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A. peneleos may be most easily known in all its forms by the underside of the hindwing having a sharply 
defined light median band, the proximal ends of the longitudinal streaks in the distal part being joined by a 
brownish lunate line, which bounds the median band distally, while proximally it is bordered by the sharply 
defined and always darkened basal area; the veins and streaks on the under surface are not or little thickened 
and of uniform breadth. •— peneleos Ward (57 b; 1st fig.). In the (J forewing the scaling is as in pelopeia <$, with peneleos. 
rounded, light reddish-scaled spots in lb and 2 and a streak of the same colour in la; hindwing above blackish 
with a red to red-yellow median band about 7 mm. in breadth, which is distally rounded, and a marginal band 
2—3 mm. in breadth; forewing beneath with the ground-colour grey-yellow to light yellow at the distal margin; 
hindwing beneath only slightly darkened at the base, its marginal band much broader than above, 4.5 mm. in 
breadth. The $ differs much from the S ; the basal part of the forewing is semitransparent light yellow- 
brown as far as the apex of the cell and vein 3, with an elongate dark spot in the cell and often also a rounded 
dark spot beyond the cell in the basal part of cellules 4—6; apex and marginal band lighter than in the ; 
hindwing above yellow-brown to the base, with free black dots, the discal dots often all present; marginal 
band scarcely more than lnnn. in breadth, proximally dentate at the veins; fore whig beneath diaphanous 
with yellow marginal band; hindwing beneath with light yellow median band 3 mm. in breadth behind the dis¬ 
cal spots, in the basal area and at the distal margin darker, grey-yellow; the lunate line connecting the proxi¬ 
mal ends of the marginal streaks as distinct as in the <$. Sierra Leone to the Congo. — $-ab. helvimaculata helvimacu- 
Eltr. only differs from the typical $ in having the forewdng diaphanous almost to the base, with very faint lata - 
reddish tinge, while the upperside also of the hindwing has behind the discal dots a whitish median band 3 mm. 
in breadth, divided by the reddish veins. Lagos. — $-ab. lactimaculata Eltr. (60 a). Wings entirely without icwtimacu- 
recl or brown markings; base of the forewing suffused with black-grey at least as far as vein 2. Hindwing lala - 
on both surfaces dark grey in the basal area and at the distal margin, with white median band, beneath some¬ 
what lighter than above. Fernando Po. — $-ab. sepia Eltr. Forewing semitransparent with black-brown sepia. 
margins, traces of whitish spots in 1 b and 2; hindwing above black-brown, with some red scales at the apex of 
the cell and the proximal side of the marginal band; inner margin yellowish; fore wing beneath yellowish at f he 
margins; hindwing beneath grey-yellow with whitish median band. Fernando Po. — pelasgius Smith is the pelasgius. 
eastern race, though it also occurs in West Africa as an aberration among the type-form; it is distinguished by 
having the basal area and the broad marginal band on the underside of the hindwing dark tawny, so that 
the light yellow median band stands out very sharply. Congo to Uganda; also as aberration in the Cameroons 
to Angola. — gelonica Rothsch. & Jord. differs from ’pelasgius in the more transparent forewing and the chest- gelonica. 
nut-brown ground-colour of the hindwing beneath. Abyssinia. — Larva dark brown with blackish, yellow- 
edged transverse dorsal streaks, yellow lateral lines and red-brown head; the spines black. 
A. parrhasia F. (57 a, 59 e) is so similar in the male to the preceding species that it is sufficient to men- parrhasia. 
tion the differences. Fore wing semitransparent only at the margins, at the base and on the veins with dense 
blackish scaling, in 1 b and in 2 an elongate, reddish-scaled spot; the spot in 1 b is often continued towards 
the base as a reddish stripe ; the cell usually with two separated reddish spots; spots in cellules 3—6 diaphanous; 
on the underside of the fore wing the margins and the median are scaled with yellow; the under surface of the 
hindwing is almost uniform yellow without dark marginal band and with the proximal ends of the marginal 
streaks free. The $ is similar to the but has the fore wing more obtuse with more indistinct and more 
elongate reddish spots and with whitish-scaled spots in cellules 4—6, it differs from peneleos $ in the absence 
of the dark marginal band on the underside of the hindwing. Larva brown with very long black spines and 
light lateral line. Pupa light-coloured with the normal black markings; dorsal spots on the abdomen broadly 
separated, quadrate with light median dot; segments 2—7 with well developed obtuse projections. Sierra 
Leone to the Cameroons. — $-f. oppidia Hew. (57 a) has the red spots of the forewing more distinct and the oppidia. 
whitish spots in cellules 4 — 6 more sharply defined. Fernando Po. —- $-f. parrhoppidia Stgr. The cell and cel- parrhoppi- 
lules lb and 2 of the fore wing almost entirely red; spots 4—6 diaphanous. Cameroons. -—- $-f. leona Stgr. 
(= leonina Baker). Fore wing except at the margins almost diaphanous; hinclwing above yellow-brown to the 
base, next to the narrow marginal band lighter yellowish; under surface as in the type-form but much lighter; 
is similar to the $ of peneleos but more transparent and easy to recognize by the underside of the hindwing. 
Sierra Leone. 
A. grosvenori Eltr. (60 b) approximates to the preceding species in size and shape. Forewing above grosvenori. 
entirely blackish and only in the cell and in place of the spots slightly transparent; hindwing above at the 
base to veins 2 and 7 black, then brick-red with very narrow dark marginal line and very fine streaks on the 
interneural folds, beneath uniform orange-yellow with a few small black dots at the base and long streaks 
at the distal margin on the folds, but the veins scarcely edged with black. Eastern Congo region. 
A. newtoni E. Sharpe. Forewing blackish with a rounded whitish spot in 2 and a whitish subapical newtoni. 
band in 4—6; hindwing blackish above, just beyond the apex of the cell with a red-yellow median band, 
of a uniform breadth of 3 mm., which does not quite reach the inner margin, beneath greenish light grey 
with black dots as far as the apex of the cell, otherwise as above. Island of Sao Thome; only one $ known. 
A. safie Fldr. (57 b) is a small, very distinct species. Both wings densely scaled, black-brown above; safie. 
