( 528 ) 



c. B. anvatara acheloia. 



Hypanis achehiia Wallcngren, Lep. Rhii}>. Oiffr. p. 2!l (l'^^*'). 



Hypiinis ilithi/ki, Trimen, S. Afi: Butt. p. 'IH. n. 124 (18lJ2-l')(')) (pai-tim). 



Hjipaiiis cuKliiiieii Butler, Piuc. Znul. Sue, Lnml. p. 7;i'J (188G). 



Hjijtanin ilithyiu var. rulgaris Staiidinger, Ej-ot. Schm. i. p. 106 (188G) (E. Afr.)- 



Byhliii goetziiis var. (et ab. V) vuli/tiris, Aurivilliiis, I.e. p. 109 (18118). 



Byhlla goetziits var. temp, aeheluitt^ id., I.e. 



Tills subsi)ecies oecuirs from South Africa to the Harar Highlands and Erytrea. 

 The .sj)ecimens are generally easily recognised by the black markings being less 

 extended than in B. antatai-a crameri from West Africa. The "dry phase" is 

 f. acheloia = castanea, while the " wet phase " is f. viilyaris. 



The specimens bronght home by 0. Nenmauu and Baron von Erlanger belong 

 to this subspecies. 



11 (?(?,??¥ of: 



f. acheloia from : Abd-el-Kadr, south of Harar, 11. v. 00 ; Luku, Sheikh- 

 Hussein, 25. vi. 00 ; Gillet Mts., 1900—2200 m., 4. vii. 00. 



f. vulgaris from : Harar, 9. & 12. iv. 00 ; Abd-el-Kadr, 1 1. & 14. v. 00 ; Atschalw 

 to Kumbi, 4. vi. 00 ; Kumbi, 6. vi. 00 ; Gillet Mts., 1900—2200 m., 4. vii. 00 ; 

 Djidda, 2700—2800 m., 24. vii. 00 ; Hauasch R., 2. viii. 00 ; Boko to Kore, 

 Hauasch R., 5. viii. 00; Dalba to Uma R., Konta, 28. ii. 01. 



d. B. anvatara crameri. 



Ptq)ilio Nyiiqihalis Phaleratus ilHhya, Cramer {nun Drury, 1773), Pap. Ex. iii. p. 35. 37. t. 213. 



A. B ; t. 214. f. c. D. (1779). 

 Pupilin goetzius Herbst., I.e. (partim). 

 Hypanis cora, Lucas {nan Feisthamel, 1850), I.e. 

 Byblia ilithyia Drury var. crameri Aurivillius, Tichkr. Enl. xv. p. 279 (1894) (Kamerun). 



This subspecies occurs from Sierra Leone (Senegal ?) to the Congo basin, 

 extending eastwards to Uganda. The form with the dark underside to the hind- 

 wing, which we name 



B. anv. crameri f. fasciata nov., 



is undoubtedly much rarer than B. anv. cram. f. crameri. We have a long series 

 of B. anv. crameri with dates, the specimens being obtained during the dry as well 

 as the wet seasons. There are very few f. fasciata among them, f. crameri being 

 prevalent all the year round. 



Type of f. fasciata from Accra, Gold Coast. 



Genus ASTEROPE. 



Aaterope Hiibner, Verz. heh. Schm. p. 66 (1816-23) (typo: amulia Cram., 180. c. D.). 



Creiiig Boisduval, Faune Madag. Bimrb. p. 48 (1833) (type: mudiigascariensis) ; Auriv., I.e. p. 158 



(1899). 

 Metacrenis Butler, Proc. Zool. Sue. Land. p. 259 (1895) (partim ; syn. of Crenidnmimas, type 



Concordia). 



The species of this genus are exceptionally difficult to deal with — at least, 

 most of them. That is shown by the numerous mistakes made by the authors 

 who since 1800 have tried to characterise new species and varieties. In order 

 to find out the correct names for the three species of A.iternpe obtained by 

 0. Neumann, we have compared all the original descriptions with the material 



