186 EUPHAEDRA. By Dr. 0. Aurivillius. 
ground-colour of the under surface light bluish, and on the hindwing a narrow red costal stripe, usually not 
reaching vein 7. Congo. 
karschi. E. karschi Bartel, like xypete, has a white apical spot on the forewing and the greater part of the 
hindwing beneath red; the subapical band of the forewing is whitish, very narrow (about as in preussi) and 
sharply defined; it consists of 3 small anterior spots and a large one, placed more distally, in cellule 3. On 
the underside of the fore wing the subapical band is white and proximally only narrowly bordered with black; 
the under surface of the hindwing coloured and marked almost exactly as in the typical xypete. Probably 
only a form of the latter. North-West Cameroons. 
Herberti . E. herberti E. Sharpe (44 b) is a very distinct species. The submarginal spots^of both wings are 
small, placed further (5—6 mm.) from the distal margin and united into a continuous line above; the white 
apical spot of the fore wing is very large; the subapical band in the <$ narrow, yellowish and little distinct, 
in the $ broader and whitish and the upper surface entirely or for the most part lighter green, grey-green or 
yellowish green. The under surface differs from all the other forms of the subgroup in the weak development 
of the black markings; the dots in the cell are small or entirely absent, as are also the black discal spots; the 
subapical band of the forewing is only indicated and the submarginal spots, although distinct, are small and 
not deep black; the red costal band of the hindwing is not very sharply marked, is bounded before the middle 
by the black-edged vein 8, but at and behind the middle is extended and covers a part of cellule 7 (in the 
figure this is unfortunately too weakly indicated); the ground-colour of the under surface is light bluish green 
and at the distal margin more or less darkened. In the weakness of the markings on the under surface this 
species corresponds to such forms as eberti and sarita in the other two subgroups. Congo, rare. 
E. gausape differs at once from the preceding in the entire absence of the white apical spot on the 
forewing (only the fringes are occasionally white), while the red costal band of the hindwing is very broad and 
covers cellule 7 from the base onwards and often also cellule 6 as far as the often simple deep black submar - 
ijuk.su pc. ginal spots; no black spot at the base of cellule 7 on the hindwing beneath. — gausape Btlr. Forewing black 
above with broad yellow subapical band and broad golden-green hindmarginal spot; hindwing above golden 
green with broad black marginal band; the under surface yellowish green with black spots in the cells, black 
discal spots in cellules 2—6, black submarginal spots and black hindmargin on the forewing; hindwing in 
the middle broadly yellow, only in the cell and at the distal margin green or bluish. Ashanti to Cameroons. 
c.densa. ah. extensa Bartel only differs in having the yellow subapical band of the forewing even broader and the green 
judith. parts of the upper surface more suffused with yellow. Cameroons. — judltll Weym. has in the $ a triangular 
green subapical band and a small green hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the forewing and in the $ a 
greenish yellow subapical band and a long yellowish green hindmarginal spot on the forewing. Sierra Leone 
and Congo. 
Second Subgroup. 
In this subgroup also the underside of the hindwing is red at the base of the costal margin, but the red colour does not 
reach the middle of the margin and is posteriorly bounded by vein 8 or only covers a small part of the base of cellule 7. 
E. cyparissa is distinguished by the black discal spots and the large black submarginal spots on both 
wings beneath and by having the submarginal spots on the underside of the forewing placed in an irregularly 
curved line, the spots in cellules 3 and 4 being much nearer to the distal margin; the discal spot in cellule 2 
on the forewing beneath is transversely placed and stands before the middle of the cellule. As in the other 
species the hindwing is green above with broad black marginal band and the foreAving at the hindmargin also 
green at least as far as the cell; the underside of the hindwing is more or less extended gold-yelloAV or orange- 
cyparissa. yellow in the middle. — cyparissa Or. (44 a). The forewing above with green subapical band, beneath not 
aurata. red at the base. Sierra Leone and Congo. — aurata Carpent. (44 a). The foreAving above Avith yellow sub- 
sarcoptera. apical band, beneath not red at the base. Niger and Cameroons. — sarcoptera Btlr. has like aurata a broad 
yellow subapical band on the upperside of the forewing, but differs from both the other forms in the presence 
of a bright red spot at the base of the forewing beneath; this spot is placed in the cell and reaches about to 
its middle. Ashanti and Dahomey. 
E. themis agrees with the preceding species in the strongly developed black markings on the under 
surface, but the submarginal spots on the forewing beneath are placed in a quite straight line and the discal 
spot in cellule 2 is elongate and stands in the middle of the cellule or at least reaches the middle. The wings 
have a black ground-colour above and are green, blue, orange-yellow or Avhitish to beyond the middle of the 
hindwing and at the hindmargin of the forewing. The species embraces a large number of aberrations Avhich 
intergrade without any sharp demarcation, but can usually be distinguished by the characters cited here. — 
themis. therm's Him. (43 c). Forewing beneath with distinct light subapical band and aboA^e with red spot at the base; 
the subapical band on the upperside of the forewing is in the <§ gold-yelloAV, in the $ yelloAv or whitish, mo¬ 
derately large, of uniform breadth or narrower at the costal margin, and consists of 3 or 4 spots in cellules 
permixtum. 3—6. Sierra Leone to the Congo. -— ab. permixtum Btlr. only differs in having the subapical band of the 
justitia. foreAving composed of only two spots, in cellules 3 and 4. Gaboon. — ab. justitia Stgr. only differs from the 
