NY M PHALID/E. 

 E U R Y P II E N E. 



EURYPHENE SOEMIS. 1, 2. 



Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with some spots within the cell: a 

 rufous spot near the costal margin, beyond the middle: a white spot at the apex: a 

 lilac spot at the anal angle, and two submarginal bands of dark brown spots. Pos- 

 terior wing, darker brown tinted with purple : crossed beyond the middle by a broad 

 band of lilac traversed by a line of dark brown spots. 



Underside lilac grey, with rufous bands and spots. Both wings crossed at 

 the middle by a broad rufous band, and beyond it by a band of spots and a sub- 

 marginal band of the same colour. Anterior wing with a spot in the cell : a spot on 

 the costal margin beyond the middle, and a bifid spot at the apex all white: two 

 rufous spots in the cell. Posterior wing, with one rufous spot in the cell. 



Expan. 2'nj inch. Hab. Ashanti. 



In the Collection of the British Museum. 



This butterfly resembles in the white apex- of the anterior wings, some of the species of Roma- 

 lasosoma. There is a variety in which the underside is much more tinted with green. 



EURYPIIEXE TIIEOGNIS. 3, 4. 



Upperside. Male dark rufous-brown ; both wings crossed beyond the middle by 

 a band of spots and submarginal band of dark brown. Anterior wing with some 

 spots in and at the end of the cell, and a small rufous white spot near the apex. 



Underside pale lilac white and grey brown; both wings crossed near the 

 middle by a common band of darker brown : both wings with spots in the cell and 

 linear spots beyond them : both with a series of indistinct spots beyond the central 

 band, and two obscurely marked submarginal bands of brown. 



Expan. 2yjj in. Hab. Ashanti. 



In the Collection of the British Museum. 



This species is very nearly allied to E. Senegalensis : the anterior wings are more acute at the 

 apex, and the posterior wings are more regularly rounded. On the underside they scarcely differ. 

 Some of the species of this genus either vary much, or, like Adolias, possess only slight specific dis- 

 tinction. This can only be determined by the examination of numerous examples which do nut yet 

 exist in our collections. 



