EURYPHENE. By Dr. 0. Aurivillius. 
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E. luteola Baker. Upper surface of both wings deep velvety blackish bronzy green; forewing beyond luteola. 
the cell and vein 3 somewhat lighter (yellowish) bronzy green; this lighter colour, however, reaches neither 
the base nor the distal margin; in the cell there are three dark spots, one at the base, one in the middle and a 
larger one at the apex; a yellowish oblique band between the costal margin and vein 5, terminating in cellule 
4 with a yellow patch; the apex usually with a small yellow spot; an indistinct row of dark submarginal spots; 
on the hindwing the bronze-green colour often extends nearly to the distal margin; a trace of a dark submarginal 
line. Beneath both wings olive-green with all the markings of the upper surface more or less showing through: 
the base of the costal margin of the forewing is light bluish white to the middle of the cell; the forewing 
with dark, sometimes obsolete submarginal spots; the hindwing with three black spots in the cell and a white 
transverse spot at the middle of celhde 7; the postdiscal spots and the submarginal line dark but not sharply 
defined; cellules 1 a—2 more or less suffused with yellowish. Expanse 77 mm. Congo. 
E. makala Baker agrees with the followish species above, except that the narrow oblique band of the male ala. 
forewing has developed into a broad subapical patch extending to beyond vein 3. The under surface of both 
wings brownish olive-green with the markings of the upper surface showing through; in the cell four dark- 
ringed spots and beyond the middle traces of two dark transverse bands and of the submarginal line ; the hind¬ 
wing with three sharply outlined black dots in the cell and with indistinct traces of a median band and 
a submarginal line. Expanse 89 mm. Makala, Congo region. 
E. leptotypa Baker has both wings black above with pale steel-blue suffusion; the suffusion on the leptotypa. 
forewing confined to the posterior part and anteriorly bounded by vein 3, not extending to the base nor the 
distal margin; the subapical band is white, reaches vein 5 and is accompanied in cellule 4 by a bluish 
white spot which extends nearly to the distal margin; the apex with small white patch; the hindwing is blue 
with a broad marginal band of uniform breadth. The under surface is uniform light bronzy green; the fore¬ 
wing with the markings of the upperside indistinct; the hindwing with a whitish angled dash in cellule 7 
and with indistinct dark submarginal line and postmedian band. Expanse 86 mm. Congo region, at Beni- 
Mawambe. 
E. cufteri Hew. (40 a $; not see below). In the <$ both wings have the ground-colour on the upper- cutteri. 
side almost uniform blackish; the subapical band of the forewing is about 5 mm. in breadth, yellow, reaches 
at least to vein 3 and from vein 5 onwards is broken up and almost parallel with the distal margin, in cellule 
3 and in cellule 4 it usually encloses a small dark spot; in cellules 1 a and 1 b is placed a green hindmarginal 
spot, which, however, extends little if at all beyond the middle of the hindmargin and encloses 2 or 3 black 
spots; the hindwing is bright green from the base to a black marginal band of 6 mm. in breadth, with some 
small black spots in and at the cell; cellules 1 a and lb are black-grey with dense, long hairs. Beneath 
both wings are dull grey-green, at the hindmargin of the foreWing brownish and at the inner margin of the 
hindwing broadly suffused with ochre-yellow as far as vein 2 or 3; the cells bear black spots or transverse 
streaks and cellules 1 b—6 of the forewing black, often triangular basal spots; in each cellule from 5 to 7 of 
the hindwing are placed two black spots separated by a whitish or light green transverse spot; the outer series 
may be regarded as discal spots; the discal spots of the forewing are absent or are only indicated in cel¬ 
lules 1 b—3; near the distal margin of both wings a distinct row of black, sometimes very thick submarginal 
streaks; the subapical band of the fore wing is light yellow and only reaches vein 4; the extreme apex of the 
forewing beneath white. The $ is larger with the forewing longer and only differs in having the apex of the 
forewing white above also, the subapical band of the forewing broader and the under surface lighter with 
thicker black markings. Liberia to Cameroons. •— The $ figured on pi. 40 differs so considerably from the 
typical $ that it deserves a separate name, fasciata form. nov. (40 a as cutteri G) differs in the male in that fasciata. 
the green hindmarginal spot of the forewing almost reaches the distal margin and is connected with the 
subapical band by a green spot in cellule 2, the black marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing is only 
2 mm. in breadth and the discal spots of the under surface are large and sharply defined and form a median 
band extending from vein 4 of the forewing to vein 2 of the hindwing. Cameroons. 
E. cutteri seems to be extremely variable and the following three recently described species, which 
are unknown to me, are perhaps also only forms of it. 
E. cognata Griinb. is allied to innocua and cutteri. Upper surface velvety black as in cutteri , only cognata. 
at the anal margin of the hindwing dark brown; hindmargin of the forewing and central area of the hindwing 
bright blue-green; the very sharp black markings on the upperside of the hindwing in innocua only indi¬ 
cated by a small spot in the cell; subapical band essentially as in innocua , interrupted at vein 5, posteriorly 
broken off before vein 3, the reddish tinge somewhat weaker than in innocua. Ground-colour of the under 
surface as in innocua, dull blue-green to olive-green; base and anal area of the hindwing ochre-yellow; the 
black markings very intensive and compact, the centre scarcely lighter than the circumference; the black 
discal band sharp, on the forewing with the pointed end extending to beyond vein 4, on the hindwing like¬ 
wise reaching vein 4; the separate spots entirely fused into a homogeneous band and essentially sharper than 
in cutteri ; subapical band on the forewing yellowish, as in innocua, 4 mm. in breadth; the black subapical 
spots as in the allied species. Expanse 61 mm. Cameroons: Bibundi. 
