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dered with white. Moreover, Bethune-Baker says in the description of L. marshalli that it differs from phoenicis by the 
discal spots 1 b and 1 c of the hindwing being filled up with a quite dark colour, whereas in phoenicis they are entirely 
f the ground-colour; in the figures, however, they are in both species almost equally dark. In specimens lying before 
me from Cameroon, which I consider to be phoenicis, they are alo dis inctly darker than the ground-colour. On the other- 
hand, the figures exhibit differences, e. g. on the hindwing above, which are not mentioned in the descriptions. If we could 
rely upon the figures, we might easily distinguish the three species, as follows: 
A. Hindwing above at the margin without black markings, in 1 c with a fine white marginal line. L. hades. 
B. Hind wing above at the margin with black spots or a black transverse line. 
«. Hindwing above between the proximal margin and vein 6 with a fine, black marginal line distally 
bordered with white. L. phoenicis. 
[3. Hindwing above in the areas I c to 5 with separate, black, proximally rounded marginal spots. 
L. marshalli. 
L. hades (71 i) $. ,,Both wings monotonously dark brown, forewing with an indistinct dark spot at hades. 
the cell-end and an equally broad dark, bent submarginal line extending from the costal margin to the posterior 
margin and not running parallel to the margin (in the figure it is parallel to the margin). Under surface: both 
wings dark brown with slightly darker spots finely bordered with white; forewing with a broad, wedge-shaped 
basal spot, an oblong spot at the cell-end, before which there is a small spot at the costal margin; the discal 
band is irregular, the discal spots 6 and 7 are united, 6 larger than 7, 4 and 5 still larger and closer at the 
margin, 4 more towards the margin than 5, 3 and 2 removed towards the base, posteriorly touching the central 
spot, 2 larger than 3 and somewhat more towards the base, the discal spot in 1 b is slanting so near to the 
base that it almost touches the basal spot; a bent, rather broad submarginal line showing through above, and 
a fine dark marginal line. Hindwing with the basal band divided into two parts; the anterior part is almost 
oviform, the posterior part irregular, at the posterior margin of the discal cell broken and behind strangulated; 
an oblong central spot; discal band irregular; the discal spots 6 and 7 united, 7 larger and darker than 6, 4 
and 5 united and situate much more towards the margin, 3 very small, removed much more towards the base, 
2 larger, with its proximal side touching the central spot; the discal spots in 1 c and 1 b together form an angle 
and are removed so far towards the base that they almost touch the basal band; a bent submarginal band; 
four small, almost crescentiform, blackish marginal spots in 4 to 7; a black marginal spot in 2 strewn with 
lustrous metallic blue scales and proximally bordered with orange, and a similar spot at the anal angle.“ 
Sierra Leone. 
If these differences are maintainable, the specimens lying before me from Cameroon must be inserted in hades from 
which, however, they differ by the black marginal spot in area 2 of the hindwing above. 
All three species are probably only forms of a somewhat variable species. But as I cannot decide upon this question 
at present, I must confine myself to repeating the original descriptions of the three forms. 
L. phoenicis Karsch (71 i). ,,Shape, size and habitus entirely as in Triclema lucretilis Hew., but the phoenicis. 
wings are above uni-coloured dark brown without the neat, blue scaled rings of lucretilis, the under surface of 
the wings is not of a dark brown ground colour, but greyish-brown, and the light bands which make the ground¬ 
colour appear to be divided into narrow, unequally broad transverse areas, are not so brilliantly white as in 
lucretilis ; on the forewing beneath two anteriorly convergent white transverse streaks enclose towards the 
base a dark brown triangular area, which is then followed distally at first by a greyish-brown, narrow trans¬ 
verse area, then a greyish-brown transverse area crossing the centre of the wing and being darkened before 
and behind the middle, hereafter beyond the centre a narrow transverse area exhibiting two dark brown spots 
in the middle, then another transverse band being broad at the costal margin and exhibiting a dark brown 
spot between the upper radial (vein 6) and lower radial (vein 5) and the 3rd median branch (vein 4) and tape- 
ring off at the 1st median branch (vein 2), finally towards the margin beside the narrow, blackish marginal 
line another narrow, but behind the 1st median branch somewhat broader, darker brown proximal transverse 
area and a very narrow, greyish-brown distal transverse area. In the hindwing towards the base two large, 
dark brown spots distally and proximally narrowly bordered with white, the anterior between the costal (vein 8) 
and subcostal (vein 7), the posterior beginning behind the subcostal and extending somewhat strangulated 
to the anal margin, then at the costal margin a smaller spot, on the centre two spots next to each other and 
beyond the centre two more between the 2nd (vein 3) and 1st median branch (vein 2); between the latter and 
the submedian (vein 1 b) dark brown spots extending strangulated tail-like to the anal margin; all the spots 
are proximally and distally accompanied by irregular narrow white transverse strokes; between the 2nd and 1st 
median branches and on the submedian (here parted by the vein being scaled red at the end) there is one large, 
blackish-brown spot each, exhibiting metallic blue scales and being proximally margined with red; neither 
is this spot absent in lucretilis, but it is not margined with red there.“ Sierra Leone to Uganda and Rhodesia. 
L. marshalli B.-Bak. (71 i). £. ,,It differs from phoenicis Karsch by the under surface which is browner, marshalli. 
with very dark brown basal spots on both wings; in Karschs species they are of the ground-colour, i, e. grey; 
