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E. eleus is very variable and is distinguished at once from the other two species by the underside of 
the hindwing having at the costal margin a broad white longitudinal stripe, just as in E. preussi, beginning 
at the base and almost entirely filling up cellule 7 as far as the submarginal spot. The submarginal spots of 
the hindwing are pure white and the cell entirely without a spot at the end; the subapical band of the fore- 
i zampa. wing is narrow, above white or yellow, beneath always white. — zampa Westw. (42 c). Forewing above uni- 
colorous light bluish grey-green, with very narrow, sometimes interrupted, white subapical band and white 
apical spot; hindwing above similarly coloured, only occasiohally tinged with red-yellow in the cell, and with 
very broad, white-spotted marginal band. Beneath both wings are red-yellow, at the distal margin more or 
ferruginea. less greenish grey; cell of the forewing with 3, of the hindwing with one black dot. Sierra Leone. — ab. ferru- 
ginea Stgr. only differs in having the hindwing above brown-red to beyond the middle and only close to the 
rattrayi. marginal band narrowly greenish. Old Calabar, Cameroons. —- ab. rattrayi E. Sharpe is another near ally of 
eleus. zampa, apparently only differing in having the forewing above brown-red near the base. Uganda. — eleus 
Drury (42 b; erroneously called ruspina). Both wings above in the basal half red-brown to yellow-brown; the 
apex of the fore wing without white spot, only the fringes white. The apical part of the forewing and the mar¬ 
ginal band of the hindwing above black or black-blue; the cell of the forewing above without black dots; the 
hybrida. black colour of the forewing does not reach the base of vein 3. Sierra Leone to Angola and Uganda. — ab. hy¬ 
brid a Auriv. The apical part of the forewing and the marginal band of the hindwing are tinged with greenish; 
the apical part of the forewing is narrower and does not cover the base of cellules 4 and 5, which is orange- 
yellow for a breadth of about 5 mm., the subapical band of the fore wing above is light yellow and irregular, 
the spot in cellule 3 being punctiform and that in 4 much larger than the others; otherwise agrees with eleus. 
coprates. Congo. —- ab. coprates Druce (42 a, as hybridus ; 42 b). The cell of the forewing above with 2 black dots; the 
marginal band of the hindwing and the apical part of the forewing above more or less tinged with greenish; 
orientalis. 'otherwise similar to E. eleus. Congo and Angola. — ab. orientalis Rothscli. only differs from eleus in having 
the white subapical band of the fore wing broader, the black apical part of the upperside of the forewing extend¬ 
ing to the base of vein 3 and in the presence of two black spots in the cell of the forewing above, as in co- 
prates. Congo and German East Africa. 
ruspina. E. ruspina Heiv. (42 b, as eleus) has almost the colour and markings of eleus, but the shape of the wings 
is different, the forewing being shorter and more obtuse, with the distal margin weakly excised, and the hind¬ 
wing distinctly but shortly produced at the anal angle. On the underside of the hindwing the white costal stripe 
is entirely absent. The red-yellow ground-colour is alike on both surfaces; the black apical part of the fore¬ 
wing and the marginal band of the hindwing are as sharply defined beneath as above; the marginal band of 
the forewing is much narrower between the hinder angle and vein 3 than in eleus ; the subapical band of the 
forewing is white, sometimes narrow, sometimes broad and rounded; the breast with 2 very large white lateral 
spots at each side. The species bears a great external (mimetic ?) resemblance to some Geometrids, such as 
Aletis helcita L., and some Agaristids, as Weymeria athene Weym. and Tuerta ruspina Auriv. 
5. Perseis Group. 
The species of this group are easily distinguished from all others by the light median transverse hand, sometimes 
broken up into spots, on the black fore wing. This band consists of a transverse spot in the cell, an elongate spot in cellule 
2 and often also a narrow spot in 1 b along the posterior side of vein 2. In addition to the median transverse band the fore¬ 
wing has, as in nearly all the species of the genus, a subapical band, which is white or yellowish. The hindwing is red or 
red-yellow on both surfaces, with black marginal band. 
perseis. E. perseis Drury (42 a). Forewing with a red-yellow hindmarginal spot, covering the base of cellules 
1 a and 1 b and reaching the median transverse band; this consists of 3 yellow spots, the one in cellule 1 b 
small and narrow and the one in the cell rounded and separate; the marginal band of the hindwing on both 
surfaces with white submarginal spots and beneath continued along the costal margin to vein 8, filling up cel¬ 
lule 7 except at the base and broadly edged with light yellow proximally. Hindwing produced at the anal angle 
as in ruspina. Sierra Leone and Liberia. 
euscmoidcs. E. eusenioides Sm. & Kirby (42 a). Forewing above without hindmarginal spot, the median band 
consisting of only two separated spots (in the cell and in cellule 2); the marginal band of the hindwing on both 
surfaces unspotted; the cell of the forewing beneath red at the base, both with 3 black dots; hindwing beneath 
spotted with light yellow in the middle (in cellules 4 and 5). Congo. 
imitans. E. imitans Holl. is similar to the preceding species, but the median band of the forewing is less inter¬ 
rupted, the forewing has several small blue spots at the base and a long yellow stripe at the hindmargin and 
the hindwing has above 3 black dots in the cell and two blue siibmarginal dots in each cellule. Ogowe Valley; 
rare and little known; much resembles Xanthospilopteryx longipennis Wkr. 
zaddachi. E. zaddachi Dew. (44 c). Forewing J>lack above, with slight greenish reflection and with no other mark¬ 
ings but the two yellow, continuous transverse bands; marginal band of the hindwing above unspotted, 
