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orange streak along the abdominal margin, and in the underside of the wings 

 having no or very few yellow spots. 



JY. c. crater a is distinguished from JY. c. continue/, by superior size, greyer 

 colouring of the upperside of the body and forewing, the broader and less sharply 

 defined border of the hindwing, which, moreover, is connected with the base along 

 the second submedian vein, and by the upperside of the hindwing bearing a brown 

 stigma, and between it and the marginal band a number of brown spots. Besides, 

 the pronotum shows distinct traces of brown transverse lines, which are absent from 

 JY. c. continue/,. 



4. Epistor taedium Schaus (1890) 



The ? of this species is as yet undescribed. Some time before the war we 

 received from Messrs. Staudinger and Bang-Haas both sexes of the subspecies taedium 

 taedium labelled Chiriqui. This ? is undoubtedly taedium. It agrees closely with 

 that sex of E. gorgon Cram. (1777), but differs in the rather narrower forewing, of 

 which the distal margin is somewhat more distinctly elbowed, the darker colouring 

 of both the upper- and undersides as well as the legs, and in the distal margin of 

 the forewing beneath bearing a distinct whitish grey diffuse border, as in the <$. 

 Moreover, the proximal one of the two discal lines of the underside is on both 

 wings more prominent than in E. gorgon. 



5. Temnora albilinea Roths. (1904) 



In Arch. Naturg., 1913, Abt. A, Heft 6, p. 110, Embrik Strand describes as 

 Temnora albilinea Roths, v. obscurascens Strand n.v., a 3 of T. albilinea from 

 Ujiji in German East Africa, which has a darker ground-colonr than is shown iu 

 the figure of T. albilinea published in Wytsman's Gen. Ins. 57. pi. 6. fig. 3 (1907). 

 This figure, however, is a somewhat inaccurate representation of the species. 

 Moreover, the specimen from which it was taken was collected in 1875 (A. v. 

 Homeyer), and has not entirely escaped the influence of time on its colour. The 

 species of Temnora, Nephele, and many other genera are liable to fading, and a 

 difference in the tone of the ground-colour should always be regarded with sus- 

 picion. The ten specimens of T. albilinea in the Tring Museum, from Angola 

 and Uganda, afford sufficient evidence that obscurascens is only based on a fresh 

 example of albilinea, and is not a variety. The figures of Sphingidae in Gen. Ins., 

 I.e., are very hard, the colouring being exaggerated by the lithographer, and the 

 small details in the pattern are not absolutely exact. 



6. Temnora cinereofusca Strand (1912) 



We have two ? ? , one from Bitye, South Kamerun, and the other from Lulua- 

 bnrg, Kassai R., Congo, which agree with E. Strand's description of T. cinereofusca, 

 Arch. Naturg. 1912, Abt. A, Heft 6, p. 155, no. 21 (S. Kamerun and Spanish 

 Guinea), except that they are larger, the forewing measuring 30 mm. instead of 25. 

 We had placed these examples in the collection under T. reutlingeri Holl. (1898), 

 and on reconsideration adhere to this opinion. We therefore regard cinereofusca 

 as synonymous with T. reutlingeri. 



