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constricted at middle ; the postmedial line with a less distinct line 

 before it and a dark spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, then 

 crenulate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line 

 with pale points at the veins, some rufous and fuscous suffusion 

 before it, incurved below vein 5 and with a dark spot between it and 

 middle of termen ; a crenulate dark terminal line. Hindwing fuscous 

 brown with indistinct dark medial line and pale subterminal line 

 towards tornus. Under side greyish with curved postmedial line 

 with ochreous patch beyond it at costa ; the terminal area fuscous. 



Hab. Abyssinia ; British East Africa, Wadelai (Emin Pasha) ; 

 Natal, Durban (Barker). Exp. 32 mill. 



(8) Chalciope hyppasia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 250 E. (1779). 



Trigonodes acutata, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 283 (1852). 



Chalciope mahura, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 117, f. 13 (1874). 



Hab. West Africa; Soudan; Abyssinia; British East Africa; 

 British Central Africa ; Delagoa Bay (Junot) ; Cape Colony 

 (Dr. Smith) ; Madagascar ; Mauritius ; Aden ; China ; Formosa ; 

 India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Java ; Australasia. ExiJ. 46 mill. 



B. Mid and hind tibise of male not fringed with long hair. 



a. Forewing with large triangular black patch defined by white 



lines <^elta. 



b. Forewing without white-defined triangle. 



ft^ Forewing with pale erect antemedial band. 



a-. Forewing with the postmedial line acutely angltd 



outwards below apex erect a. 



h-. Forewing with the postmedial line slightly excurved below costa. 

 (1.3. Hindwing with the ground colour orange . . . . euclidioides. 

 53. Hindwing with the ground colour dark. 



a"*. Forewing with the postmedial line angled 



inwards at middle stolida. 



h'*. Forewing with the postmedial line not angled 



inwards at middle geometrica. 



b^. Forewing without pale antemedial band. 



a^. Forewing with wedge-shaped black patch on inner 



area obstans. 



&=, Forewing without wedge-shaped black patch on inner area. 

 a3. Forewing with the postmedial band produced to 



near termen at middle . . . . rivulata. 



&3. Forewing with the postmedial band not produced to near termen 

 at middle. 



a"*. Forewing with the postmedial line angled outwards at 

 middle. 



aS. Hindwing with the ground colour orange metaxantha. 

 65. Hindwing with the ground colour greyish. 



fi^. Forewing with the medial area rufous balnearin. 



