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]. Sub-Group. 
The discal spot in cellule 6 of the forewing is always present and forms with the discal spots of cellules 4 and 5 
a continuous white subapical band. The hindwing with large white basal area, extending beyond the apex of the cell. The 
discal spot in cellule 1 b of the forewing is always present. — The mealy spot of the cd is elongate and lighter than the 
ground-colour of the hindwing. 
A. fenestrata Aurio. (25b). The white spot in the cell of the forewing is very large, covering the 
entire apical part of the cell, and is united with the large discal spots of cellules 2—-6 into a large, white 
median area; these discal spots completely cover the basal part of their cellules; the white basal area of the 
hindwing is large and reaches the inner margin; the subapical dots of both wings are well developed. 
French Congo; rare. 
A. nossima Ward (23 d). The white spot in the cell of the forewing, as in the preceding species 
is very large, but does not cover the apex of the cell; discal spots 4—6 on the forewing are far removed 
from the apex of the cell and form a broad, free subapical band; the white basal area of the hindwing is 
very large and distally sharply defined; the hindwing is bright chestnut-brown beneath at the anal angle. 
Madagascar and Mayotte. 
A. ochlea Bdv. (24 a) is smaller than the two preceding species and differs in that the white spot in 
the cell of the fore wing is smaller and above all only fills up the space between veins 2 and 3; the discal 
spot in cellule 1 b reaches vein 1 and forms with the spot in the base of cellule 2 and the one in the cell a 
broad continuous transverse band. Not rare from Natal to British East Africa. Hypolimnas deceptor is similarly 
coloured and marked. 
A. ochleides is very nearly allied to ochlea, but differs in that the discal spot in cellule 1 b of the 
forewing consists only of a narrow streak behind vein 2 and does not reach vein 1. — ochleides Styr. The 
spot in the cell of the forewing is quadrate and more or less broadly united with the discal spot in cellule 
2; cellules 2—6 of the hindwing each with two distinct submarginal dots. Abyssinia. — darius Rothsch.& Jord. 
only differs from the type-form in the submarginal dots of the hindwing being less numerous and the light 
basal area somewhat smaller. South Abyssinia. — affinis nom nor. (= comorana Aurio ) (25 c), like darius , 
has the submarginal dots on the hindwing but little developed, but differs in that the discal spot in cellulle 
2 of the forewing is proxinmlly produced to a point and completely or almost completely covers the base of 
the cellule. Comoro Islands. — bumilleri Lam (24 b) differs from the other three forms in having the spot 
in the cell of the forewing smaller and completely separated from the rest of the spots; the submarginal dots 
are feebly developed. German East Africa between Lakes Nyassa and Tanganika. 
2. Sub-Group. 
The discal spot in cellule 6 of the forewing is entirely absent or is at most indicated by a dot. The basal area of 
the hindwing rarely extends beyond the apex of the cell. 
A. hecate Btlr. (24 b). The spot in the cell of the forewing touches for a longer or shorter distance 
the spot in cellule 2; this is often accompanied by a streak in cellule 1 b; the discal spots in cellules 4 and 
5 of the forewing touch one another for almost their entire length and are placed at nearly the same distance 
from the apex; the white basal area of the hindwing is small, reaching at most veins 2 and 5; the submarginal 
dots of the hindwing are absent or weakly developed; it should be noted as very characteristic of this 
species that on the underside of the hindwing, and often on the upperside also, two discal spots are present 
in cellules 6 and 7, which form a transverse spot at the middle of the costal margin and are well separated 
from the (sometimes light) base of cellule 6; the mealy spot of the cd is blackish and darker than the ground¬ 
colour; in the ? the basal area of the hindwing is normally somewhat larger than in the cd, covering also 
the base of cellules G and 7; sometimes it is not larger than in the cd, = f. reducta Bartel. In the whole 
West African forest region from Sierra Leona to Congo and Uganda. — stictita Bothsch. & Jord. is smaller 
and has smaller spots on the forewing, but more numerous and more distinct submarginal spots on the 
hindwing. Abyssinia. 
A. hecatoides Aurio. (26 c) is very similar to the preceding species and has like it a large spot in the 
cell of the forewing, which is only separated by the vein from the spot in cellule 2, while the discal spot in 
cellule 1 b is absent or streak-like and placed close to vein 2, just as in hecate ; the most important differences 
from hecate are that the discal spot in cellule 4 of the forewing is placed much nearer to the distal margin 
than the one in cellule 5 and scarcely touches this or only for a short distance, that the discal spot in cellule 
2 is more produced proximally and often completely covers the base of cellule 2, that the white spots on the 
fenestrata. 
nossima. 
ochlea. 
ochleides. 
darius. 
affinis. 
bumilleri. 
hecate. 
reducta. 
stictita. 
hecatoides. 
