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SPINDASIS. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
phanes. 
waggae. 
namaqua. 
a. The third transverse band of the forewing beneath is (as in all the species of division A) very short 
and reaches vein 6 at most; the second ends at or a little behind the base of vein 3 or it is accom¬ 
panied by an independent, slanting spot in area 2. 
*. The fourth transverse band of the forewing beneath is somewhat serpentine, but coherent as 
far as vein 1. 
1. The usual yellow transverse markings of the forewing above large and distinct; under surface 
of a straw-coloured ground-colour and with narrow transverse bands filled up with light 
yellow; the fourth transverse band of the forewing beneath at vein 4 bridged over by its black 
bordering. S. ella. 
2. The yellow markings of the forewing above in the $ narrow and rather indistinct; beneath 
of a yellow ground-colour and with broad transverse bands filled up with ferruginous-yellow; 
the fourth transverse band of the forewing beneath entirely interrupted. S. tavetensis. 
**. The fourth transverse band of the forewing beneath very irregular, composed of 2 or 3 divisions 
which are entirely separate or only contiguous. 
1. The first division of the fourth transverse band of the forewing beneath extends from the 
costal margin to vein 4, where it turns round in a sharp angle towards the margin and reaches 
the proximal submarginal line, proximally and posteriorly it touches a rounded spot in area 
3 and is further continued by similar spots in 2 and lb. S. trimeni. 
2. The first division of the fourth transverse band of the forewing beneath extends from the 
costal margin only to vein G; the second division is very slanting, beginning at vein 6 close 
within the first division, and at vein 4 it touches the distal submarginal line; the third division 
is separate and slanting between the veins 4 and 2 and in an almost straight continua¬ 
tion of the third transverse band to which it could also be reckoned. S. menelas. 
(3. The third transverse band of the forewing beneath reaches vein 5, it is narrowly interrupted in area 
4 and then continued at least to vein 2. The fourth transverse band is composed of two separate 
spots, one from the costal margin to vein G and one in area 4. The transverse bands of the hindwing 
beneath are interrupted in the middle. S. iza. 
S. crustaria. 
As the marking above being common to nearly all the species has already been dealt with above, and 
the differences of the under surface have been dealt with in the review of the species, I do not consider it necessary 
to describe the species once more at large, and therefore only add some supplementary remarks. 
S. phanes Trim. (69 d, e). Forewing beneath only at the costal margin as far as the veins 5 or 6 
with a silvery lustre, then white or yellowish-white; the proximal submarginal line on both wings thickened 
and on the hindwing at veins 2 and 5 respectively often united with the serpentine transverse bands; hereby 
the lustrous silvery ground-colour is divided into separate longitudinal bands. The $ differs by the transverse 
bands of the forewing above being much broader, the first being whitish and the two others united with each 
other in the areas 3 to lb; the hindwing being in the above uni-coloured and with a blue reflection, show 
in the $ behind the middle two light, sometimes quite orange transverse bands which are united into 
one in the areas 2 and 3. Damaraland to Transvaal and Natal. 
S. waggae E. Sharpe is unknown to me; as the description does not mention anything about the 
basal and subbasal spots, it is doubtful whether the species belongs to the division 1 A or I B of the review. 
The description runs as follows: ,,Most closely allied to S. namaqua Trimen by the colouring beneath, imme¬ 
diately discernible by the absence of the blue colour above, <$. Forewing above uni-coloured brown, with 
some bronze lustre and two black spots, the first at the cell-end, the other nearer at the base. Hindwing similar 
to the forewing, but without the bronze lustre; at the anal angle there is a bright orange spot accompanied 
as far as the middle of the margin by whitish submarginal streaks. Beneath of a brown ground-colour*) 
and with white, lustrous silvery spots bordered with black, being distributed across the whole surface without 
forming regular bands or rows except a row of white submarginal dots; the orange anal spot of the hindwing 
is parted by a silvery spot and has near the proximal margin a black spot. The $ is similar to the <$, 
but larger, and above on both wings with a bronze lustre; the orange anal spot is not so brightly coloured.” 
Somaliland. 
S. namaqua Trim. (69 e). $. Hindwing above almost entirely and forewing at the anal margin broad 
dark blue; the orange transverse markings of the forewing small and separate. In the $ both wings above 
orange with black margins and some black transverse bands or spots. Cape Colony and Namaqualand. 
*) Miss Sharpe evidently considers the markings beneath to be the ground-colour and the ground-colour to be 
the spots. 
