Publ. 26. ir. 1924. 
APHNAEUS. By Dr. C. Aurivillitjs. 
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A. propinquus Holl. (69 c). The is above similar to the preceding species, but beneath it differs propinquus. 
by all the silvery spots being smaller and the ground-colour dark chestnut; the discal spot 4 of the forewing 
is situate nearer at the margin than the others and separated from them; on the hindwing the median 
spot (at the cell-end) and the discal spots 2, 3, 6 and 7 form an almost straight transverse band; the discal spots 
4 and 5, however, are separate on the outside of this transverse band. $ unknown. Ogowe River. 
A. argyrocyclus Holl. is only known in the female and only differs beneath from propinquus by the argyrocy- 
marks stated in the review. The upper surface, according to Holland, is dark greenish brown, in a certain r,us - 
light lustrous blue; at the end of the discal cell of the forewing a large white spot and behind it a subapical 
row of minute, indistinct spots. It is presumably the 2 of propinquus. Ogowe. 
A. brahami Lathy (69 c). <$. Wings above black; forewing with a blue basal spot covering the bases brahami. 
of the areas 1 a to 2 and of the distal cell; hindwing in the middle with a triangular blue area almost as 
in orcas ; beneath all the discal spots are distinct and separate, or only united in pairs. Nigeria. 
A„ hutchinsoni Trim. (69 d). <$. Forewing above blackish-brown, in the basal third blue and in th e hutchinsoni. 
apical part with a round white spot at the cell-end and one white discal spot each in 2 to 6; hindwing 
above almost entirely coloured and marked as in orcas. The under surface is olive-coloured and distinguished 
by the large, mostly round silvery-spots encircled at first by black, then by purple red. Frons red-brown with 
white sides. Eyes finely haired. 2 unknown to me. Natal to British East Africa. 
A. drucei Neave only differs from hutchinsoni by the mark stated in the review and on the forewing drucei. 
above by the costal margin being red-brown as far as the middle. German East Africa. 
A. asterius Plotz (69 d). <$. Wings above jet-black; forewing in 1 a to 2 as far as close to the margin asterius. 
blue and with blue spots or dots in the cell and in 3 to 6; hindwing with a triangular blue area covering the 
greatest part of the areas 2 to 4 and the posterior margin of the discal cell. Undersurface deep ferruginous- 
brown with small, punctiform, black-ringed silvery spots all of which appear as separate spots and are arranged 
in the way mentioned in the description of the genus on p. 407; the discal spot 4 of the forewing is somewhat 
larger than the others, and the one in 1 b is long, slanting and streak-shaped. Eyes bare. Frons blackish- 
brown, in the middle lighter with white lateral edges. Palpi yellowish-brown, at the tips black. Sierra Leone 
to Ogowe. —- ab. argenteola Holl. (69 cl) has smaller dots beneath, and the discal spot 4 of the forewing is long argenteola. 
and narrow, streak-shaped. Ogowe. 
A. rex Auriv. (69 h) is the largest and most beautiful of all the species known and by its colouring rex. 
and marking it forms a transition to the species with one small tail of the hindwing. wings above 
beautifully chestnut-brown with a black marginal line and white fringes; forewing in 1 a and 1 b as far 
as 4 to 5 mm from the margin and in the basal half of the discal cell blue, at the end of the cell with a round 
light yellow spot and small, ring-shaped, whitish-pupilled discal spots in 1 b to 6; hindwing in the cell and in 
1 c to 4 as far as beyond the middle covered with blue; two white-pupilled discal spots (in 4 and 5); small tails 
yellowish-brown. Under surface yellowish-brown with dark-curled, separate spots filled up with a lighter yellow. 
Frons reddish-yellow with silvery white lateral stripes. Palpi whitish-yellow; the apex of the second joint 
and the third joint brownish-yellow or brown. Legs for the greatest part red-brown. Thorax and median line 
of the ventrum as well as the segmental edges of the abdomen white. German East Africa near Kigonsera. 
A. questiauxi Auriv. (69 h). This species is very much like rex in the marking and often also in the questiauxi. 
colouring, but it differs by the wings above showing a blackish ground-colour, in contrast to which the white 
discal spots are distinctly prominent; in the $ the ground-colour is at the margin broadly huecl with a ferru¬ 
ginous brown. Beneath sometimes bright brownish-yellow, sometimes yellowish grey. Southern Congo District: 
Katanga. 
A. marshalli Neave (69 d). <$. Wings above bright chestnut-brown with a narrow black marginal marshalli. 
band and white or grey fringes; forewing besides at the costal margin more or less black and with ring-shaped, 
black, light-pupilled discal spots, at least in 4 to 6; a round, light yellow spot at the end of the cell; small tails 
of the hindwings ferruginous-yellow. Wings beneath somewhat darker chestnut than above with moderately 
large, black-ringed, separate silvery spots; the discal spots 2 and 3 of the forewing and 3 to 5 of the hindwing 
often seem to be absent; anal region of hindwing and anal margin of forewing yellow. $ unknown. This 
pretty species was met with in Mashunaland and in the district of Tanganyika in the upper valley of the Lofu 
River. 
A. erikssoni Trim. (69 d). Both wings above chestnut-brown, at the margin narrow black; forewing erikssoni. 
at the base in the areas 1 a, 1 b, and in the cell narrow light blue with round, yellow, black-ringed discal spots 
in 2 to 6 and a similar median spot; hindwing along vein 1 b with some blue scales and with small, yellow 
discal spots in 4 and 5. Under surface with a reddish-grey ground-colour and black-ringed, brownish-yellow 
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