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AEGOCERA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
stripes, on the disk a maciilar band, indistinct posteriorly, before the ternien thin longitudinal streaks; ground¬ 
colour fulvous, palest in the terminal area. Underneath the base of forewings yellow, two cellspots and a dis¬ 
eal band of spots clear white, sharply defined. — Nigeria: Ilesha. 
fervida. A. fervida. Frons of ^ narrow, tapering posteriorly, hind tibiae armed with spines between the spurs. 
Body yelloAV, thorax fulvous above with yellowish-white median stripe continuing over the head, abdomen 
above Avith or Avithout black median spots, underneath Avhitish. ForeAA'ings fuhmus, AA'ith a longitudinal and 
an oblicjue transverse stripe yelloAvish-AAdiite, pointing toAvards the loAA^er part of the termen; hindAvings yelloAv, 
the border and discocellular spot fulvous. Under surface yelloAA^, marked with dull fuRous: in the foreAAung a 
cellspot and an oblicpie band on the discocellular, in the hindAving a discocellular spot, and on both AA’ings a ter¬ 
minal band. Avidening anteriorly. $ Avith the markings of the upper surface of the hindAA'ings and partially 
also of the loAver side of both AAungs black. South and East Africa, northAvard as far as the Congo and British 
affinu!. East Africa. — affinis Druce (= norma Karsch) (3 g): (J: Upper surface of the foreAA'ings AArth the costal mar¬ 
gin AA'hite as far as the discal band. Terminal band on the hinchvings narroAV, not reaching the anal angle. 
Costal margin of foreAvings black, mottled Avith grey; terminal band of the hinclAvings black, reaching the anal 
angle, before AAdiich it is at the most 2 mm AAude. Abdomen both of and $ without any black dorsal spots, 
fuxcicosta. Coast Region of British and German East Africa. — fuscicosta stibsi). nov. cj: Costal border of foreAvings AA'hite, 
densely mottled AAuth black; on the hindAvings the terminal band barely any AA'ider anteriorly than in affinis, 
posteriorly almost touching the anal angle, but shortened above, the fuhmus triangular patch in the middle 
of the foreAving underneath as small as in affinis. Abdomen Avithout any dorsal spots, the basal crest black 
at the sides. Like that of affinis, but abdomen Avith a roAV of black spots above. Nyassa Land; type from 
media- LilongAve. — media suhs}). nov. resembles the South African fervida, but has on the hindAvings the terminal band 
above narroAAur, in the this as Avell as the markings of the under surface of the foreAvings more clearly de¬ 
fined, the black dorsal spots of the abdomen larger, the posterior ones more or less completely united to trans- 
Amrse bands. The dark portions of the under surface in ^ clearer rusty-red than in fervida (J; frmge at the apex 
of the hindAving nearly ahvays very broAvn ((J) or black ($). Angola and the southern parts of Congo State. — 
fervida. fervida Wh'. (“ triphaenoides WaJlengr., fimbria Mosclil.) (3 g). Abdomen distinctly spotted Avith black above; 
terminal border of the hindAvings above broad, contracted in the middle, then again Avidening out, in the 
someAA'hat blurred posteriorly, also the markings of the under surface of the foreAvings. On the foreAAung the 
fringe less obscured at the apex than in media. Cap Colony, Natal, Transvaal. 
A. obliqua resembles A. fervida, but has the longitudinal stripe on the forewing tAvice narroAvly inter¬ 
rupted and the discal stripe more longitudinal, terminating before the 1. median instead of beloAv it. West 
obliqua. Africa as far as LTganda. — obliqua Mab. (3 f (J). Discal band of foreAAungs narroAv; terminal band on hindAving 
isogenis. fuRous in (J, in $ black. Sierra Leone as far as the Niger. — isogenis subsp. nov. (3 g d', as obliqua $). Discal 
remutafa. band of forcAving broader, terminal band of hindAvings black in both sexes. Cameroons, Congo (t 3 rpe). — re- 
mutata sidosp. nov. Discal band of foreAvings likeAvise Avider than in obliqua, but on the hindAvings the terminal 
band in ^ fulvous, in $ black. LTganda (ty|3e) and Toro. 
geomeirica. A. geometrica Hmps. (o a). $ foreAvings AA'ith a fine longitudinal and transA'erse stripe, Avhich meet 
before the internal vein. HindAvings Avithout discocellular spot, the inner margin of the terminal band more 
CA^enly rounded than in A. obliqua and fervida. — Kambove (Kongo), 1 $ in the British Museum. 
mahdi. A. mahdi Pagenst. $ smaller than A. geoynetrica. Body and liindAvings yelloAv. ForeAvings broAvnish- 
grey, on the median a AAdiite longitudinal stripe, uniting Avith a Avhite transverse band near the loAver angle 
of the cell, forming with it an obtuse angle; the longitudinal stripe constricted distally; stripe and band AA'ider 
than in A. geometrica. Hindwing AAuth a black terminal band tapering posteriorly. Southern Abyssinia. 
A. trimeni. Frons narroAving posteriorly, strongly in (J, feebly in In (J the hindtibia clothed before the 
middle above Avith a tuft of long hair. Frons and abdomen Avith dark median stripe, thorax Avith 4 grey streaks, 
abdomen laterally yelloAv or AA'hite, breast and almost the entire legs yelloAv, in the also the underside of ab¬ 
domen. ForeAving AAuth an outAvardly Avidening longitudmal stripe from base to middle of Aving, and a discal 
spot or band, Avhite or pale yelloAv, the ground fulvous, dusted AAuth bluish-grey. HindAvings of S' alAvays orange, 
of $ orange or Avhite, Avith the terminal band feebly tapering posteriorly, in ^ broAvn, in $ black. Probably 
distributed over the entire xlfricain Continent south of the Sahara. — halans Karsch. Westafrican specimens 
have the discal spot on the under surface of the foreAvings invariably clear Avhite, and on either side at least 
tAvice as long as broad. The broAvn or black cellspot on the under surface of the foreAvings accompanied by a 
AA'hite spot distally. The AA'hite underside of the abdomen of $ alAvays banded AA'ith black. Of the $ two main 
halans. forms and a rarer intermediate are knoAvn; $ f. halans Karsch. Lbider surface of both Avings and the sides of 
the abdomen sometimes deeper, sometimes paler yelloAV, proximal stripe and discal spot on the upper surface 
iransita. of the foreAA'ings faintly yellow. $ f. transita form. nov. has the hindAvings AA'hite, irrorated aboA'^e Avith yelloAv; 
agoma. foreAvings more broadly yelloAv beneath than in the folloAving form, abdomen yelloAv laterallj'. $ f. agoma 
Karsch. HindAving and under surface of both Avings, also sides of abdomen AA'hite, the base of both AV'ings someAvhat 
