36 [J^^.^. 



other femora are much reduced in size. The tibiae and tarsi are not 

 in the least metallic, but are of a pitchy-red colour in the male, and 

 nearly black in the female. 



Besides the two specimens in my collection, I have seen three 

 others placed as an undescribed species in the collection of Count 

 Mniszech, from the same locality. Though I have not examined these 

 specimens critically, I have little doubt they belong to the species here 

 described. 



Thornhill, Dumfries : 



Sth June, 1874. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW LYCJENIDJE FROM WEST AFRICA. 

 BT "NV. C. HEWITSOX, F.L.S. 



LiPTENA AnELaiTHA. 



Ujiper-side : ^ , dark brown, the fringe spotted with white. An- 

 terior wing with a minute white spot near the middle of the costal 

 margin. 



Under-side : dark brown. Both wings with numerous spots of 

 white : both with a sub-marginal series of white spots. 



Exp., To inch. Hab., Gaboon (Rogers). 



LyCiENESTHES LtzANIUS. 



Ujiper-side : $ , dark brown, with several black spots and some 

 indistinct white spots. 



Under-side : white. Both wings crossed by several brown bands : 

 both with two sub-marginal bands of brown, the band nearest the 

 margin narrow and indistinct. Posterior wing with two black spots, 

 bordered above with orange near the anal angle. 



Exp., H inch. Ilab., Old Calabar. 



Oatlauds, Wcybridge : 



June, 1874. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW BUTTERFLIES FROM 

 COSTA RICA. 



BT UEEBERT DEUCE, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



Papilio Sadyattes, n. sp. 

 ■Upper-side, $ , deep black. Anterior wing with a minute wliitc spot below the 



