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AXIOCERSES. By Dr. C. Afrivillifs. 
harpax. 
per io n. 
styx. 
bambana. 
argenteomci- 
culata. 
a. Forewing beneath with a double, light-pupilled discal spot somewhat behind the middle of area 1 b. 
Antennal shaft black with white ringlets. A- Forewing above at the base of the costal margin black 
or yellow. 
*. Hindwing above yellowish-red or red with a black base and a fine black marginal line (A), or reddish- 
yellow with black markings ($). 
a. q. Margin of forewing at vein 4 distinctly prominent. A. harpax. 
b. A- Margin of forewing almost uniformly bent. A. bambana. 
**. Hindwing above ,,brownish-black, with a golden brown reflection 44 . A. argenteomaculata. 
p. Forewing above and beneath without a discal spot in area 1 b or only with traces of such a spot. An¬ 
tennal shaft often brown, with very fine white ringlets or only dotted white. Forewing above at 
the base of the costal margin broad orange. , 
*. Forewing above at the costal margin, at the distal margin and generally also at the base broadly 
black or blackish. Hindwing above with a fine black marginal line. 
a. Forewing beneath at the base of the costal margin only narrowly whitish-yellow with a row of 
silvery scales at the posterior margin of the yellow colour. A. mendeche. 
b. Forewing beneath at the base of the costal margin broadly scaled silvery white A. arnanga. 
**. (J. Forewing above almost entirely yellowish brick-red, only the costal margin from the end of 
the discal cell to the apex and at the distal margin narrowly black; the dark marginal band at the 
apex only 2 mm broad posteriorly gradually tapering off. In the the costal-marginal and distal- 
marginal bands are only represented by some black scales. Hindwing above uni-colourecl brick-red 
without any marking and without a dark marginal line. A. baumi. 
B. Forewing beneath in area 1 b with a silvery longitudinal streak at the base and then with a long, silvery, 
slanting longitudinal line generally edged with black, which rises near the base of vein 2 and almost reaches 
vein 1 far behinds its middle. — <$. The light areas above are very dark hemoclirorne. A. punicea. 
A. harpax F. (70 c). rf. Forewing above black, at the base of the costal margin reddish-yellow and 
with a large yellowish-red anal-marginal spot reaching at least vein 5 and enclosing 1 to 5 separate or almost 
separate black spots (the discal spot in 1 b, the basal spots in 2 and the discal cell, and the transverse streak 
at the end of the cell); hindwing above yellowish-red, without spots, with a fine black marginal line and 
dark fringes, at the base narrowly covered with black. The under surface is darker or lighter violettish-brown, 
at the anal margin of the forewing broadly reddish-yellow; the spots are generally all present and show metallic 
pupils. In the $ the forewing above is only black at the base, at the costal margin as far as vein 7 and 
at the distal margin; the marginal band is 2 to 3 mm broad and posteriorly not or scarcely tapering off; 
the black discal spots in 1 b to 5 are all distinct and separate or almost separate, and so are the spots at the 
end of the discal cell; the submarginal spots, however, are covered by the marginal band; the hindwing 
differs from that of the d'by showing 2 distinct transverse rows of black spots (the discal spots and submarginal 
spots); beneath coloured and marked almost like in the <$, but lighter. In the whole of Africa from Sierra Leone 
to the Cape Colony and East Africa. — perion Cr. represents a $ on the upper surface of which the discal 
spots of the forewing and the discal and submarginal spots of the hindwing are united into transverse bands. 
As the $ of this form I consider the specimens in which the red anal-marginal spot of the forewing is much 
smaller and narrower and therefore does not enclose any separate black spots. Among the typical form, 
but unknown to me from South Africa. —- In styx Rebel the red anal-marginal spot of the forewing above is 
still smaller and reaches to vein 2 at most. German East Africa in the Magara Mountains near Zanzibar. 
A. bambana Smith (70 c) is unknown to me, but according to the figure it is very similar to the 
preceding species and only seems to differ by the bent margin of the forewing, the submarginal dots on the 
hindwing above, and a silvery line close before the margin of the hindwing beneath; the red anal-marginal 
spot of the forewing above is narrower than generally; similar specimens, however, are lying before me also 
of perion. East Africa: Moyabamba and Pugu. 
A. argenteomaculata Pag. The description says: ,,Antennae black with white ringlets; club reddish- 
brown; palpi and legs beneath whitish; ventrum whitish, chest and abdomen above brownish with red-brown 
scales; forewing above at the margin blackish, in the centre with a golden brown lustre; before the whitish, 
on the veins black fringes there is a blackish marginal band. Hindwing above brownish-black, with a golden 
brown reflection; at the end of the tail several small scales with a silvery blue lustre. Forewing beneath light 
brown with silvery white lustrous punctiform spots encircled by black, situate in a submarginal row and three 
irregular proximal rows; anal margin lighter yellow, the ground reddish-brown. Hindwing beneath light brown, 
suffused with blackish, with small, lustrous silvery spots situate in a submarginal and discal row; at the anal 
appendage margined with black and fringed with black there are some red-brown scales; fringes whitish, 
on the veins blackish. 44 Expanse of wings: 20 mm. Abyssinia near Burka. 
A. mendeche only differs from arnanga by the marks mentioned in the review and is perhaps only 
a form of it. The spots or streaks on the hindwing beneath are very indistinct or united into fine dark transverse 
