MITROPHRYS. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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yellow underneath. . — trimeni PWr. (2 f). and $ with orange hindwings, the discal spot on the under surface <rmeni. 
of the forewings always yellowish. Abdomen of $$ from the more southern districts more broadly black 
than m specimens from Tropical West and East Africa. The discal spot on the forewing varies greatly in size 
and shape. In f. tricolor Druce (= ovifera Hmps.) (4 a) the forewing is marked with yellow, in semialba form,, tricolor. 
nov. white (very feebly yellowish in (J), the hindwings orange in either form. These forms are known of both ^^rnialha. 
sexes, the following only of the $. Markings of forewings as well as hindwings and under .‘-•urface white, hind- 
wings and sides of abdomen more or less distinctly irrorated with yellow: $4. trimeni Fldr. $ f. elegantula eUganiuia. 
Mab. has only the base irrorated with yellow underneath, all other light parts of the wing white. The $ varies 
remarkably also in the colouring of the underside of the abdomen; most specimens have it black with large white 
patches, hut there occur among the orange as well as white $$ specimens with clear black (ah. nigriventris nigriventris. 
ab. nov.) or clear white venter (ah. albiventris ah. nov.). The descriptive names may of course be applied also albiventris. 
to Westafrican specimens, if of halens white or black bellied $$ should be found. $$ from German and British 
East-Africa are for the most part ab. albiventris. From tropical East-Africa I have, however, never seen $ 
fa. elegantula, whereas this is common in Natal. Tropical specimens are as a rule smaller than those from 
South-Africa. 
A. thomensis Jord. (4 d) resembles in structure trimeni', hindtihiae of (J with a tuft of long'hair thomensis. 
above, as in that species. Hindwings and under surface of both wings marked very much as in trimeni, but the 
Tipper surface of the forewings entirely reddish-brown, with feebly indicated pale markings. Hindwings orange, 
with uniformly broad brown terminal border; abdominal border washed with brown. Under surface, also that 
of the forewing, orange as far as the middle, with a small black cell-spot; in the brown outer area, near the 
cell, a short white hand, which occasionally (name-type) is nearly obliterated. — St. Thome, in the Bay of 
Guinea. 
15. Genus: Mitroplirys Karsch. 
Differs from Aegocera chiefly in that the tibiae are not provided with spines, and in the thinner antennae. 
Erons of A i^ot narrower behind, with closely appressed hair and scales. Terminal segment of tarsi long and 
smooth, 2. segment, especially at the end, covered with long hair, as in Aegocera. Antennae of A $ 
almost bristle-like. Hindtihiae of A moderately rough, 5. segment of tarsi short as in Aej/ocem. All the species 
greatly resemble each other in their markings; forewings with a frequently interrupted longitudinal stripe, a 
shortened, oblique discal band and a nearly always round cellspot, all of which yellowish-white. Hindwings 
yellow or orange, with a discocellular spot and terminal band. From Tropical Africa. 
M. menete Cr. (= formosaE.) (3 h). Antennae white, usually spotted with black laterally. A'- Abdomen menete. 
without the long terminal hair; forewings ferruginous, longitudinal stripe interrupted four times, discal band 
short, terminating in or proximally to the middle of the up^ier median nervule; hindwings dull orange, with a 
terminal band of dull ferruginous, widening and faded behind, the posterior portion of the wing washed with 
rusty red, the discocellular spot large, as also in Underneath the ferruginous portions dull and pale. 
Forewings fulvous, marked as in A\ terminal band of hindwing and the discocellular spot blackish fuscous, 
fringe usually wholly yellow, as in A ; underneath the extreme borders of either wing, as far as the fringe, faded 
yellow, terminal border blackish fuscous or reddish-brown. Hindwings above usually clothed with black hair 
at the base before the abdominal margin. — From Senegambia to the Niger. Varies greatly in size. 
M. rubida Fldr. (3 h) hardly differs at all from menete', on the forewing theAulvous colouring with an ruhida. 
admixture of yellow. Underneath the foreiving altogether fulvous between cell and posterior margin. — Abys¬ 
sinia. 
M. magna Wkr. (= menete auct. partim) (4 b c) is as large as the largest sized specimens of menete. magna. 
Discal band of fosewings longer, ending at the upper median nervule beyond its middle. Antennae black, 
only in A feebly scaled with white. A - Erons cpiite white, abdomen covered with long hair at the tip, under¬ 
neath yellowish-white; discocellular spot of hindwings small, the terminal band sharply defined, projecting 
tooth-like at the lower median, as in $, and terminating in a point at the anal angle. Under surface deeper 
ferruginous than in menete A- Forewings darker than in menete $, not laved with yellow on the termen under¬ 
neath; terminal band of the hindwings more strongly sinuous that in menete, termen distinctly incurved below 
the apex (also in A ); discocellular spot smaller than in menete. — Senegambia, Sierra Leone, Gold-Coast, 
Niger. 
M. mesia spec. nov. (4 c). Erons in both sexes with brown median stripe. Antennae black; discal band mesia. 
of forewings somewhat shorter than in magna, shaped almost as in menete, inwardly notched once or twice 
