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APHNAEUS. By Dr. C. Auriyillius. 
*. The discal spots of the areas 2 to 6 of the forewing as well as 2 to 7 of the hindwing combined 
forming broad straight transverse bands. The basal spots of the discal cell and of area 7 of the 
hindwing also form a broad silvery band. Eyes hairy. A. orcas. 
**. The discal spot 4 on the forewing beneath is situate much nearer at the margin than the others, 
the row of the discal spots is thereby sharply interrupted in area 4. 
o. Forewing above without white spots in the black apical part. 
1. Forewing beneath without a basal spot at the costal margin in area 12. The spot at the 
end of the discal cell of the hindwing beneath is moderately large and at least united 
with the discal spot 7. 
a. The discal spots 2 and 3 of the hindwing beneath touch the spot at the end of the discal 
cell and form with this spot and the discal spots 6 and 7 an almost straight transverse 
band. Eyes hairy. A. propinquus. 
b. The discal spot 2 of the hindwing beneath is not connected with the spot at the cell- 
end and is situate nearer at the margin than the latter. A. argyrocyclus. 
2. Forewing beneath at the costal margin in area 12 with a silvery basal spot which is united 
with the basal spot of the cell. The silvery spot at the end of the discal cell on the hindwing 
beneath is large and round, entirely separated from the discal spots. A. brahami. 
oo. Forewing above with white discal spots in the black apical part and a similar spot at the 
end of the discal cell, beneath at the base of the costal margin with a silvery spot in area 12. 
1. Wings above at the margin blackish. A. hutchinsoni. 
2. Wings above at the margin with a ferruginous-brown band. A. drucei. 
(3. The spots beneath not with a silvery lustre, ochreous-yellowish with a dark ring, small, and nearly 
all separate. Wings above with a red-brown ground-colour, at the base blue. A. rex. 
B. The spots in the middle and at the end of the discal cell on the hindwing beneath are small, punctiform, 
silvery white, curled black, and separate. Frons with white lateral margins. A. asterius. 
II. Hindwing with only one small tail at vein 1 b. 
a. Discal spots of hindwing beneath small and separate. 
*. Wings above at the base blue; ground-colour black or only at the margin yellowish-brown. Spots 
beneath with no or only little silvery lustre. A. questiauxi. 
**. Wings above with a bright, yellowish-brown ground-colour without blue at the base. Spots beneath 
with an intense silvery lustre. A. marshalli. 
[3. Discal spots of the hindwing beneath united into a brownish-yellow transverse band bordered with 
black between the veins 2 and 6. A. erilcssoni. 
orcas. A. orcas Drury (69 c). <§. Forewing above lustrous blue, at the costal margin narrowly black, at 
the distal margin 3 to 5 mm broad black, in the discal cell and behind it with 3 round black spots. Hindwing 
above black, at the proximal margin in 1 a, 1 b and 1 c dark brown; the posterior longitudinal half of the 
discal cell and the areas 2 to 5 with lustrous blue scales at a distance of 2 mm from the margin; vein 1 b 
distally bordered with blue; anal region broadly ferruginous with black spots; small tails black with white 
tips. Beneath with an ochreous ground-colour which, however, is only noticeable as a narrow line between 
the large, silvery spots and bands broadly bordered with purple-red; fore wing with the following silvery markings: 
a rounded basal dot in the cell, a transverse band across the middle of the cell as far as vein 12, a similar trans¬ 
verse band at the end of the cel! as far as vein 11, a broad, almost straight discal band between the veins 
2 and 9, a slanting spot in 1 b behind the middle, a spot in the proximal part of the same area and some 
dots in the dark red submarginal band; the hindwing has a transverse band near the base in the cell and in 
7 and 8, a very broad discal band between the costal margin and the centre of area lc (being created by 
the fusion of the discal spots and the spot at the end of the discal cell), three spots at the proximal margin 
in 1 a to 1 c, and some silvery scales on the broad purple-red submarginal band; anal spot as above 
though much lighter, orange. Frons red-brown with white margins; palpi brownish, in the middle more or less 
white. — The $ is entirely unlike the $ 011 b o t h surfaces. Wings above uni-coloured dark brown, in the 
marginal half somewhat lighter, greyish-brown; forewing sometimes with a round, lighter spot at the end 
of the discal cell. The under surface looks quite different by the markings and especially the purple bordering 
of the silvery spots being very much reduced; the light greyish-yellow ground-colour is thereby predominant; 
the spots and bands are otherwise the same; the discal spots, however, are round and appear as separate, though 
contiguous spots; on the hindwing it is distinctly to be seen that the spot at the cell-end participates in the 
hollandi. formation of the discal band. Sierra Leone to Gabun. — hollandi Btlr. (= rattrayi Em. Sharpe , heliodorus 
Schultze) is the southern and eastern race only differing from the type by the darker under surface. Congo 
District and Toro. 
