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  LYC^NID.E 
  (AFRICAN). 
  TINGEA. 
  

  

  black 
  subcostal 
  spots 
  (only 
  visible 
  in 
  the 
  female), 
  eight 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  (one 
  

   neai- 
  the 
  base, 
  two 
  pairs 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  tip) 
  ; 
  two 
  spots 
  below 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  crossing 
  both 
  wings 
  within 
  the 
  border, 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  lost 
  in 
  the 
  border 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

   Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  three 
  small 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  

   submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  spots 
  already 
  mentioned 
  runs 
  round 
  the 
  whole 
  wing, 
  starting 
  

   from 
  the 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  neai-est 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Underside 
  rather 
  paler 
  ; 
  the 
  border 
  is 
  obsolete, 
  and 
  therefore 
  the 
  spots 
  

   towards 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  are 
  more 
  visible 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  

   subniai'ginal 
  spots 
  running 
  round 
  all 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mombasa 
  (Last). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  T. 
  Amenaida, 
  Hewitson 
  (Pentila 
  Amenaida, 
  Hew., 
  "Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  V. 
  

   Pentila 
  and 
  Liptena, 
  pi. 
  II. 
  figs. 
  4-7 
  I.e. 
  (1873)), 
  but 
  with 
  more 
  spots 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  v.— 
  TINGPvA 
  PETREIA. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  I'liitila 
  Fctiria, 
  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  ser. 
  4, 
  

   vol. 
  13, 
  p. 
  382 
  (May, 
  1874). 
  

  

  Tiiiijm 
  Tripundata, 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druce, 
  " 
  Entomologist's 
  Monthly 
  Magazine," 
  

   XXV. 
  p. 
  109 
  (October 
  1888). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  l-/j 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  reddish-tawny, 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  tip 
  of 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  

   hind 
  margins 
  rather 
  liroadly 
  brown 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  cell 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  

   black 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  middle, 
  beyond 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  tawny 
  space, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  

   black 
  spot 
  confluent 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  another 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  (detached) 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  round 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  and 
  two 
  small 
  black 
  dots 
  near 
  the 
  costa, 
  one 
  at 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  

   and 
  another 
  near 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  tawny, 
  costa 
  and 
  tip 
  brown, 
  dusted 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  

   yellowish 
  scales 
  ; 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  tip, 
  spotted 
  with 
  stone-colour, 
  a 
  submarginal 
  

   row 
  of 
  not 
  very 
  distinct 
  blackish 
  spots 
  ; 
  cell 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  several 
  smaller 
  spots 
  (not 
  uniform 
  on 
  both 
  sides) 
  towards 
  the 
  

   base, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  less 
  distinct 
  

   black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  towards 
  its 
  extremity, 
  and 
  another 
  spot 
  

   (visible 
  also 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  above) 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

  

  