( 558 ) 



c? ? . Forewiug nuiform in colour, lines thiu, not in'ominent ; stigma, if 

 present, consisting of two sjiots — namely, dots 2, and 3 + 4, tic latter forming 

 a borizuntal triangular spot which jioints distud (PI. LXIV. f. !S). 



«'. Jy. J'l/nebi-is J'lu/fdris i. fumhris. 



l<p/iiu.ef(iiiebris Fabricius, l.r. 



*Zunilia viridesrens Walker, List Lep. Ins. li. M. viii. p. 19.!. n. 1 (ISfiG) (partim). 



*Nephcl(' inferiialis Kirby, /.'•. 



3 ¥ . Stigma represented by a minute dot, which is sometimes absent. 



b'. N. fuiiehri)! fuuehris f. conimaciila nov. 



S ?. Forewing vvitli two white spots (PI. LXIV. f. 8). -ilare. 



llab. Both forms in West and East Africa. 

 In the Triug Museum : — 



18 c?(?, 2:i ? ? of i./unebris from: Sierra Leone; Ogrugu, Niger; Mikindani, 

 Germ. E. Afr. ; Mpapwa ; Mombasa. 



2 cJ cJ , 4 ? ¥ of f. comiaacidri irom : Sierra Leone {Jijpe) ; Dar-es-Salaam. 



b. ]S'. J'linebris maculosa snbsp. nov. 



5 ? . Larger than the preceding. Forewing variegated with tawuy-olive 



patches between the lines, especially between the snbbasal, second and third discal 

 lines, and distally of the postdisco-submarginal one ; the latter patches generally 

 very conspicuous, sometimes, however, blackish, and then contrasting less with the 

 ground-colour ; stigma, if present, a rather large ovate spot, being the enlarged dot 3. 



c'. ]S\ fiutebris maculosa f. maculosa. 



6 ¥ . Without white sjiot on forewing. 



f/'. iV. fumbris maculosa f. ovifera nov. 



(J. Forewing with white ovate sjiot (PI. LXIV. f. 0). 

 Hab. Congo. 



In the Tring Museum : — 



9 cJ (J, 2 ¥ ¥ of f. maculosa from Y.ikusu, Stanley Falls, May, Jnly, August 

 (Rev. K. Smith); Bopoto (Rev. K. Smith) ; Upp. Congo; ti/pe : Yakusu, May. 



4 c? c? of f. ovi/era from Yakusu, May, July (Rev. K. Smith); fijpe : May. 



479. Nephele bipartita. 



*Nephele hiparlila Butler, .1««. Murj.X. II. (5). ii. p. 4.55 (1878) (Old Calabar ;-Mii». Brit.); 

 Kirby, CiU. Lep. llet. i. p. G79. n. 2 (I8!I2) : Schaus * Clem., Skrni Lcme Lep. p. IV (lWi:t) 

 (partim ?). 



cJ. ¥ . Scaling of antenna buff distally, not grey ; underside of palj)us scaled 

 white and black, strongly contrasting with the tawny-ochraceons underside of 

 the body ; Ijlack side-patches of abdomen narrowed at upjicr end, those on third 



segment more or less distinctly connected with one another at base. Forewing, 



above, much varieg;ited with tawny-olive ; a blackish band from middle of costa 

 to hinder angle, not very prominent, but i[uite distinct, the area between this 

 baud and outer margin dark brown, including tawny-olive spots, which arc often 

 enlarged and merged together at costal margin to a large patch, which extends 



