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Show 1890.1 BUTTERFLIES F R O M CENTRAL AFRICA. 469 broader, and the row of spots beyond the middle differs in that species. 56. HYPOLIMNAS DINARCHA, Hew. 57. HYPOLIMNAS DUBIA, Boisd. 58. HYPOLIMNAS MIMA, Trimen. 59. HYPOLIMNAS SALMACIS, Drary. 60. EUXANTHE ANSELLICA, Butl. 61. ATERICA CUPAVIA, Cram. 62. ATERICA VERONICA, Cram. 63. ATERICA ABESA, Hew. 64. EuRYPHENE MANDINGA, $ . 65. EURYPHENE, sp. A brown female near to E. brunhilda 2, DUt in the absence of the male I have not described it. 66. EURYPHENE, sp. An olive-broWn female, likewise without the male. 67. HAMANUMIDA MELEAGRIS, Cram. 68. IO;RA CRITHEA, Drury. 69. EUPH-EDRA CJERULESCENS, n. sp. Female.- Upperside. Anterior wings blue-black, with the base, basal third of cell, and basal two thirds of inner margin dull steel-blue ; a broad oblique band of same colour but rather paler extends from the middle of the costal margin beyond the cell till it reaches the middle median nervule, where it terminates some distance from the outer margin, broader at its lower than at its upper end ; apex tipped with bluish white. Posterior wings, basal three fourths dull steel-blue ; minute white spots on the margins between the veins of both wings. Underside. Both wings bluish green tinged with brown, paler and more blue in the cells, with submarginal bands of rather small, nearly contiguous dark spots. Anterior wings with a round spot near the base of the cell and two others, larger, beyond it: the end of the cell is marked by an oblique rather narrow black bar, followed by a longer parallel bar which crosses the space between the upper and middle median nervule, below which is a nearly horizontal indistinct black streak; apex indistinctly tipped with greenish white. Posterior wings with four spots in the cell, and a broad Crimson band extending from the base along the costal margin about three fourths of its length, where it merges; the band is bordered on its lower edge with blackish indistinct markings, broader at the base and PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1890, No. XXXII. 32 |