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Show 1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF T H E FAMILY HESPERIID^E. 101 338. R. SEJUNCTA, Mab. Ismene sejuncta, Mab., Vuill. Novit, Lepid. fasc iii. p. 19, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1891). Hab. Usagara (Mab.). Except for the slightly more extended yellowish area on the upperside of the secondaries at the base, this species as figured by Mabille is almost the counterpart of specimens clearly referable to hanno, Ploetz. 339. R. TANCRED, Ploetz. Ismene tancred, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xlv. p. 62 (1884). Hab. Natal. This species, judging from the description, may be referred to either of the foregoing forms. It fits hanno, necho, and sejuncta equally well. 340. R. BLXJE, Linn. Papilio bixce, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 485 (1758); Mus. TJlr. p. 335 (1764); Clerck, Icones, pi. 42. fig. 4 (1764); Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 795 (1767). Ismene bixce, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 582 (part.) (1871); Auriv. Kongl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd. xix. no. 5, p. 122 (1882). a Rhopalocampta bixce, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 129. Hab. Tropical Western Africa. 341. R. CHALYBE, Westw. Ismene chalybe, Westw., Doubl. & Hew. Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 79. fig. 2 (1852). Papilio bixce, Don. Nat. Rep. pi. clxv. (1826). Ismene bixce, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 582 (part.) (1871). Rhopalocampta chalybe, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 129. Hesperia (Ismene) chalybe, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 265 (1893). Hab. Tropical Western Africa from the Ogove River to Togo-land. 342. R. JUNO, Ploetz. Ismene juno, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. p. 364 (1879), vol. xlv. p. 66 (1884). Hab. Cameroons. „ This species appears at first sight to be a diminutive form ot R. iphis. 343. R. IPHIS, Dru. Papilio iphis, Dru. 111. Exot. Ent. vol. ii. pi. xv. figs. 3, 4 /-I 'T'7Q\ Papilio phidias, Cram. Pap. Exot. pi. 244. figs.^A, B (1782). Papilio jupiter, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 87 (1787). Hesperia jupiter, Latr, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 733 (1823). |