( 00.5 ) 



J?. Differs from rlidi/ma in the npperside of the hiudwing and the basal 

 half or two-thirds of the nnderside of the forewing (excepting costal area) being 

 ferrnginons. 



Larva (adnlt) : pale side-band conspicnons, reaching from apex of fonrth 

 segment to middle of sixth. 



There are two forms, as in diclijma : 



a'. N. siiheariii f. snlinirid. 



'ZmiVia Kuhnirht Walker, I.e. ; Boisd., Sjier. (fni. Up. IIH. i. p. 143. u. 6 (1875) (Swan R.). 



Zimilia aiilijioilii. Walker, I.e. xxxi. p. Si (1804) ; Boisd., I.r. p. 143. sub n. (1875). 



Xejiheh- mbvarht, Butler, Trmin. Zonl. Sor. Lniiil. ix. p. 624. n. 15 (1877) ; Swinh., Cat. Lep. Uel, 



Mils. O.T. i. p. 35. n. 137 (1892) (Cape York) ; Kirby, Cil. Lrp. III. i. p. G80. n. 19. (1892) 



(Austral.). 

 Xepheir lip.i/iern, Hampson. in Blanf., FniniK Bi-it. /»./., .lAn//i.s- i. p. 108. n. 172 (1891) (partim). 



(J?. With silvery spot on forewing (PI. LXV. f. 10). The spot within cell 

 and that ontside D' are generally completely fnsed to a long cnrved comma-shaped 

 mark, which is preceded by a white dot ; in one of our specimens this dot also joins 

 the comma. 



b'. N. suhvnria f. metapyrrha. 



*Zom!ia me.hip)jrrh(i Walker, l.r. viii. p. 19i). n. 10 (185G) (Moreton Bay ; — Mus. Brit.) ; Boisd., 



I.e. p. 143. n. 7 (1875). 

 *Deilephila (lalii Newman, Trans. Eut. Soc. Loml. (2). iv. p. 54 (1857) (Mus. Brit.). 

 XephHe metapijrrhn, Butler, I.e. ix. p. 625. n. 16 (1877) ; Swinh., I.e. n. 138 (1892) (Moreton Bay) ; 



Kirby, I.e. p. 681. n. 20 (1892) (Austral.). 



c? ? . Forewing withont a silvery spot, or only with a minnte dot. 

 Hab. Australia : Queensland. 



Both forms in the Tring Museum: 'Z larvae, !•) c? J, 13 ? ? from: Mackay ; 

 Dawson R. ; Brisbane ; Cape York. 



470. Nephele vau. 



*Zmi\lia run Walker, IJkI Lep. Iiis. B. .)/. viii. p. 197. D. 11 (185(!) (hab.? ;— Mus. Brit.) ; Oberth., 



Ann. .Utiif. Civ. Geiuira xv. p. 172. n. 62 (1879) (Abyss. \ = riifriiiji). , 

 *Z(iml'm srhiiii/ieri Lucas, Ann. Sue. Enl. Frame p. 605. t. 13. f. 1 (1857) (Abyss. ; — Mus. Paris). 

 .\'pj,lielr (v/((, Butler, Trans. Znol. Snr. Land. ix. p. 625. n. 17 (1877) ( =.S'7»'Hip<';v ; Abyssinia); 



Kirby, Tran«. Enl. Sue. Lund. p. 2.39 (1H77) (Ambriz, Congo) ; Moschl,, Ahh. Seal.: Xalmf. Ge:. 



XT. p. 71. n. 160 (1890) (Accra) ; Kirby, Cal. Lep. llet. i. p. 680 n. 17 (1892) (Congo ; -Abyss.). 

 *Zomlia raffrai/l Oberthiir, El. d'Enl. iii. p. 31. t. .t. f. 2 (1878) (Abyss. ;— coll. Charles Oberthilr). 



(J ?. The short terminal spur of the hindtibia has the comb as feebly developed 

 a« in the Oriental species. Mesothoracic tegula with a thin grey fringe ; ))lack 

 lateral patches of abdomen reduced in size. Underside of body pinkish, a jiiiikish 

 tint also often on wings. The silvery mark of the forewing is V-shaped and 

 generally somcnvhat yellowish (PI. LXV. f. 12); the olive-green discal area is 

 triangular, narrowing to a point jjehind close to hinder angle of wing ; its inner 

 edge very oblique, crossing M at <ir near base of M' ; the outer edge of the area is 

 qnite straight from W to M^ nearly at right angles to the veins, while it slants 

 distatl from U- to H('\ being somewhat curved between the veins ; the marginal 

 area is densely shaded witii jjinkish grey, except at edge of wing. The distal 

 margin of tiie hindwirig is blackish, with a reddish tint coming through. 



/hb. West and East Africa. 



