Costa, apical area and hind margin dusky ochreous, striated by the nervules and rays which are broadly powdered with dark brown.

The ochreous marginal border gradually obscured towards the hind angle by a sepia-brown suffusion.

The late Dr. Otto Staudinger in his 1896 paper in Iris, gave a description of this species.

This description is somewhat involved, and consists largely of a comparison of penelope, peneleos, parrhasia, and the present form.

He concludes by saying that, should it be found through the acquisition of further material to be a distinct species, he proposes for it the name pelopeia.

I cannot claim to have certainly established its specific distinction, but at present at least I propose to keep it separate from peneleos which it closely resembles.

The peculiar appearance of the nervules on the hindwing underside scarcely suffices to distinguish it from some examples of peneleos which exhibit a similar tendency.

On the other hand, the internervular rays in all forms of peneleos are comparatively short, whilst in this species they extend to the bases of their respective areas.

The two spots in area 7 of the hindwing are closer together than in peneleos, whilst finally, though the male armature is, like that of several allied forms, simple in structure and but little distinctive, it appears to present certain constant differences.

In addition to these two specimens there are also in the Tring collection several examples taken near Ft. Beni in the northern part of the Congo region.