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broad and oblong, about as long as the spot in 1 b, and the marginal band of the hindwing is narrower (scar¬ 
cely 2 mm broad) and almost spotless. Nyassa-Land. — neavei form. nov. Neave described and figured this nearri. 
form as the $ of A. lofu. But if Karsch is right in saying that the sexes of A. bismarcki are entirely similar, 
it is unlikely that this form and A. lofu exhibiting quite differently spotted forewings are the sexes of the 
same species, neavei is very similar to arctomarginata, likewise showing an oblong discal spot in area 3 of the 
forewing, but being distinguished by the distinct white spots of the somewhat broader black marginal band 
of the hindwing. Judging from Neave’s figure, it represents a A and not a $. Rhodesia. 
A. lofu Neave (75 a) is the first species of a series of forms in which the forewing shows 3 or 4 hyaline lofu. 
spots in the centre and three subapical hyaline dots; the central spots are usually contiguous. Hindwing 
beneath at the costal margin in area 8 and partly at the distal margin ochreous. Rhodesia. 
A. ja H. -Dree. (75 b). Wings above with a brown ground-colour and a lighter yellowish-brown sub- ja. 
marginal band of the hinclwing, beneath the ground-colour is almost monotonously yellowish-brown, the hind- 
margin of the hindwing being paler and all the veins black. South Cameroon. 
A. elegantula Mab. Wings above blackish-brown; forewing with a separate hyaline spot in area 3, eleganlula. 
beneath at the hind-margin in 1 a and 1 b lighter whitish. Hindwing beneath from vein 8 to the liincl-margin 
with a white median band of about 6 mm width traversed by the black veins, and with black margins; the 
marginal band 4 mm broad without light spots. Sierra Leone. Cameroon. 
A. nigeriana Btlr. This species being unknown to me is compared by Butler with zambesiaca, para- nigeriana. 
disea, and plerotica, but it is presumably most closely allied to lucretia and venosa. From the description we 
state the following: hyaline spots as in A. plerotica, besides a white streak in area 10, a white basal spot in 
the discal cell and two white dots at the base of the wing. Hindwing whitish, whereas the base, veins and 
distal margin with the fringes are blackish-brown; shoulder-covers very long, with a white dot at the base, 
one in the centre, and an orange apex; thorax laterally and apically with ferruginous pencils; abdomen at the 
base and apex smoky-grey, in the centre silvery white with a blackish dorsal line; anal pencil orange, at the 
base black. Antennae black; club below white. Wings beneath as above, but the forewing at the posterior 
margin whitish with brown veins; hindwing snow-white, the costal and distal margins of a deeper black. Chest 
and palpi ochreous; venter white with a dark, posteriorly yellowish lateral line. Nigeria. 
A. lucretia H.-Drc. Forewing blackish-brown, at the base more or less scaled brownish-yellow or ferru- lucretia. 
ginous, with hyaline spots in the discal cell (often only 1), in 2, 3, and 6 to 8. Hindwing at the base in 7 and 
8 ferruginous, on both sides between the veins 1 and 8 with a broad white median band and at the distal 
margin with a dark marginal band of 4 mm with, with black veins and whitish marginal dots in 1 b to 3 
or 4. Palpi below yellow. Abdomen white, at the base black, above with a dark dorsal line, beneath with 
black lateral lines, at the apex with a yellow pencil. Cameroon and Congo. 
A. venosa Trim. (75 a) is distinguished by the monotonously yellowish-brown upper surface of the venosa. 
hindwing. Forewing above brown with hyaline spots in the discal cell, in 2, 6 to 8, and often also with a 
small, isolated spot in 3; at the base of the wing two white dots. Fringes of the wings short and dark, at the 
anal angle of the hindwing longer and yellow. Forewing beneath as above, but at the hind-margin in 1 a and 
1 b whitish. Hindwing beneath snow-white, at the base, at the costal margin in 8 and at the distal margin 
black without light spots; costal margin at the base whitish; distal-marginal band posteriorly broader; veins 
only at the hind-margin and near the distal-marginal band black. Palpi below and prothorax yellow’. Trans¬ 
vaal to Rhodesia. — umvulensis E.-Sh. is the extreme dry season form distinguished by the hindwing beneath umvulensis. 
being of a monotonous brownish-yellow without a white central area and without black margins. Masliona 
Land. •— plerotica Karsch is said to be the extreme rainy season form, and according to the description it seems plerotica. 
to differ but little from the type, perhaps only in the somewhat greater extent of the white colour on the 
hindwing beneath. East Africa. — vidua Weym. only differs from umvulensis in the absence of all the hyaline vidua. 
spots of the fore wing. Angola. Mashona Land. 
A. efulensis Holl. (75 b), as the figure shows, deviates from all the other species by the marking above efulensis. 
and by the hindwing beneath being white as far as the margin. Cameroon and North Congo. 
A. rubra Holl. is described in the review and at once recognizable by the reddish wings being similar rubra. 
above and beneath. Congo District: Medje. 
A. levebu apparently occurs in several intermediate local races and seasonal forms. — In levebu Wal- levebu. 
lengr. (= lactea Plotz), the three types of which (2 <$, 1 $) are before me, the costal margin of the forewing 
is on both sides black, the marginal and submarginal bands as well as the black subapical bow of the fore¬ 
wing narrow and only connected by the black veins and consequently the white marginal spots are large and 
all the 6 white subapical spots distinct and oblong. Hindwing beneath with a black longitudinal ray along 
vein 8 to the centre of the costal margin; veins 1 a to 4 and the fold in 1 c more or less edged with black. 
Collar on each side and shoulder-covers in the basal part scaled orange. Palpi beneath white. Cape Colony 
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