( 597 ) 



arnminate, in c? with a slender ami lonn' mesial tuft ; spines nnmerons, clonijato, 

 weak. Mernm of midcoxa nut carinate behind ; mid- and hindtai'sns with comb of 

 long spines. 



cJ. Tenth segment not divided ; tergite narrow, long. Clasper with a small 

 nnmber of large friction-scales, the midrib of which is brown. Penis-sheath without 

 external armature, bnt with a sharp stiletto inside, which can bn pushed out 

 (PI. LA'', f. 44). 



? . Vaginal plate rounded triangular ; orifice free, somewhat raised. 



Early stages not known. 



Hnb. Aethiopian Region, exclusive of the Malagassic Subregion. 



Six species. 



Key to the species : 



(I. A sharply marked oblique band on forewiiig 

 from costal margin outside fork to outer 

 margin before angle ..... 



Forewing without this band .... 



/i. Forewing clayish ochraceous .... 



Forewing mummy brown .... 



c. Distal lice of antemedian band of forewing 

 curving distad in front towards the post- 

 discal band ...... 



Distal line of antemedian band curving costad 

 like first and second line .... 



iL Abdomen below white, with brown mesial 

 spots. ....... 



Abdomen below without brown mesial spots . 

 e. Brown distal marginal area SC''— M' of fore- 

 wing limited by a straight white line. 

 Brown distal marginal area irregular ; no 

 white line, or the line also irregular . 



53r., 



53C). 



53: 



d. 

 d. 



A. m<irci(ki. 



unoiwiJii. 

 arldorii. 



540. ^1. maculij'cra. 

 e. 



539. .1. luii/thta. 



538. A. rMiscosa. 



535. Antinephele marcida (PI. VII. f. 23, type). 



*Anl,Hfi,l,rl, ,i„n-ri,la Holland, r.iil. .Yens iv. p. ."40 n. 0. t. 15. f. 7 (cf) (189.3) (Benita ;— coll. 

 Holland) ; Kirby, Nov. Z(m,i.. i. p. 100 (1R94). 



J. The ]iale line on the posterior part of the mesonotum has the ajipearance 

 of being the fringe of the tegula, which it is not ; it is jiresent in all species, 

 but the jiale colour encroaches upon the edge of the tegula generally only in 

 iDiiruliJfia. Abdomen below without sjiots. Not dissected. Dr. Holland kindly 

 lent ns the type, of which we give here a figure. 



Ihih. Benita, Gabuu, 



One specimen ($) in coll. Holland. 



53(i. Antinephele anomala. 



*Sri,hrl,- ,i„',ii,iil,i liutler, Ann. Mnij. .\. II. (.".). n. p. 4:i4 (IKHJ) (Aburi ;— Mus. Brit). 

 .\nii,if/,l,fl, iimiiuihi, Holland, Tnim. Amir. Km. Sar. xvi. p. O'.l. n. ;V2 (1K80) (Benita) ; Kirby, 

 fill. Lep. IIii. i. p. f,4-.'. n. 1 nS!>2) ; Schaus & Clem., ShrrK Leotir Lcp. p. IH ( W.\'A). 



r??. Tli(' antemedian bund of the forewing resembles somewhat the band 

 of iit(irrii/ii, bnt is very much narrower ; the jiroximal line of the postdiscal 

 band is white an<l continuous, not broken up into distinctly separate lunules. 



