476 AURIVILLIUS, RHOPALOCERA jETHIOPICA. 



(1777). — Herbst, Naturs. Schm. 3, p. 111, t. 37, f. 1, 2 (1788). — Staud., 

 Exot. Schm. 1, p. 12, t. 7 (1884). — Karsch, B. E. Z. 38, p. 238 (1893). — 

 Kirby, Handb. Lep. 2, p. 290 (1896). — fascia alar. post. postice dilatata, macula 

 areas 2 X extus elongata quam macula arese 1 c longiore. 

 erinus Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. 1, p. 35 (1852). 



Sierra Leona 81 — Elfenbeinkiiste 57 — Ashanti 14 — Togo 84 — Niger 126 — Old 

 Calabar 67 — Kamerun 59 — Gabun 60 — Chinchoxo 65 — Congogebiet: Bangala 47 , 

 Kassai 43 , Inkissi 45 , Manyanga 41 , Leopoldville 41 , Monbuttu 4 — Angola 5,7 ' 65 — Mero 

 See 36 - - ?Brit. Ost- Afrika 21 : Sabaki 20 , Wawamba 119 , Kibwezi 22 . 



°var. aristophontes Oberth., Bull. En t- Fr. 1897, p. 188, figg. 6 c?, 7 ? (1897), Coll. 

 Oberth. — a forma typica vix differt nisi fascia maris paullo latiore maculisque 

 omnibus submarginalibus alar. ant. femina: utrinque distinctis. 

 Comoren. 



var. lyasus Doubl., An. N. H. 16, p. 178 (1845). — Wallengr., Rhop. Caffr., p. 1 

 (1857). — Oberth., Etudes d'Ent, 3, p. 13 (1878). — Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. 3, 

 p. 237 (1889); Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 69 (1894). — fascia alar. post. postice 

 haud dilatata, macula ejus in area 2 extus oblique truncata nec elongata nec quam 

 macula? area? 1 c longiore. 



nireus Cramer, Pap. Exot. 4, p. 175, t. 378, f. F, G (1781). — Swainson, Zool. 

 111. (1) 3, t, 125 (1822). — Boisd., Spec. Gen. 1, p. 224 (1836). — Trimen, Rhop. 

 Afr. Austr., p. 15 (1862). 



Metam.: Barber, Träns. Ent. Soc. London 1874, p. 519, t. 9 (1874). — Trimen, 

 S. Afr. Butt. 3, p. 240, t. 2, f. 5 (1889). 

 Kap Kolonie — Kaffernland 27 — Na.tal — Zululand — Delagoa Bay — Transvaal 



— Manicaland 77 — Deutsch Ost-Afrika: Mpwapwa 136 — Abyssinien 3 . 



°var. (ab.?) pseudonireus Felder, Reise Novar. Lep., p. 94 (1865), Mus. Tring. 

 ? pseudonireus var.? Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 633 (1895). 

 ?Nyassaland 38,125 ' 130 — Somaliland 128 — Abyssinien. 



39. P. bromius Doubl., An. N. H. 16, p. 176 (1845), Mus. Brit. — Gray, Cat, Lep. 

 Ins. Brit. Mus. 1, p. 26, t. 6, f. 2 (1852). — Karsch, B. E. Z. 38, p. 238 (1893). 

 Sierra Leona 81 — Liberia 73 — Ashanti 64 — Togo 84 — Kamerun 59 — Gabun 60 ' 61 



— Congogebiet: Bangala 47 , Inkissi Fluss 45 , Kassai 43 , Aruwimi 46 , Monbuttu 4 — 

 Aequatoria 4 . Insel St, Thomé 113 . 



var. brontes Goum., Proc Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 540 (1885), Mus. Brit. — Butler, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1895, p. 737 (1896). — a forma typica differt fascia angustiore 

 (8 — 11 Mill.), magis coerulea, alis ant, infra apice distincte brunneis, raaculis 4 

 submarginalibus magnis bipartitis flavo-albidis in areis 1 b — 4 alisque post. infra 

 magis brunneis absque lineis nigris intercostalibus in areis 2 — 7. 

 i Nyassaland 120 — Deutsch Ost-Afrika: Usambara 134 , Kilimanjaro, Tschagga 54 — 

 Brit. Ost-Afrika: zwischen Salt Lake und Wawamba 119 , Kikuyu 21 — Somaliland: 

 Darro Berge 129 , Meo 129 . 



