( 599 ) 



luarpiu, the first ratlier more distiiiet ; a small lirowii apieal lialfindou, fiillowi>il 

 by au elongate triaugiilar marginal patch, pointed behind, proximally liordered by 

 a white, feebly dentate line. On underside the pale jiostdiscal area of the forewing 

 does not extend backwards beyond M', it includes proximuUy two brown dentate 

 lines the angles of which j)oint basad, and distally another more distinctly zigzag 

 line, the angles upon the veins pointing distad ; this line is separated from the 

 brown border of the wing, while in muxcosa it is merged together with it. 



(J. Tenth tergite (PI. XLIV. f. 34) slender, not strongly curved ; sternite 

 nearly as long as the tergite, narrow, pointed (PI. XLIV. f. :?5, ventral aspect)- 

 Harpe (PI. IL. f. 2T) short, ending in a sharp, evenly but not strongly curved 

 hook. Penis-sheath without a patch of teeth on inner surface. 



Hah. Slikindani, German East Africa, January to May 1897 (Reimer), 1 cf, 

 ti/pe ; Lolodorf, Cameroons (C'onradt), 1 ? in coll. Oberthiir. 



540. Antinephele maculifera. 



Aiilinrplidr mricul'ifini Holland, Tmrn. Amn-. Eut. Sw. .Kvi. p. CO. n. .S3, t. 3. f. 2 (J) (1880) 

 (Benita) ; Karsch. Ent. Xarhr. xvii. p. 294. n. 4 (1891) (Cameroons) ; Kirby, Gil. Lep. Ilet. i. 

 p. 042. n. 2 (1892). 



cJ?. Dark brown mesothoracic tegula with a pale spot in front; abdominal 

 tergites ochraceous, first with a dark brown mesial patch. A large triangular basal 

 costal patch on forewing, two discal spots R' — M- preceded by a smaller spot, an 

 a])ical marginal halfmoon, and behind it a large marginal half-crescent dark brown. 

 Underside of palpus and abdomen and middle of breast white, abdomen with 

 conspicuous mesial spots. 



Not dissected. 



Ilfih. AVest Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 1 ? from Lagos. 



f'XLI. HyPAEDALIA.-Tyi)us : hisignis. 



lli//iiiirliiliii Butler, TraiiH. Ent. Sur. I.oiid. p. :'',)7 (1877) (type : inxliinis). 



r??. Genal process acute, about as high as pilifer. Palpus peculiar: scaling 

 of second segment cariniform or anguliform laterally at apex, apical surface 

 triangular, anterior (ventral) angle more or less projecting ; third segment long, 

 thin, scaled, close to the inner edge of the second segment. Scaling of head 

 raised in front and projecting forward, lateral scaling forming a heavy eye-brow, 

 a tuft at anterior lateral corner projecting forward u])on palpus. Antenna filiform 

 in both sexes ; comjiressed also in ?, with .short seriated basal ciliae ; end-segment 

 Bhort as in Aiiliiicjilii-le. Abdomen broad, Jiiitti;ne<l, spines weak, in several rows ; 

 i with u broad and rounded, ? with a narrow, anal tuft. Hinder edge of meruin 

 of midcoxa not carinate ; external row of spines of first foretarsal segment 

 irregidarly doubled ; mid- and hindtarsus with comb of rather- long but thin 

 spines. Forewing sinnale below ajiex ; hindwing strongly rounded-dilati'd costally, 

 the lobe widest in middle, quite gradually narrowing to base and a]iex, S(!- and 

 K' on a short stalk, R^ a little before centre of cell. 



6. Tenth segment of abdomen of the sair.e type as in Anliiirjiluli:. (Ilasper 

 with a iiatch of nunjcrous IVicI ion-scales, which are much sniiiller than la 



