﻿LYC^NID-E 
  (AFRICAN). 
  — 
  LIPTENA. 
  

  

  wing 
  is 
  indented 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  on 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  nerviires. 
  On 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wings 
  the 
  tip 
  is 
  half-crossed 
  obliquely 
  near 
  the 
  costa 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  white 
  

   spots— 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  there 
  are 
  fom- 
  — 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  small, 
  the 
  lower 
  ones 
  larger, 
  

   but 
  forming 
  a 
  continuous 
  stripe, 
  only 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  nervures. 
  The 
  fringes 
  of 
  

   all 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  marked 
  with 
  white 
  between 
  the 
  nervures. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  

   submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  border, 
  five 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  and 
  

   three, 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Under 
  surface 
  : 
  Male. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  with 
  the 
  fulvous 
  replaced 
  by 
  tawny, 
  shading 
  into 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  edges, 
  

   the 
  costa 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  short 
  black 
  bands 
  rimuing 
  nearly 
  through 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  and 
  separated 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  bands 
  and 
  spots 
  ; 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  the 
  black 
  bands 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  subapical 
  stripe 
  of 
  white 
  

   confluent 
  spots 
  are 
  oblique, 
  and 
  extend 
  much 
  fm-ther 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  

   spotted 
  with 
  white 
  above 
  and 
  yellow 
  below 
  ; 
  hind 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  centre 
  white, 
  

   bordered 
  outside 
  and 
  basally 
  with 
  tawny 
  yellow, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  border 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  run 
  four 
  series 
  of 
  spots, 
  or 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  interrupted 
  

   stripes, 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  is 
  marked 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  spots, 
  the 
  inner 
  ones, 
  except 
  the 
  two 
  first, 
  which 
  stand 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  or 
  

   the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  border, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  narrowest, 
  round 
  ; 
  these 
  two, 
  and 
  the 
  

   outer 
  spots, 
  longer. 
  Female 
  : 
  With 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  fulvous, 
  not 
  much 
  paler 
  

   than 
  above, 
  and 
  the 
  markings 
  less 
  extended 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male; 
  fore 
  wings 
  

   marked 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  

   with 
  black, 
  only 
  slightly 
  marked 
  with 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  incisions 
  ; 
  hind 
  wings 
  

   with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  two 
  rather 
  indistinct 
  spots 
  before 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  another 
  below 
  ; 
  an 
  oblique 
  white 
  stripe 
  running 
  from 
  

   the 
  costa, 
  and 
  bordered 
  by 
  two 
  irregular 
  black 
  ones, 
  the 
  innermost 
  black 
  

   stripe 
  extending 
  half 
  across 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  broadly 
  

   black, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  but 
  the 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   narrow 
  portion 
  obsolete. 
  Head 
  and 
  body 
  black, 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   white, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  legs 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  antennae 
  very 
  slightly 
  ringed 
  with 
  

   white, 
  but 
  the 
  scape 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  palpi 
  yellow, 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  black. 
  

   Exp. 
  1 
  inch 
  7 
  lines 
  to 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  the 
  male 
  from 
  Angola, 
  the 
  female 
  from 
  Cameroons. 
  

   Allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Acrcea, 
  Westwood. 
  

  

  L. 
  Sanfjuinea 
  much 
  resembles, 
  and 
  probably 
  mimics, 
  the 
  moths 
  of 
  the 
  African 
  genus 
  Alefis. 
  

   There 
  are 
  either 
  several 
  species 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Sanguinea, 
  or 
  several 
  closely 
  allied 
  species, 
  as 
  

   specimens 
  exist 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  figured, 
  but 
  half 
  as 
  large 
  again 
  ; 
  and 
  others 
  with 
  no 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wings. 
  The 
  latter 
  form 
  is 
  perhaps 
  L. 
  Ampa, 
  var. 
  Bimacula, 
  Plotz, 
  

   the 
  short 
  description 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  translated 
  above. 
  Another 
  closely 
  allied 
  species, 
  but 
  with 
  more 
  

   uniformly 
  red 
  under 
  surface, 
  is 
  Liptena 
  Annechei, 
  Dewitz, 
  " 
  Berliner 
  Entomologische 
  Zeitschrift," 
  

   XXX., 
  p. 
  427, 
  t. 
  2, 
  f. 
  2, 
  2a 
  (1887). 
  

  

  