﻿LYCaiNIDJE 
  (AFRICAN). 
  — 
  LAKINOPODA. 
  

  

  II.— 
  LAEINOPODA 
  VAEIPES. 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Larinopoda 
  Varipes, 
  Kirby, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natiu-al 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  5, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  363 
  (1887). 
  

  

  " 
  White 
  ; 
  fore 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa, 
  tip, 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  blackish-brown 
  ; 
  

   costal 
  border 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  projection 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  shortly 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  passing 
  into 
  the 
  marginal 
  border, 
  which 
  occupies 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing, 
  but 
  rapidly 
  narrows, 
  becoming 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  ceasing 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  

   its 
  inner 
  edge 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  irregular, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  narrow, 
  ill-defined 
  blackish 
  hind-marginal 
  border, 
  com- 
  

   mencing 
  below 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  basal 
  streak 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  project- 
  

   ing 
  downwards 
  above 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  where 
  it 
  ceases 
  ; 
  apical 
  and 
  

   hind-marginal 
  border 
  ashy-grey 
  rather 
  than 
  black, 
  and 
  narrower 
  than 
  above, 
  

   hardly 
  reaching 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  ashy-gi-ey 
  border, 
  

   longer 
  and 
  better 
  defined 
  than 
  above, 
  and 
  with 
  three 
  conspicuous 
  round 
  black 
  

   spots, 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  one 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   below 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  near 
  

   the 
  tip 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  first 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure. 
  Legs 
  reddish, 
  

   the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  taisi, 
  black." 
  (W. 
  F. 
  K. 
  in 
  

   " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine," 
  I. 
  c.) 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  from 
  Ashanti. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  TINGKA. 
  

  

  Tingra, 
  Boisduval, 
  Delegorgue's 
  " 
  Voyage 
  dans 
  lAfrique 
  Australi," 
  II., 
  

   p. 
  589 
  (1847). 
  

  

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

  

  Allied 
  to 
  Liptcna, 
  but 
  very 
  different 
  in 
  appearance, 
  being 
  more 
  delicate 
  

   insects, 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  or 
  yellow 
  colour, 
  with 
  black 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  

   subcostal 
  nervure 
  is 
  emitted 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Type, 
  Tinrjra 
  Tropicalis, 
  Boisduval, 
  /. 
  c. 
  

  

  