neophron. 
violacea. 
ellenbecki. 
182 EUPHAEDRA. By Dr. 0. Aurivillius. 
Synopsis of the Groups. 
I. Fore wing above at most with a light transvers band before the apex and always without light median 
band. 
A. Hindwing above broadly unicolorous (brown, blue, violet or green) at the distal margin without 
a trace of submarginal spots and beneath also with these spots wanting or only dull and indistinct 
a) The light subapical band on the upperside of the forewing is very broad, bright orange and posteriorly 
extends into cellule 2 or even reaches vein 2. 1. Neophron Group. 
b) The light subapical band on the upperside of the forewing is narrower or sometimes indistinct and 
posteriorly reaches at most to vein 3; it is white, light green or yellow. 2. Medon Group. 
B. Hindwing above with distinct submarginal spots before the distal margin, and nearly always also with 
these spots beneath. 
a) The marginal band of the hindwing above with bluish, green or black submarginal spots and beneath 
usually with black ones. 3. Ceres Group. 
b) The hindwing with white or yellowish spots in the dark marginal band. Thorax and abdomen 
with distinct paired white spots above. 4. Eleus Group. 
II. Forewing with two white or yellow transverse bands, one before the apex, the other beyond the middle, 
composed of 2 or 3 spots (in the cell and in cellules 2 and 3). Hindwing above red or orange with broad 
black marginal band. 5. Perseus Group. 
1. Neophron Group. 
The species of this group may be easily known by having the upperside of the hindwing and the basal part of 
the forewing to the beginning of vein 3 similarly coloured, the apical part of the forewing on the other hand black with 
broad orange subapical band and yellow apex. The under surface is dark brown, grey-brown or yellowish with 1—3 black 
.dots in the cells, lighter ($) to whitish ($) median band and oval, not very distinct postdiscal spots. The subapical band 
of the forewing shows through faintly. 
E. neophron Hpjfr. (45 c, d). The orange subapical band of the forewing reaches vein 2 or even extends 
somewhat into cellule lb; the basal part of the forewing and the whole upperside of the hindwing are bright 
green or blue-green with dark marginal band. Larva according to Junod green with two large golden yellow 
spots on each segment. Delagoa Bay to Usambara. -— violacea Btlr. is somewhat larger and differs in ha¬ 
ving the hindwing and the basal part of the forewing above of a beautiful violet colour and in the sub¬ 
apical band of the fore wing not reaching vein 2; the under surface is darker than in neophron, particularly 
in the $. Pupa light green with golden spots. Kilimandjaro and British East Africa. 
E. ellenbecki Png. entirely agrees with the preceding species in the markings, but is smaller and the hind¬ 
wing and the basal part of the forewing are brown-yellow above, and but little darker than the subapical 
band of the forewing. Abyssinia. 
2 . Medon Group. 
The species of this group only agree in having the submarginal spots of the hindwing entirely absent on both 
surfaces, or at least above. They may be easily distinguished by the following synopsis. 
I. Hindwing beneath not red at the base of the costal margin. 
A. Hindwing above unicolorous olive-brown to black-brown in the basal part at least to beyond the 
end of the cell. Forewing with white apical spot. 
a) Hindwing above without blue transverse band, at most with a more or less violet or coppery reflec¬ 
tion at the anal angle. Forewing always with yellow subapical band. 
* Hindwing above without purple gloss at the distal margin. The cells beneath usually only with 
one black dot. 
1. Hindwing beneath without white transverse band but beyond the middle with two transverse 
rows of large, almost confluent dark green submarginal spots. E. spatiosa. 
2. Hinclwing beneath with a white median band, sometimes broken up into spots, extending 
from the costal margin to vein 4, and beyond the middle with only one transverse row of 
darker spots or one transverse band. E. losinga. 
* * Hindwing above at the distal margin with violet or purple gloss, beneath light whitish blue- 
green with distinct white median transverse band between the costal margin and vein 4. The 
cells beneath with three black dots. E. wardi. 
b) Hindwing above beyond the middle with a sharply defined blue transverse band, which is wi¬ 
dened at the anal angle, reaching the distal margin. The'subapical band on the upperside of the fore¬ 
wing in the very narrow or indistinct. 
1. Hindwing beneath without white median spots. E. harpalyce. 
2. Hindwing and usually also the forewing beyond the middle with a transverse row of sharply 
defined white spots. E. eupalus. 
B. Hindwing above in the unicolorous green, blue-green, or to beyond the middle deep blue, in the 
