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CYMOTHOE. By Dr. C. Aurivillitts. 
adelina. C. adelina Hew. (35 cl). In the d the wings are dark cream-yellow above, at the distal margin and at 
the anal angle of the hindwing more or less broadly orange; the base is but little dusted with grey; the post- 
discal line is entirely absent or only indicated in cellules 2 and 3 of the hindwing; the submarginal line is 
almost uniformly dentate and well separated from the dark brown marginal band. The under surface has a 
red-brown median line and black-grey or dark brown markings in the basal half. The ground-colour of the 
$ is usually rust-brown above, but presents a series of transitional forms leading to an almost white ground¬ 
colour as in the specimen figured; the markings are nearly the same in all specimens and the submarginal spot 
in cellule 4 of the hindwing is always very large and much prolonged proximally; in the dark forms a light 
corsandra. median band is sometimes present. Cameroons to Angola. In §-ab. corsandra Druce the wings are black-brown 
above, with a rust-brown median band 4 mm. in breadth. 
rulela. C. adela Stgr. The d is very similar to that of adelina (35 d), but has the ground-colour above bright, 
light ochre-yellow, not becoming darker at the distal margin, and the dark marginal band is broader; the hind¬ 
wing is more produced at the anal angle than in adelina and the cells of both Avings have distinct dentate black 
transverse lines. Concerning the $ Stattdinger writes: ’’The $ closely resembles those of many other Cymothoe- 
species; the upper surface shows a darker (smoke-grey) basal area, distally strongly dentate, followed as far 
as to the narrow dark distal margin by a broad white area, which here bears a dark transverse line and two 
dark dentate bands; of the latter the inner is rather deeply dentate, the outer much more weakly and with 
a darker spot in each tooth; the $ o'f adela differs from that of adelina particularly in the more prominent black 
transverse line (median line) on both surfaces, which in adelina $ is always absent above, the far more weakly 
dentate, darker transverse line before the distal margins (= the submarginal line) and in having the basal area 
of both wings darker and more strongly dentate distally“. Sierra Leone. 
amenides. C. amenities Hew. (35 d) is only known in the female. The black basal area of the upper surface is 
rather evenly bounded distally; the white median band is nearly straight and 4—6 mm. in breadth; between 
the submarginal line and the broad postdiscal band are placed on both wings a row of large, sharply defined 
lunulate or almost coniform white spots. Gaboon. 
C. alcimeda is the smallest .species of Cymothoe ; it approximates rather closely to C. consanguis and 
caenis , but differs from all the other species of the group in the hindwing in both sexes having distinct rust- 
yellow marginal spots at the extremities of the veins, which unfortunately are not brought out in the figure. 
In the d the forewing is deeply emarginate at the distal margin and the hindwing distinctly produced at the 
anal angle; both wings above light yellow, cream-coloured, at the base narrowly darkened and with a com¬ 
plete submarginal line, thickened in cellules 3 and 4; the postdiscal line is always complete on the hindwing. 
In the $ the wings are blackish above with common yellowish white median band, broader on the hindwing, 
and rounded white spots between the thick submarginal line and the narrow postdiscal line; the under surface 
with brown median line, strongly curved on the hindwing. The species is confined to South Africa and there 
alcimeda. only occurs in wooded country. — alcimeda Godt. In the d the forewing above has distinct dark transverse 
lines in the cell and a complete postdiscal line, in the ^ the light median band is narrow and the submarginal 
trimeni. line little distinct. In the western parts of Gape Colony. — trimeni subsp. nov. (35 e, as alcimeda) differs in the 
d in having the cell of the forewing above unicolorous without markings and the postdiscal line only developed 
in cellules 1 a and 2 and in the $ in the light median band being broader and the submarginal line deep 
black and distinct. Eastern parts of Cape Colony, Kaffirland, Natal, Zululand and the Transvaal. 
The following species differ from the preceding in that in the male the postdiscal line does not occur as an independant 
line or hand, but only as a very irregular proximal black bordering to the submarginal line, and in the female the black 
marginal band is divided or almost divided by large white, distally produced submarginal spots. 
jodutta. C. jodutta Westw. (35 c). In the d the wings are cream-yellow above, at the base narrowly dusted AA'ith 
grey and at the distal margin with broad blackish marginal band, broader at the anal angle of the hindwing 
and in cellules 3 and 4 of the forewing and enclosing the undulate, deep black submarginal line; the ground¬ 
colour extends far into the marginal band in cellules 5 and 6 of the fore wing; the under surface is bright light 
yellow with sharply prominent median line, on the hindwing red-brown, on the forewing black, and the usual 
black transverse markings in the basal part; the hindwing with ferruginous transverse band between the costal 
margin and the apex of the cell. In the $the wings are blackish above Avith white transverse band 5—6 mm. 
in breadth, divided at the costal margin of the forewing by a transverse spot as far as vein 5, which at 
the hindmargin of the forewing is placed much further distad than on the hindwing; the postdiscal line is 
narrow, complete, sharply dentate and separated by a more or less large white lunule from the deep black sub¬ 
marginal line, which is composed of coniform spots; the Avhite submarginal (marginal) spots are sometimes 
ehmclcei. small and little distinct; the under surface is brown-grey in the basal part. Liberia to Cameroons. —- ehmckei 
Dew. (35 d) is the more southern race and only differs in the d in having the dark marginal band on the upper- 
side of the forewing broader and in cellules 5 and 6 or at least in 6 completely separating off a light spot 
from the ground-colour and in the Avhite median band of the $ being narrower and the white marginal spots 
larger. Congo. 
