( 556 ; 



In tlip Tring Museum ;"> Jc?, .5 ? ? from: Gold Coast; Congo; Loanda, v. 

 (Mocqnerys) ; Natal ; Kikuyu Escarpment, Brit. E. Afr. Feb. 1901 (Doherty). 

 A long series from Ambviz, Congo, in the Dublin Mnsenm. 



477. NefShele comma. 



*Zoiiilia ririihfu-eiis Walker, LixtLep. Iiix. li. M. viii. p. l'.l-_'. n. 1 (185G) (partim ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 *Xepliele rnmma Hopffer, MoimUler. Al\ Wisx. Ihrliii p. 4il (1857) (Mus. Berlin) ; id., in Peters, 

 Reise Mnzamh., Zonl. v. p. 4l'4. t. 27. f. IL' (1S(W) (Mozambique ; Guinea). 



S ¥ . Black side-patches of abdomen reduced in size, those on segments 2 and 3 

 not distinct, pale dorsal area of segment 4 as wide (transversely) as the black side- 

 patch. Submarginal line of forewing very sharply marked, almost straight from 

 1!" liackwards, the marginal area limited by this line shaded with grey, especially 

 at the line. Combs , of tarsi and spurs heavy. Stigma of forewing absent, or 

 representeel by a minute dot, or by a comma-shaped spot which is widest behind, 

 being here dilated proximad and distad, or only distad (PI. LXIV. f. 13. 14). 



a'. N. comma J', dei-nsii nnv. 



Ziviilin viridesrcnx var., Walker, I.e. (partim). 



ZnniUa imview!, Boisduval [iton Cramer, 1776), Syw. Gen. Lqi. He), i, p. 140. n. :.' (187,'')) (partim i 



i,no« ?). 

 Neiilieh riridexcem, Butler, Tmtm. Znnl. Soc. I.nml i.x. p. G23. n. 12 (1877) (Natal) ; Westw., m 



Gates, Mdlahehlaiid p. 355 (1881) ; Druce, in Moloney, llV-rf Afr. Fm-r^try p. 403. n. 20 (1887) : 



Kirby, I.,: p. 080. n. 14 (1802) (Africa). 

 Nephele hrnjiem ''., Holland, Traiiit. Amcr. Eiil. Sor. xvi. p. 68. n. 31 (1880) (Benita). 

 Xejihie fiiiielris, Butler {noii Fabricius, 1703), I.e. p. (i24. n. 13 (1877) (Congo) ; Butl., Pm: Zml. 



S,„: Lond. p. 674. n. 158 (1893) (Zomb.i, Jan.): Kirby. I.e. p. 080. n. 15 (1802) (partim); 



Schaus & Clem., Sierra Leow Lep. p. 10 (1803). 

 Nepkeh eht(rii!,a, Moschler, Abh. Senl.-. Niilin-f. Oes. xv. p. 71. n. 150 (1890) (Accra). 

 Nepheh eharuhn Kirby, Tniiis. Enl. Sm: Loud. p. 239. 243 (1877) (Madag. ; partim). 

 Kephele henpeni, Saalmuller {nmi Fabricius, 1775), Lep. Madurj. p. 133. n. 310. t. 3. f. 42(1884) 



(syn. excl.). 



c? S . Forewing without white spot, or only with a minute dot. 

 Ilab. Africa south of the Saliara ; Madagascar. 



We cannot find any constant difference between Malagassic specimens and 

 ■ Aethiopian ones. * 



//. X. comma f. comma. 



Zoiiilia virvleneem Walker, I.e. (partim), 



*Nephele mmmii Hopffer, I.e.; Butl., Train'. Znol. Sne. Loud. ix. p. 023. n. 11 (1877) (Natal) ; 



Westw., in Oates, .Miilnhehkind p. 355 (1881) ; Druce, in Moloney, \Ve«l Afr. Fure^lrii p. 493. 



n. 10 (1887) ; Kirby, Cm. Lep. Bet i. p. 080. n. 12 (1802) (Africa). 

 Zoniliu eominn, Boisduval, Spee. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 142. n. 4 (1876) (Natal) : Dew., Mdih. Miim-h. 



Eiit. Vcr. iii. p. 25 (1870) (Cuinchoxo). 

 Nephele eonimn 'i, Holland. Triins. Amcr. Enl. Sne. xvi. p. 08. n. 30 (1880) (Benita). 



<??. Forewing with a white comma-shaped spot (PI. LXIV. f. 13). 

 Hal). This and the previous form occnr commonly in West and East Africa as 

 far south as Natal (probably also in Cape Colony). 



c'. N. comma f. loc. charoha. 



Dtdephila miirpliens, Boisduval (nou Cramer. 1777), Fnniie ifad. Bonrh. p. 75 (1833) (Madag.). 

 Znidliti dhh/niii, Gui'nee {nnii Fabricius, 1775), in Vins., To//. Mndai/. p. .30 (1865) ( = «/")•///»"»). 

 Zoiidia mnrplieii.1, Boisduval, Sjire. Gen. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 130. n. 1 (1875) (partim ; Madag.); Mal>., 

 Aim. Sne. Eld. Fninee p. 206 (1879) (Madag.). 



