( Sfil ) 



njiijer tliiu, the second tlie largest of the three, more or less widened behind and 

 curved outward, sometimes joined to the ui)per spot, or to the inner, seldom to 

 both. Underside of ]ialpns little jialer than breast. Tenth segment see PI. XLIV. 

 f. 29. 311 : harpe PI. IL. f. 3(1 ; penis-sheath PI. LV. f. 35. 



llab. Continental Africa ; common. 



In the Tring Bluseum 120-odd specimens from Sierra Leone to Natal, and 

 eastwards to British East Africa ; 1 larva, 2 pupae from Durban (Leigh). 



4s;!. Nephele argentifera. 



*Z'tiiHi,i aigeiilijVia Walker, Lint Lep. /«.<. II. M. viii. p. 1D4. n. 4 (IS.'iil) (Xatal :— Mus. 0.\foi'd) ; 



Boisd., Sper. Uni. Uji. Hit. i. p. 14(5. d. 12 (1875). 

 Srphele (iryeiitifeni, Butler, Trims. Zoo/. .S'o<'. Lnml. ix. p. I'i-J2. n. (lH5Ci) ; Kirby, Tmiis. Eiil. 



Soc. Loiut. p. 239 (1877) (Natal) ; Weatw., in Gates, MnUibeldmid p. 3.5.5 (1881) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Lqj. Het. i. p. G79. n. 5 (1892) (Natal) : Pagenst., Jithrh. Ilomb. Wiss. And. x. 2. p. 88. 



n. 103 (1893) (Mozambique, 8. i. ; Quilimane, 8. iii.). 



(? ? . A conspicuous insect, recognised at a glance by the two silvery, jjosteriorly 

 converging bands of the forewing : the first subbasal, straight, at right angles 

 to costal margin, the other discal, somewhat curved, widened behind and in front; 

 fringe of hinder margin white between the bands ; stigma large, oblique, sub- 

 triangular, ujjper distal edge longest ; the spot consists of the dots 1 and 2, the 

 two being sometimes nearly separated ; spot :S is generally present as a minute dot. 



J/a/j. East Africa : frijm Natal to British East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 12 f?c?, 12 ¥ ? from: Delagoa Bay; Kiloa ; Lindi ; 

 iJar-es-Salaam ; Momljasa. 



484. Nephele densoi. 



Zwiilai demni Keferstein, ./o/irJ. .V:. Erfurt (2). vi. p. 14. t. 2. f. 5 (1870) (Madag.) ; Mab., Ann. 



Sue. Eld. Fnuirr p. 2',lG (187'.i) (Madag. ; = iiiahjiisska = rhudinnu). 

 *Zi>iiitia niahjiissii-u Felder, licisc Xurarii, Lip. t. 70. f. 2 (1874) (Madag. ;— Mus. Tring) ; Boisd , 



/..-. p. 147. n. 14 (1875) (Nossi-be). 

 *Zijiiiliarluiditma Walker, List Ijfp. Inn. IS. J/, viii. p. 33 (18(i4) (Mad.ag. ; nom. nnd.) ; Boisd., 



Sjiei: Gin. Lip. Hit. i. p. 14G. n. 13 (1875) (Madag. ; — coll. Charles Oberthilr). 

 Xrphele dunmi, Butler, Trans. Zuol. t<m: Land. ix. p. C22. n. 3 (1877) ; Saalm., Lep. Mudaij. p. 135. 



n. 311. t. 4. f. 43. 43a (1884) (= imilijassim = rliadania') ; Kirby, Cat. Li-p. Het. i. p. G79. n. 8 



(1892) (Madag.). 

 Xrphele iiiiilijassiru, Butler, Trims. Xnui. Soc. Lmnl. i.\. p. (')2.'!. u. 9 (1877) (= densui ?) ; Kirby, l.r. 



n. 9(1892) (Madag.). 

 Stphide i7«u/((»(((, Butler, l.r. p. G.'JO (1877). 



J?. Stands midway between oenopion and accciili/eni. Discal lines of 

 forewing, (ihocr, straight, slightly curved, not dentate, inters])aces forming a pale 

 iuconspicuous band, similar to that of ociiopion, but as much pro.xinial as in 

 fomc, not edged with white; stigma (PI. LXIV. f. 4. 5): dot 1 rounded, 2 

 forming a right angle, the outer arm of it extending along W, often interrujited, 

 «]H)t I! minute. 



Ilalj. Madagascar. 



In thi: Tring Museum 10 J J, 11 ¥ ? from : Madagascar, one of tliem lioni 

 Aiilauaniljc, Baie d'Antongil, iii. iv. 1S!)7 (A. Moc(juerys). 



A pair from (iraiide Comoro in the Tring Museum rejiresents jierhaps a 

 ttubttpecies confined to tlie Comoro islands; the two specimens, one ol' wliicii is 

 111 fairly good condilioii, are darker than our ftladagascar individuals, and have 

 the pule di.bcal bund of the forewing more curved in front. 



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