( 600 ) 



AntincjiheJc and Sephelc. Ponis-slR'atli with two dpiitate apical processes, 

 resembling those of Ncphdc. 

 ? . Not dissected. 

 Early stages not known. 

 ll/ih. ^\'est Africa. 

 Two s]iecies : 



Alidomen blackish above, witli a large, sharply 



defined, lateral, yellow patch .... o-tl. //. inniqnis. 

 Abdomen yellowish tawny olive above . . . 542. //. hutlcri. 



The costal lobe of the hindwing projects beyond the costal margin of the 

 forewing when the insect is at rest. The frennlnm is well developed. 



541. Hypaedalia insignis. 



*lliiliiir(hiliii iiislfpiis Butler, Triini:. E/if. Soi: Lnml. p. 3JW. t, 0. f. .B ( 5" ) ("^"") i^ieii'.i Leone: — 

 Mus. Dublin) ; HoU., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xvi. p. ^iC>. n. ?, (188fl) (Bcnita, ? ) : Kirby, Cut. 

 Lrj,. Ilfl. i. p. C3.S. n. 1 (1892). 



S. Uiidcrside of palpns and body, base of hindwing below, and a large lateral 

 ]iatch on third and fonrtli abdominal tcrgites orange. Basal area of forewing above 

 and disc marked with conspicnons brownish black interrupted lines, separated by 

 greyish interrn])ted lines, two larger acntely triangnlar spots more jirominent, 

 one between M' and M- close to cell, pointing basad, the other before end of SM-, 

 pointing distad : with these variegated areas contrast strongly a large, ovate, 

 greyish i)atch before middle of hinder margin, a longer median costal olivaceons 

 area, including the minnte stigma, and the olivaceons apical area, which is divided 

 by an oblii|ne line. 



Jlidi. Sierra Leone. 



In the Tring Mnsenm 1 ? from Sierra Tjeone. 



542. Hypaedalia butleri. 



*HypanMia huthr! Rothschild, Xov. Zciol. i. p. G9. t. 6. f . 4 ( ? ) (1894) (Aburi ;-Mus. Tring). 



c??. The lines of the forewing are not conspicnons, the median area between 

 the antemedian and discal lines is not separated into a costal and posterior portion, 

 the whole wing almost uniform in colour. The underside of the forewing is 

 cinnamon-rufous on disc : there is a sharjdy defined, irregularly dentate, brown 

 marginal border ; the costal margin of (he hindwing is less dilated than in 

 iimi/nis ; the costal area greyish ; disc tawny, gradually shading into ochraeeous 

 towards base : hindwing longer than in //ixif/n/x. Thorax above witli a large 

 green mesial patch which extends on head and is laterally bordered liy a brown 

 line. Palpus more pointed than in //mtf/m's, greyish cinnamon below. Breast 

 and imderside of abdomen buff-yellow : upperside of abdomen nearly gallstone- 

 yellow. 



c?. Tenth tergite shorter than in Aiitiiiejilifh', truncate; sternite broad, 

 elongate, triangular fPl. XLIV. f 3fi). Clasper broad, sole-shaped ; harpe 

 (PI. ]L. f. :iO) long, cm-ved u]iwards and twisted at end, which is flattened and 

 dilated. Penis-sheath (PI. LV. f. 4:!) with two jirocesses, which are dentate at end 

 and curved ]>roximad, the distal one siiort, the proximal one long. 



Uab. Sierra Leone to Congo. 



In the Tring Museum 2 SS, 5 ? fmni : Sierra TiConi' : Abmi, Ashnnti : 

 Bopoto, Congo (T{ev. K. Smith). 



