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EUPHAEDRA. By Dr, C. Aukiyillius. 
almost to the hinder angle is glossy dark green, with two spots in the cell and a transverse spot at its 
apex black; the apical half is blackish with a narrow gold-yellow subapical band of 4 spots and a green 
reflection outside the band; the hindwing is unicolorous dark green above; the forewing at the apex with white 
fringes. Both wings beneath yellowish green; the forewing dark grey at the hindmargin, with three black dots 
in the cell and instead of the subapical band with three small, free white spots in cellules 4—6; hindwing 
with two black dots in the cell and in the middle with a transverse row of 4 small white spots in cellules 4—7. 
As $ Lathy describes and figures a form which seems to agree fully with losinga v. inaequabilis Thurau. 
He describes it as having the forewing above dark olive-brown; the apical half black with golden-yellow 
subapical band and white apical spot; hindwing above dark olive-brown; forewing beneath green, at the hind- 
margin grey, with two black dots in the cell and four whitish spots instead of the subapical band and 
with an indistinct dark submarginal band; hindwing beneath green with a black dot in the cell, an interrupted 
white median band and an indistinct dark submarginal band. If this $ really belongs to the $ the species 
ulbovittaia. must retain the older name of inaequabilis given by Thurau. Uganda, ab. albovittata ab. nov. differs in the 
$ in having the subapical band of the forewing still narrower, quite straight and on both surfaces com¬ 
plete and nearly continuous and in the underside of the hindwing bearing near the costal margin a white 
longitudinal stripe, starting from the base and extending along cellule 7 nearly to the apex. Uganda: Sesse 
Islands. 
E. medon was the first known species of Euphaedra and was described by Linne as long ago as 1763. 
It is rather variable in colouring, particularly the and recalls some forms of the Ceres group. In the $ 
both Avings are glossy green or bluish above, but at the distal margin more or less broadly blackish; the 
forewing is also broadly black inside the subapical band and has 2 or 3 black spots in the cell; 
the subapical band of the forewing is broad and reaches vein 3; beneath both wings are green 
with dark green submarginal band, 3 large black spots in the cell and a white median band on 
the hindwing, often broken up into spots or even indistinct; above the apex of the forewing has 
white fringes, but no spot. The $ is much larger and has a Avhite apical spot on the foreAving and 
medon. a very broad dark brown or blackish marginal band on the hindwing. — medon L. (45 a). In the $ the 
hindwing is uniform green or bluish above and the subapical band of the forewing yellow, or light bluish 
tinged with green and in the $ the hindwing almost from the base to beyond the middle and the hindmargin 
of the forewing are bright blue-green or bluish; the subapical band of the foreAving is bright yelloAV. Sierra 
ayncs. Leone to Angola. §-f. agues Btlr. (45 a) differs in having the hindwing and the hindmargin of the forewing 
violet-broAVn above, Avith’a light blue or violet-blue median band about 7 mm. in breadth; the subapical 
viridinoiaia. band on the upperside of the foreAving is yellow or Avhite. Sierra Leone to Cameroons. ab. viridinotata Btlr. 
has in the middle of the hindwing above a large greenish yellow spot in the green or bluish area. Gaboon and 
iernanda. Congo. $-ab. fernanda Fruhst. differs from viridinotata in the larger Avhite apical spot of the forewing and 
the much narrower yelloAV subapical band; the under surface is darker than in viridinotata , the Avhite me¬ 
dian band is more sharply expressed and the black submarginal band much widened. Fernando Po. ab. 
albula. albula Thurau has in both sexes a Avhite subapical band on the upperside of the forewing and the 
under surface is clay-yelloAv; in the $ the upperside is chocolate-brown with violet reflection; the 
hindmarginal area of the foreAving as far as vein 2 and the median area of the hindwing are bluish violet . Gui- 
fraudata. nea. As fraudata Thurau describes a $ from Uganda as folloAvs: “The subapical band of the foreAving is stri¬ 
kingly narrow, at the costal margin only about 2 mm. in breadth, at the constriction on vein 4 about 1 mm”. 
Probably belongs to peculiaris. 
luperca. E. luperca Hew. In the $ the Avings are blackish above, in the basal part of the forewing to vein 2 
and at the hindmargin nearly to the anal angle dark greenish blue and on the hindwing except at the costal 
and inner margins with a greenish blue reflection almost to the distal margin; the subapical band of the fore- 
luteofas- AVing is white or light yellow (= ab. luteofasciaia Bartel ), with an almost uniform breadth of about 3 mm., quite 
Giutu. straight, and nearly reaching the distal margin at vein 4, also forming a small spot in cellule 3. The under 
surface is lighter or darker green, at the hindmargin of the forewing dark violet-brown and at the inner 
margin of the hindwing yellow-haired as far as vein 2; the forewing with three black spots placed in a 
straight line, two in the cell, ringed with light green, and the third at its apex; the hindwing likeAvise Avith 
three black spots, one just at the base in cellule 8 and two in the cell; on the forewing the costal margin to the apical 
band, the band itself and the apical spot are pure Avhite; on the hindwing the base of the costal margin 
is blood-red and posteriorly bounded by a snow-white stripe, which follows vein 8 and somewhat beyond the middle 
of the costal margin unites with a white transverse band; this transverse band is feebly curved basewards and reaches 
vein 4 or 3 not far from the distal margin. In these beautiful markings the under surface of this species differs 
from all others. The typical $ is unknown to me and has never been described, but perhaps differs but little 
variegata. from the <$. Old Calabar to the Congo, ab. variegata ab. nov. (45 a as luperca) only differs in having the hind¬ 
wing above to beyond the middle and the forewing in the basal part of cellules 1 a—-2 dark olive-broAvn 
without blue reflection; the blue colour is consequently confined to the broad marginal band of the hind¬ 
wing and the hinder angle of the forewing; the subapical band of the forewing is brighter yelloAV than in 
the type-form. Intermediate forms occur is which the blue colour is more extended. Congo. 
