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double transverse bar of dark lines edged externally and internally with 

 p'ale gray, followed by a submarginal series of similar markings extending 

 from the costa to the inner margin and dislocated at the third median and 

 first median nervules. This series of spots is succeeded by a very obscure 

 marginal band of subhastate dark markings. The posterior wing has a 

 double bar at the end of the cell, and a series of submarginal markings 

 parallel to the border very much as in the anterior: The submarginal 

 band is followed by a double series of pale gray lunulate markings, which 

 are interrupted beyond the first median by a very large black ocellus, 

 which is margined with red, and has the black pupil irrorated with me- 

 tallic-blue scales. A similar ocellus smaller in size, is located at the anal 

 angle. The underside of the abdomen is yellow; the remainder of the 

 under surface of the body is concolorous. 



$ . The female has the upper surface blackish with pale gray markings 

 disposed in bands upon the outer border of the secondaries; the underside 

 is marked as in the male. Expanse 28-30 mm. 



Hab. Gaboon. 



This species, which is very closely allied to L. ligures Hew., 

 may be distinguished by the fact that it has not any markings at 

 the base of the secondaries. In ligures there is a double bar on 

 the costa near the base and a profusion of pale striae on the outer 

 half of the secondaries. The ground color in L. musagetes is 

 blackish; in L. ligures it is a reddish brown. Mr. H. H. Druce, 

 to whom I communicated one of my types, agrees with me as to 

 its specific value. The two species are undoubtedly mixed in 

 collections, but I rind in a series of about thirty specimens of each 

 species before me that the markings are constant. 



8. L. scintillula Holl. ?. The female of this species, of which I have 

 recently received a single example, differs from the male upon the upper- 

 side in having the bright orange-red color restricted to a large patch cov- 

 ering the limbal area about the middle of the wing upon both primaries 

 and secondaries, the costa and inner margins of which are broadly black. 



9. L. erythropoecilus sp. nov. $ . Allied to L. htsones Hew. Upper- 

 side: The base, the costa, the apex and outer margin, are broadly black. 

 The limbal area is marked by a large suboval red spot indented at the 

 end of the cell by a black tooth-like projection. The secondaries have 

 the costa, the inner and outer margins likewise broadly black, enclosing 

 a large subtriangular red mark upon the middle of the wing. The outer 

 margin is interrupted by a series of red spots, of which the two between 

 the median nervules are subhastate and pupiled with triangular spots of 

 black. There is a marginal whitish line; the fringes are Mark. Under- 

 side: The underside is cream-colored, barred with red and black lines. 

 The most conspicuous of these lines upon the primaries are a double 

 i:urved transverse line beyond the cell extending from the costa to the 



