( 504 ) 

 fi. Amauris hecate stictica subspec. nov. 



Amauris egialea, Pagenstecher, I.e. p. 181. n. 2 (1902) (trotala, IS. i. 01). 



<?. Much smaller than kec. hecate, the forewing less elongate, its onter 

 margin less sinnate, the hindwing mnch more rotniidate ; the white patch in 

 the cell of the forewing and patch M'— JI- smaller, the discal spots R'— R' 

 rednced to dots, the second often absent ; the hindwing with more submarginal 

 dots. On the nnderside the hindwing bears two series of dots near the margin, 

 the onter series being mostly incomplete, consisting of tiny dots, while the 

 inner series extends from SC^ to SM= or to M=, and is farther away from 

 the margin than in /irc. hecate ; the white median costal spot of the hindwing 

 is generally not followed by a second spot, bnt the base of cellule SC^— R= is 

 white in most specimens. 



Length of forewing : 33 to 37 niui. 



T'/pe : Anderatscha. 



31 t?(? from: Habela to Alata, Sidarao, 11. .xii. 00; Koritscha to Tomata, 

 Gndji, 24. xii. 00 ; Wori to Gamitscha, Kaffa, 5. iii. 01 ; Gamitscha to Anderatscha, 

 Kaffa, 6. iii. 01; Anderatscha, Kaffa. f).— 19. iii. 01 ; Anderatscha to Godjeb, 

 Kaffa, 24. iii. 01 ; 8obeko, 28. iv. 01. 



Among Baron v. Erlanger's material there is a specimen of this insect 

 (Gotala, 18. i. 01) labelled by Pagenstecher as egialea. This identification 

 is rather wild. 



7. Amauris echeria streckeri. 



Amauris utrecl-fri Kheil, Berl. Enl. Zeitschi: xxxiii. p. .SiLS. fig. (1880) (Abyssinia). 

 Amaurix ech-erin, var. (ab. V) streclceri, Aurivillius, /.c p. 3!). sub D. Ifj (189S1). 

 Amauris echeria, Pagenstecher, I.e. p. 131. n. 3 (1902) (Galata). 



Apparently a common insect in the Aethiopian Empire. It is easily differen- 

 tiated from ech. jac/fxoni and ech. echeria by the narrowness of the band of the 

 hindwing, which is occasionally interrupted, and the more numerous admarginal 

 and submarginal spots in both fore- and limdwing. The spots of the forewing 

 are of the same colour as the band of the hindwing, not being white as apparently 

 in all individuals of echeria from British East Africa and Uganda. 



32 Si from : Lake Abassi, 4. xii. 00 ; Alata, Sidamo, 13. xii. 00 ; Koritscha 

 to Tomata, 24. xii. 00 ; Wori to Gamitscha, Kaffa, .5. iii. 01 ; Gamitscha to 

 Anderatscha, 6. iii. 01 ; Anderatscha, Kaffa, 9. — 19. iii. 01. 



Amauris albimaculata Butler, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4). xvi. j). 394 (187ri), wliich 

 Aurivillius (I.e.) treats as a geographical (.<?>./) variety of echeria, though both 

 are widely distributed over Eastern Africa, is decidedly distinct from echeria. 

 We doubt, however, that the insects commonly referred to as albimaculata are 

 always this species, the true distinguishing characters apparently never having 

 been pointed out. Aurivillius has already mentioned that the " brand " of the S 

 of albimaculata is much longer than that of echeria. This differential character 

 liolds good right through our very long series of echeria (and varieties) and of 

 albimaculata. This distinction is accompanied by the following ditferences : in 

 echeria the tenth tergite of the abdomen of the c? is slightly or not at all sinnate, 

 while it is bilobate in albimaculata ; the clasper of tlie i of echeria is ventrally 

 much more emarginate than in albimaculata, and the distal edge is more rounded. 

 The nnderside of the abdomen is in 1»otb sexes of albimaculata as pale as the 



