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dry and beginning of the (sbort) rainy season during the end of September, 

 October and November, except three worn specimens of consors which were 

 obtained in Jnly. Compare Asterope amulia. 



c?. Resembling on the Kjipi'isiile the ? (!) of nnfnlensis ; the black apical area 

 of the forewing rather less extended, the patch beyond the apex of the cell and at 

 the base of cellule R* — M' being smaller ; the patches within the black area of the 

 same ochraceons tone as the outer portion of the disc, being less pale than in 

 riatalensis ? ; the proximal subcostal ochraceous patch larger than in natalensis ? , 

 ajiproacliing th.at oi trimeni ?, well separated from the submargiual patch R' — M', 

 which is about the same size as in natalensis ¥ , being smaller than in trimeni ? ; 

 this patch R^ — M' is separated from the disc by a black streak on vein M' ; 

 the ochraceous suba]iical spots larger than in natalensis ?, but smaller than in 

 trimeni ? ; the distal marginal band deeper black than in either species, as is also 

 the marginal band of the hindwing ; the black submarginal spot M- — SM- of the 

 forewing larger than in trimeni and natalensis ? , and sharper marked ; ground- 

 colour of both wings rather paler than in natalensis ? , but more olivaceous than 

 in trimeni ? . 



Underside : Forewing much brighter ochraceous than in natalensis $ , hindwing 

 and apex of forewing conspicuously washed with a darker bluish grey tint than in 

 trimeni ; black snbapical dots of forewing as small as in natalensis ; a broad black 

 subapical band as in natalensis S , continued along outer margin to hinder angle ; 

 connected with this band is another which is situated outside the cell as in 

 natalensis ? and trimeni ? ; a large brown-black submarginal patch between 



W and SM^. Hindwing : black bars and dots not so heavy as in trimeni, the 



black submarginal dots especially much smaller ; the two crenate lines forming 

 the outer rings of the eyo-spots nearer together than in trimeni, but not forming 

 comjdete rings ; the inner one of these crenate lines more or less ochraceous tawny, 

 the outer one black-brown. 



?. Similar to S; the black parts of the forewing deeper in tone and somewhat 

 more extended, the light parts of the apical half of the forewing paler. On the 

 underside, the eye-spots shaded over with black, excepting the second and the 

 posterior ones (the second and the last being the palest also in cJ) ; basal half of 

 hindwing also shaded with black, especially at the median series of bars. 



Hab. Longa R., Angola, November l^UO (G. W. Penrice), ti/pe ; Libollo, Angola, 

 July 1001 (H. Pemberton) ; Gowlu-pau, between Lialui and Gazunguli, Upper 

 Zambesi, March 1898 (R. T. Coryudon) ; 8 cJc?, 5 ? ?. 



Asterope umbrina. 



Cre.vig nmhrina Karsch, Eiitom. Nadir, xviii. p. 114 n. 8 (1892) ( ? , Togo) ; id., Brrl. Ent. Zeitschr. 

 xxxviii. p. 17',l. n. 22. t. 5. f. 2 ( ? ?) (1893) (?,(?); Auriv., Lr. p. KSl. n. 5 (189'.t). 



We know only the S of umbrina. This sijecies is the palest of ail on the 

 ui)persidc, being almost buff or clayish buff (Ridgway, Nomenel. Colours t. v. n. 8 

 and 13), shaded with olive basally. Tiic apical area of the forewing is nearly 

 marked as in natalensis ? (!), but the dark portions are very mucli jialcr, being bistre- 

 brown, not black ; the pale submarginal ])atcii R'— M' is sharply defined owing to 

 the base of cellule R'— M" being filled in with bistre-brown. On the underside the 

 forewing bears a brown-black ban<l outside the apex of the cell. The clasper is 

 dilated at the end and incrassate, club-shaped in side-view ; the dilated part 



