Pub 1. 11. V. 1925. 
OXYPALPUS. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
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4. Genus: ^xypalpus Wts. 
Vein 2 of the forewing rises from the centre of the cell. Veins 3 and 4 of the hindwing from the 
same place or in the often on a short fork. 
Review of the Species. 
A. Hindwing beneath without light longitudinal stripes between the veins. 
a. Hindwing beneath without black dots or a transverse row of dark rings. 
*. Hindwing beneath uni-coloured light brownish-yellow, at most with a very fine, black marginal 
line and a dark longitudinal stripe in area 1 c; above for the greatest part orange. 0. ignitus. 
**. Hindwing beneath in the centre and at the hind-margin dark brownish-red, at the base, costal 
margin, distal margin, and in 1 c black, above black with two fine reddish longitudinal rays from 
the base. O. niger. 
[3. Hindwing beneath with several black or brown dots, with dark rings or darker transverse bands. 
*. The discal and submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath are of the ground-colour, but in black 
rings and thereby very conspicuous. Forewing above without discal spots in 4 and 5, and without 
a yellow stripe at the base of the costal margin, in the discal cell with two small spots. 
0. annulifer. 
**. Hindwing beneath without ring-spots. 
1..Hindwing beneath lighter or darker brownish-yellow with several brown or blackish dots and 
a triangular black marginal spot in lb. Of the dark dots one is at the base of area 7, 4 in 
a row transversely across the apex of the discal cell (2 in 1 c, 1 or 2 in the cell, and 1 in 7), 
and the others in a submarginal double row, 2 each in 1 c to 6. 0. biseriata. 
2. Hindwing beneath with two darker, indistinct transverse bands'. 0. numa. 
B. Hindwing beneath with several whitish longitudinal stripes between the light yellowish veins. O. harona. 
0. ignitus is a variable species the forms of which, however, are apparently not very strikingly 
distinct from each other. In the the hindwing above, at the base of the veins 2 to 4, shows a small mealy 
spot which is more or less covered by a yellow hair-pencil of the discal cell. Forewing above at the costal 
margin beginning from the centre, at the apex and distal margin broadly black, besides with black stripes in 
the discal cell, a coniform black spot in 4 and 5 behind the cell-apex, and more or less developed black 
longitudinal rays in 1 a and 1 b proceeding from the marginal band. In the $ the yellow markings of the 
forewing are very much reduced and only form a narrow irregular discal band in 1 b to 8 and coherent with 
it a longitudinal stripe at the costal margin as far as the base, ignitus Mob. {<$ = pyrosa Ploiz ; $ = ignitus. 
gisgon Mab.) (77 e). The mealy spot on the hindwing above is of the ground-colour, not darkened. Forewing 
above with strongly developed black markings, but beneath without a black mealy spot behind the centre 
of vein 1, only at the base and at the anal margin in 1 a beyond the centre narrowly black. Sierra Leone 
to Ogowe. — wollastoni Heron. The mealy spot of the hindwing above is more or less darkened by wollastoni. 
intermixed black scales. Forewing above with somewhat smaller black markings, beneath at least with traces 
of a black spot behind the centre of vein 1. Cameroon. Ruwenzori. — fulvus Lathy (77 f). <$. Hindwing above fulvus. 
with a distinct black mealy spot. The black markings of the forewing above are still smaller. Forewing 
beneath with an oblong black spot behind the centre of vein 1. Nigeria. Ituri. 
0. niger H. Drc. (77 e). Forewing above uni-coloured brownish-black, beneath with brownish-red niger. 
spots (see the figure). Congo District on the Kassai River. 
0. anrtulifer Holl. (77 d). The figure makes the description superfluous. Gabun: Ogcwe Valley, annulifer. 
0. biseriatus Mab. (= zimbazo Tr., ict.eriana Strd.) (77 i). The excellent description by Mabille biseriatus. 
proves that his Pamphila biseriata (which he did not even later on examine precisely and which is placed to 
Pardaleocles in Genera Ins.) is quite surely identical with zimbazo Trim. P. icteria Mab. was hitherto united 
with this species, but Strand is correct in saying that the description of icteria does not fit to zimbazo. The 
species is easily ascertained by the figure and the review of the species. 
0. numa Drc. was described as a Parosmodes, but compared with icteria Mab. (presumably biseriatus). numa.' 
As I could not examine the species, I must consider its generic position to be uncertain. According to the 
description, the body is above black, beneath greyish-brown like the legs. Forewing black; a yellowish-brown 
spot at the end of the discal cell and another more towards the margin at the costal margin; from this spot 
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