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1873.] 125 



margin pale brown. Posterior wing witli a large square rufous spot 

 marked with black between tbe tails ; the lobe black, crowned with 

 scarlet. 



Exp. 1t"o inch. Hab.: "West Africa (Angola; Eogers). 



Very near to IT. Eleala, but at the same time very distinct in 

 form and colour, the band on the under-side of the posterior wdng 

 zig-zag instead of straight as in Eleala. 



Pentila Tirza, sp. n. 



Upper-side : semi-transparent, white. Anterior wdng with the 

 costal margin, the apex where it is broadest, and the outer margin to 

 the first branch of the median nervure, pale brown. 



Exp. Ito inch. Hah.: West Africa (Gaboon ; Eogers). 



Eorm of Pentila tropicalis. 



Pentila Caenuta, sp. n. 



Upper-side : anterior wing dark brown, with a scarlet spot near 

 the base of the inner margin. Posterior wing scarlet, with the outer 

 margin broadly brown. 



Under-side : ochreous-yellow, undulated with dark brown. Both 

 wdngs with the centre clouded with brown ; both with a sub-marginal 

 series of brown spots, bordered below with white. Posterior wing 

 with some central dark brown spots. 



Exp. Ito inch. Hab.: "West Africa (Gaboon; Eogers). 



In form long and narrow. 



LiPTEKA Teea, sp. n. 



Upper-side : white. Anterior wing with the apical half nearly 

 from the costal margin beyond its middle to the anal angle dark 

 brown. Posterior wing with the outer margin towards the anal angle 

 rufous-brown. 



Under-side : anterior wing as above, except that it has a triangular 

 brown spot near the middle of the costal margin, and a minute black 

 spot below it. Posterior wing with three black spots near the base, 

 three large spots beyond the middle, and a sub-marginal series of 

 lunular spots, all rufous-brown. 



Exp. Ito inch. Hab.: West Africa (Gaboon ; Eogei's). 



Form of Liptena Lirccea. 



Oatlands, Weybridge : 



September, 1873. 



