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Leone to Angola and Unyoro. — abyssinicus Rothsch. differs from the type-form in having the blue transverse abi/ssiiiku. s. 
band of the hindwing in the <$ continuous and about 5 mm. in breadth; the blue spot in cellules la and lb 
on the upperside of the forewing are also larger than in etesipe ; the $ is unknown. Abyssinia. — tavetensis tavetem;d. 
Rothsch. (30 d $). <$. The blue transverse band on the upperside of the hindwing is posteriorly continuous 
and very broad (7—8mm. in breadth in cellule 2), but anteriorly much narrowed and broken up into spots; 
the blue spots in cellules la and 1 b of the forewing are larger than in etesipe, but smaller than in abyssinicus. 
The $ is very similar to that of typical etesipe, but somewhat smaller and with more distinct markings at the 
distal margin of the hindwing above. East Africa from Nyassaland to Taveta in British East Africa. — cacu- cacutlis. 
this Heiv. In the $ the blue transverse band is continuous and about 8 mm. in breadth, not narrowed anteriorly; 
the blue spots in cellules la and lb on the forewing are about 6 mm. in breadth and joined together into a band. 
The $ is distinguished by having the broad median band of the upper surface white on the hindwing and to 
vein 2 or 3 of the forewing, thence orange-yellow to the costal margin of the forewing. Madagascar. 
Ch. penricei Rothsch. <$: the under surface is marked almost as in the preceding species; but above penned. 
the transverse band, as in the $ of etesipe, is placed nearly in the middle of the hindwing and further from 
the distal margin than in etesipe A; it is white or bluish white and from vein 2 of the hindwing to vein 2 
of the forewing broad and continuous, then broken up into small spots, two each in cellules 2, 3 and 6 and one 
each in cellules 4, 5, 7 and in the cell; the ground-colour of the upper surface is bluish black. The $ is unknown. 
This rare species has hitherto only been found in Angola. — peculiaris Lathy only differs from the type-form peculiaris. 
in having the black colour replaced by greenish. Rhodesia. 
Ch. achaemenes Fldr. The wings in the <$ above black, at the base black-grey with a common white aehaemencs. 
transverse band, which is placed on the forewing about the middle, on the hindwing somewhat before the middle, 
hence in the latter not covering the base of cellule 3; the median band forms on the forewing single quadrate 
spots in cellules la—3 and 7 and two widely separated spots in each cellule from 4 to 6; on the hindwing it 
terminates at vein 2. The forewing has small rounded spots at the ends of the interneural folds and the hind¬ 
wing whitish marginal streaks, more or less tinged with blue, in cellules lc-—5 and similar submarginal streaks 
in cellules lc—7. The under surface is marked almost as in etesipe, but has a lighter ground-colour, finer 
transverse streaks and a rather sharply defined whitish median band. The $ differs in having the basal 
part of the upper surface yellow-brown and the median band light orange-yellow; the marginal spots on the 
upperside of the forewing are larger, streak-like and red-yellow, the marginal and submarginal spots of the 
hindwing are larger and the marginal spots distinct in cellules 6 and 7 also, but there red-yellow. Above 
the $ strongly recalls Ch. saturnus (30 b) and the $ of Ch. guderiana, but these species are quite differently 
marked beneath. German South-West Africa, Natal to Abyssinia and thence on the south side of the Sahara 
to Senegambia, but wanting in the West African subregion, ab. fasciatus Cuff, only differs in the much larger fasciatiis. 
submarginal spots on the upperside of the hindwing. Mhonda in German East Africa. 
4. Cynthia Group. 
This small group differs from all the others in having the transverse markings in the cell of the forewing beneath 
ferruginous or red-brown. The upperside of the hindwing has a broad, continuous orange-yellow or red-yellow marginal band. 
In the first species the tails of the hindwing are short or. even mere teeth, in the others of normal length. 
Ch. protoclea Feisth. (33 d). The has the forewing above unicolorous black, only in cellules la—2 protoclea. 
with orange-yellow marginal spots or with orange-yellow marginal band; hindwing above also deep black but 
with very broad orange-yellow marginal band, 10 mm. in breadth at vein 3, usually enclosing a black dot in 
cellules lc and 6; the under surface of both wings dark umber-brown with the markings ferruginous, only 
in cellule lc of the forewing black; the costal margin of the forewing not lighter than the ground-colour. The 
$ is quite unlike the <$ and has on both surfaces a very broad white median band, which in cellules 3—7 of 
the forewing is more or less completely broken up into spots; the ground-colour is above blackish, beneath 
lighter grey-brown than in the dd the forewing above as in the <d only with orange-yellow marginal spots 
in cellules la—-2; the yellow marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing only 3 mm. in breadth. Senegambia 
to Angola. — nothodes Lord, connects the type-form with azota, the marginal spots of the forewing being notliocles. 
better developed than in the former, but less than in azota, and the submarginal spots not so complete as in 
azota. Tanganyika. — azota Hew. (33 d) must be regarded as the eastern race. The only differs in having azota. 
the orange-yellow marginal band on the upperside of the fore wing extending to the apex and preceded by a 
transverse row of orange-yellow submarginal spots, which are or less confluent with the marginal ones. The $ 
has a still broader white median band on the upper surface, on the forewing broken up into two rows of spots 
in cellules 2—7, of which the distal row is formed of large orange-yellow spots; the orange-yellow marginal 
band on the forewing above is complete, as in the d 1 . Distributed in East Africa from Delagoa Bay to Nyassaland 
and British East Africa, o-ab. nyasana Btlr. only differs in having the marginal and submarginal spots on nyasana. 
the upperside of the forewing connected as far as vein 5, enclosing a black spot; in the normal form these 
spots are already separated in cellule 4. Nyassaland. 
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