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n'tebi. S. n’tebi B.-BaJc. (= entebi Hmps.) (4 a). The spots are much smaller than in the preceding and 
particularly than in miozoncr, the basal spot in the forewing has almost disappeared, the two small spots 
of the hindwing are hardly the size of pins’heads; abdominal rings bordered with coppery. Uganda. 
monothyris. S. moiiothyris Hmps. (3 k). In this Central African form the spots in the forewing are only yet 
represented by 4 or 5 very minute dots; on the hindwing there is only yet 1 small central spot. Body very 
slim, of a bluish-black colour like the wings, without a belt. 
basithyris. S. basithyris Hmps. (3 k). The dots of the forewing are somewhat larger and more distinct, the dot 
near the base is absent; in the hindwing only a liindmarginal spot. Otherwise quite bluish-black. Abdomen 
without a belt. Gold Coast. 
Jcenredi. S. kenredi Rothsch. (4 a) is marked and coloured almost exactly the same as monothyris (3 k), but 
much larger; the hindwing shows another small spot near the hind-margin. West Africa and Uganda. 
tripunctata. S. tripunctata B.-Bak. (4 a) is one of the very smallest species; bluish-black, spotless except 2 or 3 
very minute dots in the disc of the forewing. Angola. 
rendalli. S„ rendalli Dist. (4a) is scarcely larger, but the dark colour lacks the blue gloss; all the spots more 
distinct, 1st and 5th segment of abdomen yellowish-white. From the Transvaal. 
creobota. S. creobota Holl. (4 a). The spots are larger, the spot in the submedian space is very large; recognisable 
by the abdomen being yolk-coloured except the anal part. West Africa (Ogowe). — It somewhat recalls flavo- 
analis (3 i), being separated by the very large spot below the cell-end and the abdomen being black behind. 
lagosensis. S. lagosensis Hmps. (4 b) is almost of the size of creobota , but the abdomen above is but scantily marked 
yellow, and the basal spot of the hindwing is much larger. The spot in the submedian area almost extends 
across the whole hind-margin. Nigeria. 
chloroscia. S. ehloroscia Hmps. (4 b). Here all the spots are very much expanded, and the whole body is light 
yellow, little marked dark. East Africa. 
cholmlei. S. cholmlei Hmps. (4 c), likewise from East Africa, is larger, all the spots of the wings being large 
and diaphanous yellow, the dorsum of the thorax being marked yellow, and on the 1st, 4th and 5th abdominal 
rings there are yellow transverse bands. 
cocrulescens. S. eoerulescens Drc. (4 b) is not larger, but without an intense blue gloss, with very small hyaline 
spots of a dull yellowish white, the two spots in the hindwing are distantly remote, the spot on the hind-margin 
being band-shaped, at the base of the abdomen a white belt. East Africa. 
rufina. S. rufirsa Oberth. (3 h). All the spots are extremely small, but dull ochreous, not white, the subapical 
spot only of the size of the prick of a needle. Body with a steel-blue reflection, the middle segments bordered 
with coppery. Abyssinia. 
janenschi. S. janenschi Gaede (ined.) is similar to simplex Wkr. Of the 4 spots on the forewing the one in the 
cell is more distally remote, the proximal one in the submedian fold more inwardly removed and larger. Hindwing 
with 2 hyaline spots, almost as in melanocera (Vol. II, p. 445). German East Africa. 
cyanea. S. cyanea Hmps. (4b) is one of the largest species; quite bluish-black. The hyaline spots are large, 
but the subbasal one is absent on both wings. Uganda. 
alenicola. S. alenicola Strd. (4 c). Body and wings black, slightly metallic blue. Forewing with 4 white, 
diaphanous round guttiform spots. Hindwing with a small white spot at the base of the hind-margin. From 
West Africa. 
benitonis. S. benitonis Strd. (4 d) is similar to Ceryx albimacula ; (3 b), likewise black with a fine white transverse 
streak at the base of the abdomen; but the forewing exhibits more hyaline spots by a small triangular one being 
inserted in the fork of the median and by the subapical band containing 4 spots instead of 3. West Africa. 
uelleburgen- S. uelleburgensis Strd. (4 c) is larger, likewise black with a blue reflection, forewing without small 
sls ' spots in the cell; a small one near the base in the submedian area and a larger one. obliquely placed, above 
the centre of the hind-margin, and 3 more before the distal third of the wing. In the hindwing 2 small spots. 
West Africa. 
jaclcsoni. S, jacksOili Rothsch. (4c) is likewise uni-coloured bluish-black; the hyaline spots in the hindwing 
are all present, but much smaller than in cyanea ; the guttiform spot in the hindwing is more remote from the 
apex. Uganda. 
marina. S. marina Btlr. (= ogovensis Holl., ? negretina Plotz) (4 c). Smaller than jaclcsoni, but otherwise 
similar, all the hyaline spots smaller; another small white spot at the hind-margin of the hindwing. West Africa. 
nigrobasa- S. nigrobasalis Rothsch. (4 c). This small slender species has no spot any more in the disc, only at 
Us. the hind-margin there is a minute white spot. In the forewing 5 oblong-oval spots. Gold Coast. 
goodi. S. good! Holl. (4 d). In this species a large hyaline spot fills up the whole basal half of the submedian 
area. In the distal half of the forewing being otherwise quite black there is only a triangular hyaline spot and 
