niepelii. 
rosea. 
goodii. 
Ihoirci. 
crijthrotes. 
in itfordi. 
■jamesonh 
arthiops. 
alinda. 
ilhistris. 
■niorlnrtrJi. 
328 LOBOBUNAEA. By M. Gaf.dk. 
L. niepelti Strd. According to the figure in Lep.-Niep. it differs from normal m etes in the narrower 
distal area of the forewing and a very large eyespot in the hindwing, the distal margin of which is somewhat 
less straight, whereby it resembles erythrotes Karsch. Costal margin pinkish brown. Whether the differences 
are great enough to justify a separation from the latter, cannot be decided without having compared them, 
but it is improbable. 125 mm. Congo. 
L. rosea South. Forewing greyish-brown, suffused with pink, in the narrow distal area browner. 
Separated from all the other similar species by a faded brown median band. Hindwing at the base and anal 
angle pink. Eyespot as in arete. s, with a distinct red halo as far as the exterior line. $ 105 mm. Tanganyika. 
L. goodii Hall. (54 a). Varying from a light grevish-brown to a violettish brown, also with a reddish 
hue. Marginal area narrow lighter. The interior line is indistinct, notched as in aretes. A small eyespot is 
dark brown with a light greyish-brown ring. Hindwing similar to the forewing its costal margin light pink. 
Eyespot very large, colours as in aretes. Exterior line faded brown, straight, only behind the eyespot distinct, 
outside the eyespot is surrounded just as brown. Beneath on the forewing the inner margin is reddish, the 
eyespot more distinct, the apical line thick, brown. 100 mm. Ogowe. 
L. thoirei Boar. Forewing also tapering, but the costal margin before the apex more curved than 
in niepelti. Ground-colour reddish-yellow, exterior line earth-coloured, at the costal margin somewhat excurved 
corresponding to the distal margin and somewhat farther from the latter than in niepelti, outside faded pinkish- 
white, similar to goodii. The eyespot is a triangular small hyaline spot. From there to the base the ground¬ 
colour turns somewhat lighter by pink scales. The interior line is indicated by a brownish angle in the cell. 
Hindwing at the costal margin as far as the large eyespot pink. The latter has grey, black, white rings. The 
exterior brown line is only indicated at the edge of the eyespot and a little in front. A 80 mm. Congo. 
L. ervthrotes Karsch has the same relation to goodii as phaedusa has to christyi, i. e. the fore wing 
in erythrotes above and beneath lacks the eyespot. Ground-colour varying from a lighter or darker greyish- 
brown to reddish-brown Hindwing at the costal margin and partly around the large eyespot red-brown, only 
in one of the many specimens at hand pink as in goodii. The hyaline spot of the forewing is only strigiform 
in the rf, but in the $ large, inside straightly cut off. 125—150 mm. Cameroon. 
L. mitfordi Ky. Blackish-brown. Forewing in the cell and behind it at the costal-margin dusted 
with reddish, also the hindwing at the distal margin. Forewing at the apex very pointedly produced, much 
more than in the other species, but it shows a hyaline spot of the size of the $2. Apical line grey, moderately 
distinct. From the interior angle almost to the hyaline spot a large spot of white scales, so that the wing looks 
there as though it were damaged. Hindwing with a large eyespot with greenish-brown, black, red rings. The 
exterior grey line is more distinct. $ 110 mm. Sierra Leone. 
L. iamesoni Drc. (rubricostalis Ky.) (54 b). The apex of the forewing is as feebly produced as in 
the other species, dark brown. Interior line qriite straight, obliquely distad, dark. Exterior line formed of 
white scales. The space in front of it at the costal margin as far as the cell is dusted with white. On the 
hindwing the eyespot is less large, with greenish-brown, black, dingy whitish-yellow rings. Exterior line bluish 
white, more distinct. The costal margin above the cell dark pink. 100—115 mm. Sierra Leone, Congo. 
L. aethiops Rothsrh. is presumably only a form of jamesoni. The hyaline spot of the forewing is somewhat 
larger, with a yellowish-brown margin. The grey exterior line is indistinct, fine. On the hindwing it is quite absent. 
No other difference in the colour. Beneath lighter with traces of a median band. 1 Cameroon. 
alinda-group. 
.Antennae of $ with short pectinations. In the forewing there is always only a hyaline spot without 
any eyespot-marking. No apical line, but more or less faded transverse lines, at the margin fadedly darker 
or lighter. Hindwing the same. The eyespot is rather small with a greenish-brown and outside distinctly edged 
black ring. Beneath the hyaline spots are often surrounded with brown spots. All the species have a white 
collar. 
L. alinda Drury (53 c) is very large, reddish-brown. The lines are dark greyish-brown. The interior 
lines are notched, vertical to the inner margin, the part situate in the cell is removed far outward. The median 
line behind the hyaline spot which is triangular in the <$, semicircular in the parallel to the exterior line, 
both being uniformly notched. Margin narrow light brownish-violet. Hindwing without lines. In the 2 the lines 
of the forewing are not recognisable. Beneath on the forewing a brown apical spot, around the hyaline spots a 
little brown, both wings with a median and exterior line. 140—100 mm. Sierra Leone, Cameroon. illustris 
Weym., described as a form of heyeri Weym., shows as a much hotter red-brown colour, the light margin of 
the fore wing is less prominent, on the hindwing almost absent: iUnsiris -$ hardly differs from alinda-Q. Beneath 
in the the forewing is slightly reddened. On both wings the lines are very distinct. Cameroon. 
L. niorlandi Rothsrh. As large as alinda. Wings reddish-yellow. The distal margin in the q white, in 
the $ brownish. Median line of forewing in the close behind the hyaline spot, and an exterior line in the $ nearer 
