﻿LYC^NIDiE 
  (African). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  X. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LIPTENA. 
  

  

  Liptcna, 
  Westwood 
  {antea, 
  pp. 
  1, 
  15, 
  33). 
  

  

  v.— 
  LIPTENA 
  ACE.EOIDES. 
  

  

  Liptcna 
  Acripa, 
  var. 
  Hewitson, 
  "Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  iii, 
  Liplena, 
  fig. 
  12. 
  

  

  Liptaia 
  Sanguiiwa, 
  i 
  . 
  Smith 
  and 
  liirby, 
  antca, 
  p. 
  2, 
  pi. 
  i, 
  f. 
  1, 
  2 
  (1887). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1| 
  to 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Reddish-tawny, 
  with 
  black 
  borders, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  small 
  separate 
  

   subapical 
  white 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  usually 
  four 
  

   larger 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  confluent 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  . 
  Incisions 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  female 
  

   with 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  submarginal 
  white 
  spots 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   wings. 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Staiidinger 
  for 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  insects 
  figured 
  by 
  us 
  as 
  the 
  

   sexes 
  of 
  Liptcna 
  Samjiilnea, 
  Plotz, 
  really 
  belong 
  to 
  different 
  species. 
  L. 
  Acrxoides 
  is 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  L. 
  Samjuinea 
  (of 
  which 
  L. 
  Annechei, 
  Dew., 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  synonym) 
  by 
  the 
  paler 
  colour 
  of 
  

   the 
  undersurface 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  four 
  distinct 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  (only 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  and 
  separated 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  space 
  in 
  L. 
  Saiujuinea), 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   usually 
  heavier 
  sjsotting 
  below 
  the 
  cell. 
  These 
  differences 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  our 
  figures. 
  L. 
  Acrxokles 
  

   varies 
  somewhat, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Gaboon, 
  Cameroons, 
  and 
  Angola. 
  All 
  th<' 
  

   sj)eciinens 
  labelled 
  L. 
  Acrxa 
  in 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Collection 
  belong 
  to 
  L. 
  Acrxoides, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  

   L. 
  Acrxa, 
  Doubl. 
  and 
  Hew., 
  or 
  L.Sanguinea, 
  P.otz. 
  The 
  insects 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  require 
  to 
  be 
  collected 
  

   in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  different 
  localities, 
  as 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  species. 
  L. 
  Acrxoides 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  species 
  in 
  Angola. 
  

   In 
  aU 
  the 
  principal 
  Collections. 
  

  

  VL— 
  LIPTENA 
  FEPvVIDA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  3. 
  

   Exp. 
  If 
  to 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  reddish-tawiiy, 
  the 
  costa 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  nerM^ire, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  third, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  black 
  ; 
  posterior 
  

  

  VOL. 
  I., 
  JULY, 
  1890. 
  L 
  L 
  

  

  