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  LYC-ENID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  PSEUDERESIA. 
  

  

  III.— 
  PSEUDERESIA 
  ZORAIDA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  reddish, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa, 
  tip, 
  and 
  hind 
  margin, 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  broadly 
  brown 
  ; 
  incisions 
  spotted 
  

   with 
  white. 
  In 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  red 
  colour 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  into 
  or 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  red 
  blotch 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   wings, 
  and 
  the 
  red 
  colom- 
  rises 
  beyond 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  it 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  covering 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  and 
  filling 
  the 
  whole 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  one 
  mass. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  in 
  male 
  smoky-brown, 
  costa 
  dusted 
  with 
  grey, 
  

   and 
  marked 
  with 
  three 
  indistinct 
  blackish 
  spots 
  ; 
  hind 
  margins 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  between 
  the 
  nervm-es 
  opposite 
  the 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fringes 
  ; 
  

   a 
  large 
  subapical 
  orange 
  blotch 
  extending 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  

   branch 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  followed 
  by 
  some 
  dots 
  connecting 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  

   irregular 
  buff 
  blotch 
  at 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  red, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  

   border 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  large 
  white 
  submarginal 
  spots 
  opposite 
  the 
  spots 
  

   on 
  the 
  fringes 
  ; 
  a 
  row^ 
  of 
  black 
  crescents 
  and 
  stripes 
  dusted 
  within 
  wdth 
  grey 
  

   crosses 
  the 
  wdng 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  within 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  surrounded 
  

   with 
  grey 
  dusting 
  ; 
  above 
  it, 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  black 
  blotch, 
  edged 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  within 
  ; 
  and 
  below 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  roiuid 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  likewise 
  

   ringed 
  with 
  whitish 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  a 
  

   round 
  subcostal 
  spot, 
  surrounded 
  with 
  whitish, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  triangular 
  

   white 
  spot. 
  In 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  are 
  similar, 
  but 
  paler, 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  

   markine:s 
  are 
  larijer, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  dot 
  surrounded 
  with 
  whitish 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  indistinct 
  black 
  spots 
  

   on 
  the 
  costa 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  ; 
  the 
  disc, 
  below 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  is 
  paler 
  

   tawny 
  than 
  above, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing 
  is 
  blackish, 
  crossed 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  oval 
  tawny 
  spot. 
  

   Antennfe 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white. 
  

   Hab. 
  Cameroons 
  [tijpes) 
  ; 
  Gaboon. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henlej 
  Grose 
  Smith 
  and 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  P. 
  Lihentina, 
  Hewitson 
  (" 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  vol. 
  3, 
  Pentila 
  and 
  Liptena. 
  I. 
  f. 
  8, 
  9 
  

   (1866) 
  ). 
  

  

  Hewitson 
  described 
  his 
  Lijjtena 
  Libentina 
  from 
  Old 
  Calabar 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  now 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  his 
  collection 
  by 
  three 
  specimens 
  from 
  Gaboon 
  and 
  Fernando 
  Po, 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  

   belong 
  to 
  two 
  different 
  species, 
  neither 
  agreeing 
  with 
  his 
  type, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  very 
  similar 
  to, 
  if 
  

   not 
  identical 
  with, 
  our 
  P. 
  Zoraida. 
  

  

  