EURYPHENE. By Dr. C. Aurtvillius. 
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First Group. 
The only species belonging here differs from all others both in colouring and markings and also in the shape of 
the wings. In the the distal margin of the forewing is rather deeply emarginate and the hindwing at the apex broadly 
rounded and at the anal angle somewhat produced with two very short, obtuse lobes; vein 1 b is long haired for its entire 
length. In the $ the forewing is shaped as in the q, but the hindwing fully rounded at the anal angle. 
E. elpinice Hew. The wings in the $ red-yellow above, little marked with black; the cell of the elpinice. 
forewing with a black ring in the middle and a hollow transverse marking at the end; beyond the cell three 
black transverse lines begin at the costal margin, of which the first only extends to vein 4, the second is 
continued by some indistinct free spots in cellules 4—2 and the third reaches vein 1, but is broken up into spots; 
at the distal margin a black marginal band 2 mm. in breadth; the upperside of the hindwing is broadly black- 
grey at the costal margin and has in addition a dark marginal band only 1mm. in breadth, an even narrow¬ 
er submarginal band broken up into streaks and some dark transverse markings in the cell; the underside 
of the forewing is dark violet-brown with two large spots in the cell, a spot at the costal margin beyond the 
apex of the cell and the apex of the wing white or whitish; on the hindwing the basal area and a broad costal 
stripe are black-brown, the basal area, however, with a whitish band between vein la and the anterior 
margin of the cell, the distal half is violet-grey and has beyond the middle some dark spots, basally bounded 
by whitish streaks. The $ is orange above and has the apical part of the forewing as far as the cell black 
with a short, dentate white oblique band between the middle of the costal margin and vein 4 and white submar- 
ginaTspots in cellules 3—9; the hindwing only with dark marginal band and submarginal line; the under surface 
as in the only somewhat lighter. Old Calabar to Ogowe. 
Second Group. 
This group is especially characterized by the colour and markings of the $9. These have, as shown in figures d, 
e and f on plate 41, a light yellow median band on the hindwing and the ground-colour of the upperside of the forewing 
is light yellow, interrupted by dark transverse bands or transverse rows of spots; in this respect these 9$ strongly recall 
the species of the genus Catuna and also the 99 of some Diestogyna species. The dark markings of the forewing consist 
of 4 transverse spots or transverse streaks in the cell, another at its apex and 5 transverse bands placed more or less obliquely 
towards the hindmargin, of which the first covers the base of cellules la and lb and only reaches the origin of vein 2, the se¬ 
cond covers the base of cellules 2 and 3 and is often widened in cellules 4—6, the third crosses the middle of the wing, the 
fourth is composed of roimder spots and the fifth forms the marginal band; the hindwing has two dark, often indistinctly sepa¬ 
rated transverse bands at the base and four outside the median band, of which, however, the first two are anteriorly in cellules 
5 and 6 more or less displaced by the median band. In the $$ the ground-colour of the upper surface is usually orange to 
yellow-brown, rarely almost black, and the light median band of the hindwing is entirely absent; the black transverse bands 
are quite the same as in the 99; but in the $<$ always completely developed or when the ground-colour is very dark not 
distinctly prominent. The apex of the forewing is never white. The species are very nearly allied. 
E. carshena Hew. (41 d, f). The <$ of this species differs from the others at once in having the wings carshena. 
blackish above and the dark transverse bands consequently indistinct or absent; on the forewing distinct black 
streaks or spots are present only in the cell, at the middle of the costal margin and near the base of cel¬ 
lules 2 and 3; on the hindwing there is a large black spot just beyond the apex of the cell in cellules 4—6; 
the forewing, however, is bright greenish blue from the base to beyond the middle and the hindwing in 
the cell and in cellules lc—4; the blue colour is rather sharply separated from the ground-colour; the 
under surface is rather light yellow with dull brown or dark markings, of which only a dot and two spots in the 
cell of the forewing, a dot and two rings in the cell and a larger spot near the base of cellules 5 and 6 of the 
hindwing stand out sharply; the blackish submarginal dots are also quite distinct. The $$ of this and the 
next species are distinguished from the rest by the absence in cellules la and lb of the dark spots of 
the third transverse band on the upperside of the forewing, so that the light yellow ground-colour forms a 
large spot in the middle of the hindmargin; the median band of the hindwing is only inconsiderably wi¬ 
dened towards the costal margin, in cellule 5 scarcely more than 5 mm. in breadth and in cellule 6 clothed with 
dark scales; the under surface has the same markings as in the but is lighter; the spot in cellules 5 and 6 
of the hindwing is large, quadrate and very distinct. Gold Coast to the Congo and Albert Nyanza. 
E. tentyris Hew. (41 f). The $ may be at once known by the upperside of the forewing having tentyris. 
along the costal margin a broad bluish green reflection, so that the ground-colour appears light green and the 
dark spots dark green; the greenish colour is posteriorly sharply bounded by vein 2 and distally scarcely reaches 
the fourth transverse band; the ground-colour of the upper surface is otherwise dark yellow-brown and the 
dark transverse bands conspicuous; the under surface is grey-brown and characterized by a quadrate snow- 
white spot before the middle of cellule 7 on the hindwing. The $ is very similar to that of carshena and has 
like it a yellow hindmarginal spot on the forewing, but this is narrower and extends somewhat into cellule 2; 
the median band of the hindwing is anteriorly somewhat broader, about 6 mm. in cellule 5. Sierra Leone to 
Angola. — seeldrayersi Auriv. differs in having the wings in the <$ entirely dark blue above with indistinct seeldrayersi. 
