( 560 ) 

 a. IS', peneus f. peneus. 



■'■^jiliitixjiciieii': Cramer, /.c 



ZoiiiHu prneus, Walker, f.ist Lqi.Ias. D. M. viii. p. i;t3. n. 2 (\%b(<) (partiuil ; Dew., ilillh. Miiiich. 



Enl. Ver. iii. p. 25 (ISV'.t) (Ghinchoxo). 

 Xe/ilieh- j/eiieus, Hopffer, in Peters, Beixe Ma-.umh., Xnut. v. p. 422. t. 27. f. U (18()2) (Inhambane); 



Butl., Trans. Za<,l. Sor. Lomt. Lx. p. G23. D. 10 (1H77) (W. Afr. ; Sierra Leone) : Westw., in 



Gates, Mafiibeklinid p. 355 (1881): Druce, in Moloney, West Afriran F,)rfstrij p. 493. n. 18 



(1887) : Kirby, Gil. Lei,. Ihl. i. p. 679. u. 11 (1K92) (Africa). 

 Ztmilia imtuniH (!), Boisduval, Sim: Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 140. n. 2 (1875) (piirtim ; J , mm J). 

 Nephcle pameu.'> (!), Mijschler, Ahh. Sen/.-. Niitiaf. Ges. xv. p. 71. n. 157 (1890) (Accra). 

 Xephele pcNiiin V, Holland, Tniii.^. Anin: Ent. Sue. xvi. p. (;7. n. 29 (1889) (Benita : Kangwe). 

 *yej}heli' jiaclii/ilenna Karsch, Kiil. Xticlii: xviii. p. 180. n. 02 (1892) (Baliburg ;— Mus. Berlin) ; 



Kirby, Nov. Zoii].. i. p. 102 (1894). 

 (?) Ni'jikele bijiiirtilti, Schaus & Clem., Sierni Lcnne Lep. p. 19 (1893). 



S ? . Forevving with white spots as described above. 



Ij . N. peneus f. iiinotata uov. 



cJ?. White spots absent. This form is ai>parently rare, while the white- 

 spotted one is common. 



llah. Aethiopian Region, exchisive of the Malagassic Subregiou. 



In the Triug Museum : — 



3Sc?cJ,20 ?? oi i. penens ivova.: Sierra Leune ; Gold Coast; (Jgrugu, Niger ; 

 C!ongo ; Delagoa Bay ; Nyassaland ; German and Brit. East Africa ; Uganda. 



4 cJcJ, 1 ? uf f. iimotata from : Sierra Leone (t'/pe) ; Gold Coast. 



482. Nephele accentifera. 



Sj/hiiix accentifera Beauvois, /«.••■. A/i: .iwer. p. 2(14. t. 24. f. 1 (1805) (Afr.). 



Sphiiu: [Deilephila) trkJyimi Hoeven, Ti./\hclii: ]\'attirl. Gesih. vii. p. 278. n. 2. t. 5. f. 2. a. b. (184U) 



(Guinea). 

 Deileph/la runzanl Bertoloni, J/cw. Ai: BuIhijiik ii. p. 183. n. 21. t. 9. f. G (1850) (Mozambique). 

 Zimilia peiieii.-<, Walker (nmi Cramer, 1776), List Lep. Jns. B. .1/. viii. p. 193. n. 2 (1856) (partim). 

 Zonilia tridijma, Boisduval, Spa: Gen. Lep. Bet. i. p. 141. n. 3 (1875) (Guinea). 

 Xephele aerenti.fent, Hopffer, in Peters, Reise MirMmh., Znal. v. p. 423 (1862) (= tiidymti = ranmui): 



Butl., Triin.i. Zool. Sot: Loud. ix. p. 623. n. 8 (1877) (Sierra Leone) ; Holi., Trans. Aniei: Ent. 



Sue. xvi. p. 67. n. 28 (1889) (Benita; Kangwi') ; Moschl., Ah/i. Sent. Nalnrf. 6Vs. xv. p. 71. 



n. 158 (18;iO) (Accra) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Met. i, p. 679. n. 6 (1892) (S. Africa) ; Auriv., Ent. 



Tidsh: xiii. p. 183. n. 233 (1892) (Cameroons ; Gabun). 

 Xephele varieyuta Butler, Prve. Znul. Soc. Lnnd. p. 15. n. 31 (1875) (Congo ; Africa) ; id., Tiwu. 



Zuul. Sue. Loiul. p. 623. n. 7. (1877) (Congo ; Africa ; Abyss.) ; Druce, in Moloney, West Afr. 



Forestry p. 493. n. 17 (1888) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Met. i. p. 679. n. 10 (1892) (Congo) ; Schaus & 



Clem., Sierra Leone Lep. p. 19 (1893). 

 Zonilia arcentifera, Dew., .\lillh. MiiHrh. Enl. \'ei: iii. p. 25 (1879) (Cbiuchoxo) ; Plotz, 67(7/. Ent.Zeit. 



xli. p. 76. n. 284 (18H0) (Cameroons). 

 Xepliele accenli.fcra var. rarieguta, Karsch, l:nl. Xaelir. xvii. p. 297. n. 14 (1X91 ) (Cameroons); id., 



I.e. xviii. p. 180. n. 61 (1892) (Baliburg). 



cJ ? . Combs of tarsi and sjiurs heavy. Forewiug more variegated tluui iu 



the allied species : the antemedian and discal lines irregular, rather distinct, second 

 and third discal dentate, interspace between them more or less grey, a band 

 liroximally of the pair of antemedian lines also grey or clayisli, and a triangular 

 costal patch iu front of the white spots clayish ; black line bordering marginal area 

 very irregular, projecting proximad at K'-, with tawny-olive patches at its proximal 

 side, especially between SC" and R^ ; three white spots (Fl. LXIV. f. 10. II) : one 

 iu cell, rounded, nearer SC than M, two at cross-veins, one above the other, the 



