﻿LYC^NiD^ 
  (African). 
  — 
  liptena. 
  

  

  margin 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  another 
  large 
  black 
  spot, 
  having 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  dot 
  

   beyond 
  it. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collectiou 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Sniitli. 
  

  

  The 
  insect 
  above 
  deecribed 
  is, 
  I 
  believe, 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  that 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Genera 
  of 
  Diurnal 
  

   Lepidoptera." 
  As 
  Liptena 
  Abraxas, 
  Westwood, 
  falls 
  into 
  Tingra, 
  Boisd, 
  Hewitson 
  was 
  quite 
  

   right 
  in 
  retaining 
  the 
  name 
  Liptena 
  for 
  L. 
  Acrcea, 
  Westwood, 
  which 
  thereby 
  becomes 
  the 
  type, 
  

   though 
  he 
  seems 
  rather 
  to 
  have 
  based 
  the 
  characters 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  given 
  upon 
  the 
  white 
  species 
  

   figured 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  plate, 
  which 
  are 
  hardly 
  congeneric. 
  — 
  [W. 
  F. 
  K.] 
  

  

  II. 
  -LIPTENA 
  SANGUINE 
  A. 
  Figs. 
  1-4. 
  

  

  Liptena 
  Aova, 
  var., 
  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  III., 
  Liptena, 
  Fig. 
  12. 
  

  

  Pentila 
  Acrcea, 
  var. 
  Sanguinea, 
  Plotz, 
  Stettiner 
  Entomologische 
  Zeituvg, 
  xli., 
  

   p. 
  198 
  (1880). 
  

  

  "115. 
  Pentila 
  Acrcea, 
  Doubl. 
  Victoria, 
  June 
  7 
  and 
  12, 
  1873. 
  Three 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  "a. 
  Var. 
  Sanguinea, 
  Cameroons 
  Mountains, 
  Oct. 
  11, 
  1873. 
  

  

  " 
  Upperside, 
  dark 
  red, 
  costa 
  and 
  tip 
  black, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  discocellular 
  nervule, 
  

   whence 
  this 
  colour 
  curves 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  narrow 
  at 
  the 
  end. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  transverse 
  white 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  dark 
  tip, 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  

   parts. 
  The 
  fringes 
  are 
  black. 
  The 
  hind 
  wings 
  have 
  a 
  broad 
  black 
  border, 
  upon 
  

   which 
  stands 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  five 
  white 
  spots, 
  and 
  punctiform 
  white-chequered 
  fringes. 
  

   The 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  also 
  red. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside, 
  vermilion 
  : 
  the 
  transverse 
  spot 
  before 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  

   is 
  white, 
  and 
  entirely 
  surrounded 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  tip 
  is 
  more 
  and 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  less 
  blackened 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  L. 
  Acraa 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  the 
  costa 
  

   is 
  more 
  spotted 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  " 
  One 
  specimen. 
  

  

  " 
  h. 
  Var. 
  Bimacula, 
  Abo 
  in 
  March, 
  Mungo 
  in 
  May. 
  Two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  " 
  Upperside, 
  vermilion, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  black 
  predominates 
  ; 
  before 
  

   the 
  tip 
  is 
  a 
  yellowish-white 
  blotch 
  divided 
  in 
  two, 
  the 
  fringes 
  are 
  chequered 
  

   with 
  white 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  cell 
  3. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  and 
  underside 
  as 
  in 
  L. 
  Acrcea. 
  Middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  red 
  above 
  " 
  (Plotz, 
  /. 
  c. 
  translated), 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Costa 
  of 
  fore 
  wings, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  the 
  inner 
  

   portions 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  rich 
  fulvous 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  only 
  — 
  extending 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   inner 
  and 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  extending 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  both 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  On 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  the 
  fulvous 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  