﻿LYC^ENID.E 
  (African). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  I. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LIPTENA. 
  

  

  Liptena, 
  Westwood, 
  " 
  Genera 
  of 
  Diurnal 
  Lepidoptera," 
  pi. 
  77, 
  f. 
  6, 
  6 
  (1852). 
  

  

  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  III., 
  Pentila 
  and 
  Liptena 
  (1866). 
  

  

  Pentila, 
  Westwood, 
  I. 
  c, 
  p. 
  503 
  (1852). 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  oblong 
  ; 
  hind 
  wings 
  rounded, 
  subdentate 
  ; 
  cell 
  extending 
  to 
  

   middle 
  of 
  wing 
  ; 
  costal 
  nervure 
  uniting 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  opposite 
  end 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   costal 
  nervure 
  live-branched, 
  the 
  first 
  branch 
  emitted 
  at 
  about 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  first, 
  and 
  running 
  

   nearly 
  parallel 
  to 
  it, 
  the 
  third 
  emitted 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  cell, 
  and 
  throwing 
  off 
  two 
  

   parallel 
  branches 
  at 
  about 
  half 
  its 
  length, 
  the 
  second 
  of 
  which 
  extends 
  along 
  

   the 
  costa 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  lowest, 
  or 
  main 
  branch, 
  enters 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  first 
  discocellular 
  straight, 
  the 
  second 
  twice 
  as 
  long, 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  concave 
  ; 
  palpi 
  short, 
  ascending 
  ; 
  antennae 
  slender 
  ; 
  club 
  long, 
  

   gradually 
  formed. 
  

  

  I.— 
  LIPTENA 
  ACRtEA. 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Westwood, 
  /. 
  c, 
  pi. 
  77, 
  f. 
  6 
  (1852). 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Fulvous, 
  with 
  broad 
  black 
  costal 
  and 
  hind 
  margins, 
  fore 
  wings, 
  

   with 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow 
  band 
  dusted 
  with 
  orange, 
  running 
  obliquely 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  

   corner 
  of 
  the 
  fulvous 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  costa. 
  

  

  Underside, 
  paler, 
  fore 
  wings 
  with 
  short 
  black 
  bands 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  and 
  gradually 
  increasing 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  separated 
  by 
  white 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  followed 
  below 
  by 
  yellowish 
  blotches 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  longest 
  

   black 
  band 
  is 
  a 
  yellowish-white 
  stripe, 
  corresponding 
  to 
  that 
  above, 
  and 
  two 
  

   short 
  black 
  stripes, 
  separated 
  by 
  whitish 
  spaces 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  is 
  yellowish, 
  

   marked 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  spots, 
  chiefly 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  hinder 
  angle 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  broadly 
  whitish, 
  with 
  six 
  maculai* 
  black 
  stripes, 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  longest, 
  the 
  third 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  running 
  half 
  across 
  it 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  with 
  two 
  marginal 
  rows 
  of 
  white 
  spots, 
  the 
  innermost 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  four 
  spots, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  outermost 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  five 
  spots, 
  and 
  ending 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  disc 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

  

  VOL. 
  I., 
  JITNE, 
  1887. 
  . 
  C 
  

  

  