( 510 ) 

 12. Antauartia schaeneia diluta subsp. nov. 



Vanessa schoeiieia, Oberthiir (imn Triiuen, IxTi)), Ann. .)/«.<. Cir. Gen. xviii. p. 7'23. n. 46. t. 9. 



f. 1. (J, 2. ? (1883) (Soho.-i). 

 Hypanartia schaeneia, Aurivilliu.'i, /.c. p. 1'29. n. 2 (1899). 

 HijiKinarlia schoeneia, Pagenstecher, I.e. p. 138. n. 2 (1902). 



cJ. The orange baud of the forcwiug on the upper- and underside obviously 

 paler than in East and South African specimens ; the orange border to the hiudwing 

 also paler and narrower, and including more or less conspicuous black or brown 

 admarginal bars. 



¥. The band of the forewing dirty white, faintly waslied with yellow, 

 especially behiud, narrower than in sc/iaen. schaeneia. The marginal band to the 

 hindwiug obscured in front and behind by brown scaling, narrow, buffish yellow, 

 with heavy brown bars. 



Ti/pe from Kaifa, 6. iii. 01. 



7 cJcJ, 1 ? from: Badattino to Abuje, Schoa, 28. ix. (M); Alata, Sidamo, 

 13. xii. 00; Dereta Mts., Kaffa, 2. iii. 01 ; Gamitscha to Anderatscha, KafTa, 

 6. iii. 01 ; Kankati to Djibbe, Djimma, 26. iii. 01. 



The ? in Baron von Erlanger's material from Ujamdjam and the one figured 

 by Oberthiir have also a whitish band. This distinction holds, doubtless, good 

 in all ? ? from Abyssinia. 



13. Antanartia abyssinica. 



Pyrameh ahyssinica Felder, Reise Novara. Ley. p. 397. n. 589 (1807) (Abyssinia). 

 Vanesm ahysninica, Oberthiir, Ann. Mas. Civ. Oen. xviii. p. 722. n. 45. t. 9. f. 5 (1883). 



4 c?<?, 3 ¥ ? from : Gara Daij, Abunass, 250O— 2800 m., 10. vii. 00 ; 

 Djafi'a Mts., 2750 m., 21.viii. 00; Badattino, Schoa, 27. i.\. 00; Lake Zuai, 

 21. xi. 00; Habela to Alata, Sidamo, 12. xii. 00; Abera, Djamdjam, 21. xii. 00. 



The cross-vein D^ of the hindwing is mure distal than in the other species. 

 The i)at,ch of modified scales on the nuderside of the forewing extends beyond 

 SM^, as it does in hippomeiie, while it is limited by that vein in del/us and 

 schaeneia. The mid- and hindtibiae are spinose on the back. The paronychium 

 of the claw-segment leads over to that of Pyrameis C^) cardui, the lower lobe 

 being reduced in length. The clasper of the i is divided by an apical sinus 

 into a broad upper and a narrow and pointed lower lobe. The harpe is as 

 strongly chitinised as in the previous species ; it is forked at the end. The fifth 

 tarsal segment bears in this species and the previous ones only two rows of 

 spines beneath, the lateral ventral rows being represented by hairs; in deli us 

 (which i.s West African) the lateral spines are jiartly well developed. ^1. delius 

 differs, moreover, from its congeners in the hairs of the lower and hinder parts 

 of the eye being shorter. 



14. Pyrameis (?) cardui. 



Piipiliu Nymphalis cardui Linni;, Si/st. Nal. ed. x. p. 475. n. 107 (1758) (Europe ; Africa). 



The ti/pc of Pyrameis is atalanta. The present sjieoies differs from atalanta, 

 indica, etc., especially in the structure of tlie claw-segment of the mid- and 

 hindtarsi. The paronychium has on each side only one lobe, which is very long 

 and slender, and is devoid of a distinct fringe ; the ventral lobe is completely 

 obliterated. Tlie claw itself is slenderer and far less curved than in atalanta 



