 
  African 
  Butterflies. 
  133 
  

  

  blackish 
  markings. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  marked 
  

   irregular, 
  crescent-shaped, 
  blackish 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  lowest 
  

   median 
  nervule 
  and 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   an 
  indistinct 
  spot 
  above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  near 
  the 
  inner 
  

   angle. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  bluish 
  white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  2| 
  inches. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  slight 
  indication 
  of 
  a 
  tail 
  on 
  posterior 
  

   wings, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  respect, 
  as 
  w 
  T 
  ell 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  falcate 
  shape 
  of 
  

   anterior 
  wings, 
  this 
  insect 
  approaches 
  mycerina, 
  Godt., 
  nesiope, 
  

   Hew., 
  and 
  porthos, 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Euryphene 
  hinugnana. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  brownish 
  black, 
  crossed 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  anterior 
  wings 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  by 
  

   a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  buff-colour. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  three 
  

   oblong 
  spots 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  above 
  the 
  band 
  and 
  of 
  same, 
  

   colour, 
  beyond 
  which 
  are 
  four 
  small 
  buff 
  spots, 
  followed 
  by 
  

   a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  U-shaped 
  whitish 
  lines, 
  more 
  developed 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  almost 
  obsolete 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  angle; 
  three 
  

   indistinct 
  markings 
  in 
  the 
  cell. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  

   submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  U-shaped 
  lines. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  much 
  paler 
  and 
  browner, 
  the 
  band 
  

   across 
  both 
  wings 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  black 
  

   reniform 
  spots 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  centred 
  with 
  brown, 
  one 
  

   across 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  another 
  

   spot 
  black 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  

   the 
  other 
  markings 
  more 
  strongly 
  defined. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  a 
  small 
  brown 
  spot 
  centred 
  with 
  white 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  streak 
  curving 
  

   outwardly. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  ashy 
  grey, 
  the 
  band, 
  

   lines, 
  and 
  spots 
  white, 
  and 
  more 
  distinct 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  

   the 
  band 
  on 
  anterior 
  wings 
  almost 
  bisected 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  

   and 
  on 
  posterior 
  wings 
  broader. 
  

  

  Underside 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  whiter. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  If 
  inch. 
  

  

  Approaches 
  elabontas, 
  Hew., 
  but 
  in 
  shape 
  resembles 
  an 
  

   Apatura, 
  to 
  which 
  genus 
  it 
  may 
  possibly 
  belong. 
  

  

  Cymothoe 
  coranus. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  stramineous 
  white, 
  broadly 
  

   bordered 
  with 
  cinereous 
  brown, 
  the 
  border 
  edged 
  internally 
  

   between 
  the 
  veins 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  hastate 
  markings, 
  those 
  

   on 
  anterior 
  wings 
  mostly 
  confluent 
  with 
  the 
  border 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  