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EURYPHENE. By Dr. C. Atjrivillius. 
markings, but beneath they are as in the type-form, only somewhat more grey, while in the $ the light yellow 
hindmarginal spot on the forewing is divided by a black transverse line. Is perhaps an independent species. 
In the interior of the Congo region. 
subtcntyris. E. subtentyris Strand. “Nearly allied to tentyris Heui., but characterized inter alia by the 
faint bluish violet reflections present only in the dorsal area of the forewing; the species further differs 
from tentyris as follows: colouring of the upper surface darker, in the costal area of the forewing no bluish 
reflections at all, on the other hand with these reflections on the entire hindwing excepting its dorsal area; 
the rows of black spots on the forewing are of uniform distinctness to the hindmargin; on the hindwing the whole 
basal area is suffused with blackish.” Cameroons. 
dbesa. E. abesa Hew. (41 d, e) differs from all the other species of this group in the underside of the hindwing 
having three deep black dots in the cell instead of a dot and two rings. In the $ the wings are very dark 
velvety black-brown above; on this dark ground-colour the black transverse markings only show indistinctly. 
The $ has the transverse rows of spots on the forewing complete and the yellow median band on the hind- 
wing at least 10 mm. in breadth in cellules 5 and 6. Gold Coast to the northern Congo. 
E. absolon. Both wings in the $ with yellow-brown ground-colour above and continuous or nearly 
continuous dark transverse bands, beneath with yellow-grey or grey-brown ground-colour without large blackish 
markings and without dark oblique line in the apex of the forewing. The $ above very similar to that of 
absolon. zonara, but beneath without dark oblique line in the apex of the forewing. -— absolon F. (41 d, f). Wings 
micans. above in the without blue reflection. Cameroons to the Congo. — micans Auriv. The wings of the <$, 
when viewed obliquely from the side, have a bright blue reflection above and ai'e somewhat darker on both 
eniebbiae. surfaces than in the type-form. Cameroons and Congo. — entebbiae Lathy is somewhat larger and even 
darker than micans, but seems otherwise entirely to agree with it; it is not mentioned whether the wings have a 
blue reflection above or not. Uganda. 
zonara. E. zonara Btlr. (41 d). In the the wings are orange or light brown-yellow above and the black 
transverse bands narrow and almost completely broken up into small, well separated spots; hence the light 
ground-colour occupies much more space than in the other species; the under surface is grey-yellowish and only 
differs from that of absolon in having the apex of the forewing divided by a not sharply defined oblique band 
running in the direction of the middle of the hindmargin. The $ agrees with the allied species above and 
only differs beneath from that of absolon in the dark oblique band at the apex of the forewing. Gold 
Coast to the interior of the Congo region. 
mandinga. E. mandinga Fldr. (41 d) differs beneath in both sexes in the yellow-grey or whitish grey basal half of 
both wings, which is chequered with large, angular black-grey spots; the dark spots are placed chiefly in 
the basal part of cellules 1—6. In the A the wings are bright orange above, somewhat darker than in zonara 
and with the dark spots somewhat larger but still free. Idle $ exactly agrees with that of zonara above. Sene¬ 
gal to Congo. 
oxione. E. oxione Hew. (41c) is distinguished by the black-brown, nearly straight and very distinct transverse 
band on the under surface; this extends from the apex of the forewing to the middle of the inner margin of the 
hindwing and is somewhat more sharply expressed on the hindwing than on the forewing. In the $ the 
ground-colour of the upper surface is dark yellow-brown, and the dark transverse bands are broad and 
continuous. The $ is similar to the other $$ above, but has the apex of the forewing very acute. Old 
Calabar to Angola and Toro. 
Third Group. 
The (Jd agree with those of the second group in having just the same dark transverse bands above, though when 
the ground-colour is very dark the transverse bands sometimes become quite indistinct; they differ from the <$<$ of the 
preceding group either in the white base of the costal margin on the forewing beneath or in the quite different, more or less 
greenish ground-colour of the under surface. On the upper surface the forewing has at the costal margin between the se¬ 
cond and third transverse bands in the $$ nearly always, but in the <J<J rarely, a light subapical band, which, however 
reaches at most to vein .3. The $$ are quite unlike those of the second group, are above more or less suffused with green or blue 
(especially on the hindwing) and have usually no dark transverse bands or these are indistinct. 
'partita. E. partita Auriv. (41 c) differs from all other species in the sharply defined, common, nearly straight 
dark transverse band on the under surface, which lias quite the same course as in oxione ; the under surface 
is of a delicate, greenish or bluish grey colour with a dark submarginal line on both wings; the hindwing further 
with a similar line behind the middle. In the $ the wings have a dark brown ground-colour above, with 
distinct transverse bands and a brown-yellow subapical band on the forewing. The $ has as distinct black 
transverse bands on the upperside as the <$, but the ground-colour of tlie forewing is light green and that 
of the hindwing coffee-brown; the subapical band of the forewing is white and the apex of the whig sharply 
produced. This very distinct species has been found in the Cameroons and the Congo region. 
