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EURYPHENE. By Dr. C. Auriyillius. 
arcadius. 
staudingeri. 
barce. 
achillaena. 
muculata. 
chloeropis. 
and two transverse rows of white spots; the brown basal part is without markings or has some fine dark trans¬ 
verse streaks; the hindwing has a strongly undulate submarginal line and is more or less broadly darkened 
at the distal margin; the under surface is grey-brown, somewhat darker at the base, the markings indis¬ 
tinct; the subapical band of the forewing is represented by 3 or 4 free, almost silvery spots. The species 
strongly recalls mardania $ above. Lagos to Angola. 
E. arcadius F. (40 b). The hindwing and the basal one-fourth of the forewing are very dark chestnut- 
brown above, with indistinct markings; the cell and the base of cellules (2) 3—6 are bluish green, the former 
with two black transverse lines; the entire distal part on the contrary is black with three transverse rows 
of large white spots, suffused with greenish; a greenish transverse streak is usually present also in cellule 7 of 
the hindwing. The under surface agrees almost entirely with that of plistonax. Sierra Leone to Gold Coast. 
E. staudingeri Auriv. (40 b) is the largest and also one of the most beautiful species of Euryphene. 
Beneath tlie agrees entirely with the $, which we figure here, but on the upperside it differs in having 
both wings brown, the spots of the forewing yellow and the subapical band of the forewing smaller and yellow; 
the hindwing is almost unicolorous, the dark markings being very indistinct. In the $ the forewing is deep 
black above with broad white subapical band, greenish white spots in the transverse toavs and green transverse 
lines in the cell; the under surface is a delicate greenish grey with sharply prominent black-brown mark¬ 
ings, the arrangement of which is best seen from the figure. Cameroons and Gaboon. 
Seventh Group. 
This group, the characters of which have been given in the synopsis, embraces only a single species, which shows 
no close affinity Avith other species, but recalls staudingeri in the shape and position of the transverse band on the under 
surface. 
E. barce Dbl. The under surface is light yelloAV, in places somewhat suffused Avith grey, and has 
rust-brown markings; from the apex of the foreAving to the middle of the inner margin of the hindwing runs a 
broad rust-brown median band, gradually widened posteriorly, which is sharply, but on the hindwing somewhat 
irregularly defined; in the middle and at the apex of the cell of the foreAving there are two broad rust-brown 
transverse bands, surrounded Avith lighter brown; a transverse streak in cellule 7 and three rings in the cell 
of the hindwing are also brown; the submarginal line is fine, blackish, and dentate in each cellule in the shape 
of a W. In the the greater part of the hindwing and the basal half of the foreAving are bright blue-green 
above; the apical half of the forewing is black with narrow green subapical band; on the hindwing cellules 1 a 
and I b are black and there is a black marginal band, narrow in cellules 1 c—4, then rapidly widened. The 
$ is unknown to me, but is perhaps identical with the following form. Sierra Leone to the Niger. $-ab. 
achillaena Bartel (40 b). The hindAving is light violet-blue above to beyond the middle and the forewing in 
cellules 1 a—3; the subapical band of the forewing is Avhite, but very narrow, only 1mm. in breadth; two 
transverse streaks at the apex of the cell of the forewing and the proximal part of the distal half of the hind¬ 
Aving are sometimes yelloAvish. Togo. — maculata Auriv. (40a; as barce) is a local race inhabiting the Ca¬ 
meroons and French Congo, and differs from the typical form in having the subapical band of the foreAving 
in the J broader and light yellow or Avhitish and in the $ 5 mm. in breadth and nearly white; the $ has on 
the upperside of the hindwing a black marginal band with an almost uniform breadth of 6—7 mm., but other- 
Avise nearly agrees with the thus differing greatly from achillaena ah. 
Eighth Group. 
Hindwing above green or bluish green to the middle or beyond; forewing also often more or less suffused with 
greenish. Wings beneath without common median band, but at the base with distinct black markings at least in the 
cells. In the $$ the apex of the forewing is white above. In these characters this group closely approximates to the 
genus Euphaedra and some species are so similar to those of Euphaedra that they have been described as such. 
The first four species were only desciibed from the Qrj' and are unknown to me; I am therefore only able to 
repeat the original descriptions. 
E. chloeropis Baker. Both wings bronzy blue-green above; foreAving Avith the base of the cell filled 
up by a black patch and beyond this with a narrow undulate dash, folloAved by two spots; the cell closed 
by a largish spot and the cellules beyond filled up with black for a short distance; this black colour is conti¬ 
nued as a cloudy band to the hinder angle; a black spot in the basal part of cellule 2; apical part blackish with a 
small white spot at the apex. Hindwing with a broad black marginal band, with a greenish hue in certain lights. 
Beneath both wings are dirty greenish; the forewing at the base of the costal margin light bluish, with 
two spots in the middle and one at the apex of the cell, all outlined with black; an indistinct postmedian trans¬ 
verse stripe betAveen vein 4 and the liindmargin; the apex with some small white spots; the hindwing 
Avith two dark rings in the cell and the inner margin with yelloAV hairs. Expanse 72 mm. Congo: Makala. 
