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  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kirby 
  on 
  new 
  African 
  Nymphalidae. 
  

  

  like 
  limb 
  is 
  developed. 
  Stem 
  flattened, 
  disciform. 
  Gono- 
  

   phores 
  set 
  free 
  as 
  Medusas 
  {Chrysomitra). 
  

  

  Family 
  Disconanthse, 
  Hack. 
  (Chondrophorce, 
  Cham. 
  & 
  

   Eysenh.), 
  Velellidce, 
  Esch. 
  

  

  The 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  subfamilies 
  of 
  the 
  Disconanthas, 
  

   namely 
  the 
  Velellidas 
  and 
  Porpitidee, 
  appear 
  at 
  the 
  Canaries, 
  

   as 
  I 
  could 
  ascertain 
  from 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  only 
  

   in 
  the 
  summer 
  from 
  July 
  to 
  September. 
  Daring 
  the 
  whole 
  

   seven 
  months 
  of 
  my 
  stay 
  I 
  observed 
  neither 
  young 
  forms 
  

   (Ratariae) 
  nor 
  developed 
  Velellce 
  and 
  Porpitce. 
  Even 
  after 
  

   the 
  violent 
  storms 
  of 
  spring 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  detect 
  Velella 
  and 
  

   Porpita 
  either 
  near 
  Orotava 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  passage 
  to 
  Palma 
  and 
  

   Gran 
  Canaria. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  early 
  summer 
  they 
  

   appear 
  to 
  be 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   Ocean. 
  

  

  XXIV. 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  African 
  Nymphalida?. 
  

   By 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kieby, 
  F.E'.S. 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  

   Eiqrficedra 
  (?) 
  Crowlcyi, 
  a 
  very 
  curious 
  insect, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

   property 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Philip 
  Crowley. 
  

  

  Euphmdra 
  aureola. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2 
  

  

  in. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  velvety 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  bluish 
  

   line 
  above 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure, 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  oblique, 
  

   orange-yellow 
  band 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   costal 
  nervure 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  median 
  nervule, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  

   patcli 
  of 
  green 
  scaling, 
  coppery 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  extending 
  to 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  The 
  apical 
  

   white 
  patch 
  is 
  unusually 
  narrow. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  bluish, 
  

   with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  coppery 
  shade 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  cell 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  velvety 
  black, 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  

   broken 
  submarginal 
  line 
  ; 
  inner 
  margin 
  dull 
  brown 
  or 
  black, 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  hairs. 
  All 
  the 
  fringes 
  black, 
  with 
  

   a 
  long 
  white 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  

   with 
  four 
  small 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  incisions 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  

  

  