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  (AFRICAN). 
  ^LIPTENA. 
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  iiorvure. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  light 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  tawny 
  shade, 
  two 
  obsolete 
  submargiual 
  

   stone-coloured 
  liands, 
  obsoletely 
  marked 
  with 
  black 
  spots 
  as 
  above, 
  but 
  larger 
  ; 
  

   a 
  few 
  additional 
  small 
  dots 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  an 
  additional 
  

   spot 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervures. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ashauti, 
  Addah. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Collection 
  (British 
  Museum) 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce. 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  hardly 
  differ, 
  except 
  that 
  Hewitson's 
  is 
  more 
  worn. 
  Both 
  authors 
  compare 
  this 
  

   insect 
  with 
  T. 
  Amenaida, 
  Hew. 
  ; 
  it 
  is, 
  however, 
  more 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Liptena 
  Paria, 
  Kirb. 
  (antea, 
  

   p. 
  1-5), 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  better 
  placed 
  in 
  Timjra. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LIPTENA. 
  

   Liptena, 
  Westwood 
  (antea, 
  pp. 
  1, 
  IG). 
  

  

  IV.— 
  LIPTENA 
  SEMIRUFA. 
  $. 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  G. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  a 
  large 
  red 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  extending 
  upwards 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  red, 
  with 
  a 
  

   moderately 
  broad 
  black 
  border, 
  indented 
  on 
  the 
  inside. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  

   enclosing 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  irregular, 
  and 
  partly 
  double 
  on 
  

   the 
  costa, 
  from 
  which 
  short 
  black 
  bars 
  run 
  irregularly 
  downwards, 
  the 
  longest 
  

   just 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  yellowish 
  (whitish 
  in 
  the 
  centre) 
  with 
  a 
  

   black 
  border, 
  enclosing 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   smaller 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fringes 
  ; 
  three 
  short 
  black 
  bars 
  run 
  obliquely 
  from 
  

   the 
  costa, 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  one 
  just 
  beyond 
  ; 
  

   the 
  last 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  an 
  irregular 
  black 
  spot. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  oval 
  black 
  

   spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  round 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  at 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Body 
  Idack, 
  inner 
  orbits 
  white, 
  legs 
  black, 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   red 
  above. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gold 
  Coast. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Acrsea, 
  Westw., 
  and 
  L. 
  Sanguinea, 
  Plotz, 
  from 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  by 
  the 
  regularity 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  on 
  the 
  ujiper 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  

   absence 
  of 
  any 
  pale 
  markings 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  