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preceding in having the yellow subapicaljband^of the forewhig very broad and rounded. Lagos to Gaboon. 
— ab. adonina Hew. (44 b) has the hindmarginal spot of the forewing and the basal part of the hindwing adonina. 
above orange-yellow and the apex of the forewing more than usually produced, but otherwise agrees with 
justitia. Old Calabar. — ab. janetta Btlr. The forewing above without red at the base; its subapical band janetta. 
on both surfaces gold-yellow or yellowish; both wings beneath violet-red at the base. Ashanti to Cameroons. 
— ab. reducta Bartel differs from janetta in not having the forewing beneath red at the base. Cameroons. reducia. 
— ab. aureola Kirby (43 c, cl) is also near to janetta, but the red spot at the base of the under surface is not aureola. 
violet-red but brick-red. Cameroons. — ab. campaspe Fldr. The subapical band of the forewing beneath campaspe. 
distinct and white, above hi the $ green, in the $ white; the cliscal spots of the under surface 
black and distinct;] on the upper surface the hindmarginal spot of the forewing and the basal part of the 
hindwing are dark green in the <$, light green to greenish white hi the $; the forewing above without red, but 
beneath red in the basal half of the cell. Gaboon, Congo, Angola.—ab. niveovittata Auriv. (44 b) approach- niveovittata. 
es the preceding form, but differs from it and from all the other forms of themis in having the blackdiscal 
spots of the under surface absent or small and indistinct. The subapical band of the forewing is beneath white, 
but above light green in the $ and white in the §; the large hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the fore¬ 
wing and the basal part of the hindwing above are golden yellow in the <$, nearly white hi the $; on the under 
surface the black spots in the cells are distinct, but the submarginal spots smaller than usual; the hindwing 
has the spot at the base of the costal margin brick-red and in cellule 7 a white longitudinal stripe, which is 
joined posteriorly to a white median transverse band; in the $ the basal half of the forewhig and the greater 
part of the hindwing are white or whitish beneath; forewing above without red at the base. Southern Congo. 
— The last three forms differ from the rest in the forewing having a uniform green ground-colour beneath, 
without light subapical band; on the upper surface both the subapical band and the hindmarginal spot of the 
forewing are uniform dark green, as is also the basal part of the hindwing; the forewing above not red at the 
base; the black discal spots of the under surface are large and sharply marked and the hindwing in the 
middle broadly golden yellow or yellowish; the base of the costal margin of the hindwing is violet-red. — 
ab. normalis Stgr. (43 d). The discal spots on the underside of the forewhig are very large and are placed normalis. 
in a row vertically to the hindmargin, hence nearly parallel with the distal margin; the subapical band on 
the upper surface is completely separated from the hindmarginal spot. Sierra Leone. — ab. aberrans Stgr. aberrans. 
only differs from normalis in having the subapical band of the forewhig joined to the hindmarginal spot by 
a large green spot in cellule 2. Sierra Leone. — ab. vetusta Btlr. (44 a) is distinguished from the two prece- vetusta. 
ding by having the discal spots on the forewhig beneath placed in an oblique row running towards the hinder 
angle. Sierra Leone and Congo. 
E. eberti Auriv. (44 cl) is perhaps only an extreme form of the preceding species, with which it is eberti. 
connected to some extent by niveovittata ; on the other hand it approximates closely to the forms sarita and 
inanum of the following subgroup, scarcely differing from them except in the reddish spot at the base of the 
costal margin on the underside of the hindwing. Both wings beneath without black discal spots and with indistinct 
or greenish, small submarginal spots; the subapical band of the forewing is in the entirely absent on both 
surfaces or is white, as in the in the $ the forewing above is marked quite as in sarita (44 c), with green 
or blue spots on the fore wing which are not sharply defined; the under surface has distinct black spots in the 
cells and often also at the base of cellule 8 on the hindwing and in the £ a brown-yellow ground-colour, which 
is only in the cell and in cellule 7 of the hindwing more or less tinged with bluish; in the $ the under surface 
is darker, grey-brown, but often broadly suffused with light bluish in the basal part of both wings; the hind¬ 
wing has usually a broad white median band between vein 3 and the costal margin. 
Third Subgroup. 
The species of this subgroup may he at once known by the hindwing not being red at the base of the costal margin 
beneath. In this subgroup also occur forms with and without black spots on the under surface. 
E. ceres differs from the other forms of the subgroup in having distinct, though sometimes small, 
black discal spots on the underside of both wings; also the cells beneath always with 2 or 3 black spots; the 
hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the forewing is green or bluish, rarely reaches the base, but cellule 2; 
hindwing blue or green above. The species is very variable and the forms erected intergrade without sharp 
dividing-lines. — ceres F. (43 a). Wings beneath with distinct black submarginal spots, the black discal ceres. 
spots in cellules 3—5 on the underside of the forewing, which basally bound the light subapical band, are 
usually large and placed close behind the apex of the cell, which is closed by a black transverse spot; hindwing 
beneath with white or whitish median band and above usually with black discocellular spot; the subapical 
band of the forewing is light greenish or whitish above, rarely yellow; the under surface at least in the basal 
part green or bluish, in the marginal part often suffused with brown; the fringes white-spotted. — ab. nigro- nigrocilia. 
cilia Lathy (44 a) lias both wings greenish yellow beneath as far as the submarginal spots, without white 
median band on the hinclwing; the fringes are unicolorous black; the subapical band on the upperside of 
the forewing is broadly rounded and greenish yellow. Nigeria. — ab. afzelii Fldr. (43 b). Hindwing be- afzelii. 
