oplieltes. 
marshalli. 
megacra. 
lacordairci. 
medea. 
nigriia. 
Ictlicornis. 
char is. 
schenki. 
g cry on. 
osiris. 
chloris. 
380 RHODAFRA; EUCHLORON; BASIOTHIA; HIPPOTIOK. By Dr. M. Hering. 
51. Genus: Eliodafra R.u.J. 
Easily recognizable by the 2nd palpal joint showing on the outside a row of dehiscent hairs forming 
a distinct crest and appearing to be the continuation of the cilia of the posterior edge of the eyes, otherwise 
similar to Celerio. 
Rh. opheltes Cr. (= mariae Wllgr.) (66 f) recalls some forms of Cel. euphorbiae, at once discernible by 
the abdomen above showing but 1 pair of black spots. South Africa. 
Rli. marshalli R <b J. The forewing lacks the light ochreous oblique streak from the apex to the inner 
margin near the base, the wing thus being almost uniformly densely olive brown, the marginal area being less 
light, too. Expanse: 50 mm. Mashonaland. 
52. Genus: Eueldoroit Bsdv. 
Second palpal joint very much smaller than the first, inside scaled. Tegulae at the end with a long tuft 
of fringes. 
Eu. megaera L. (66 f). Forewing green, basal spot and stigma black, tornal spot and costal-marginal 
spots as well as some dots in the marginal area brown. Hindwing with a black base, a black discal band as far 
as vein 5 beginning from the tornus, and a brown irregular marginal band which may be indistinctly green in 
the posterior portion. Common in the whole of Africa. — In lacordairei Bsdv. the discal band of the hindwing 
is narrower and nearly the whole dark distal margin broadly dusted with green. Madagascar and the neigh¬ 
bouring islands. 
53. Genus: Basiothia Wkr. 
First palpal joint at the end spherically arched, with a transverse ridge of scales or a hair-fringe line 
along the eye, on the inside densely scaled. 
B. medea Fldr. (= indriaeus B.sdv., idricus Wkr., clio F., onotherina Martijn, idrieus Bsdv., trans- 
figurata Wllgr.) (66 g). Forewing green with darker lines and a brown tornal spot. Hindwing orange with a 
brown marginal band. In the whole of Africa and Madagascar; common. ■— In the form nigrita Clark the 
hindwing is reddish-brown, gradually passing over into the dark marginal band. 
B. laticomis Btlr. (— bifasciata Mob.) (66 g). Wings reddish-brown, forewing with 3 antemedian 
lines, a shadowy spot distally to the cell-end and 3 discal lines darker, an oblique line from the apex traceable 
and indistinct. Hindwing feel-brown, marginal area indistinctly darker. Madagascar. 
B. charts Bsdv. (celerionina Wkr., celerina Bsdv.) (66 g). Similar to schenki, mostly smaller, abdomen 
above with a double white line. Ground-colour of hindwing red. East, South and West Africa. 
B. schenki Mschlr. (= protocharis Mschlr.) (66 g). Larger, abdomen above with a single white line. 
Ground-colour of hindwing red. South and East Africa. 
54. Genus: llippotion Hbn. 
Antennae in the 2 at the end thickened, palpi plain, the 2nd joint inside without a terminal tuft, the 
first inside densely scaled. Larvae in front thickened, with 1 or several ocelli. Also in the Palaearctic andlndo- 
Australian Regions. 
H. geryors Bsdv. (66 g). Antennae with pink scales, abdomen with black basal spots on the side. Fore¬ 
wing dark brown, with blackish slanting transverse lines and whitish longitudinal streaks, an oblique yellowish- 
white band from the apex to before the centre of the inner margin, containing 2 fine brown lines. Hindwing 
dark brown with an ochreous indistinct submarginal band. Madagascar, Comoro Is. — In the habitus similar 
to the Indo-Australian H. velox F. in which, however, the oblique light band is not distinctly defined by dark 
towards the margin. 
H. osiris Dalm. (— osyris Bsdv.) (66 g). Abdomen with 2 black lateral spots, hindwing with a black 
subbasal spot below the cell. In the whole of the Ethiopian Region, also in Madagascar, sometimes penetrating 
to the north as far as Spain. Larva similar to that of celerio. 
H. chloris R. cb J. This species looks like a hybrid between H. celerio and Basiothia medea, but the 
hindwing is more extensively black than in these two species, and on the forewing beneath there is no trace 
of yellow. Forewing faded green, lines green, arranged almost as in celerio, but the discal ones less oblique; 
three interior discal lines defined by a pale green band (analogous to the silvery one in celerio) ; the line proceeding 
from the apex is more or less black, ending in a black dot. Margin undulate. Hindwing more extensively black, 
discal band and anal-marginal stripe yellowish ochreous. Expanse: 56 mm. British East Africa. 
