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  LYCENID.E 
  (AFRICAN). 
  LIPTENA. 
  

  

  wings 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  also 
  black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  subapical 
  row 
  

   of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  small 
  white 
  spots. 
  Incisions 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  wings 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   white. 
  

  

  Female 
  similar, 
  but 
  paler, 
  the 
  subapical 
  transverse 
  band 
  larger, 
  and 
  composed 
  

   of 
  four 
  white 
  or 
  yellow 
  confluent 
  spots. 
  

  

  Underside 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  L. 
  Acraoides, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   black 
  markings 
  less 
  extensive, 
  and 
  (in 
  the 
  female) 
  with 
  no 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   wings 
  between 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Towards 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  black 
  subcostal 
  markings 
  are 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  

   square-cut 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons 
  (Preuss). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Intermediate 
  between 
  L. 
  Acrxoides 
  and 
  the 
  true 
  L. 
  Acrxa, 
  Westwood. 
  

  

  VII.— 
  LIPTENA 
  ECHO. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  5. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  reddish-tawny, 
  the 
  hind 
  margins, 
  and 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  

   apex 
  of 
  anterior 
  wings 
  broadly 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  detached 
  red 
  spot 
  at 
  one-third 
  

   of 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  The 
  inner 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  is 
  rather 
  irregular. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  crescent 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  paler 
  tawny, 
  shading 
  into 
  yellowish, 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  costa, 
  and 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  of 
  anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  posterior 
  

   wings 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots. 
  Costa 
  of 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  seven 
  rather 
  irregular 
  black 
  bands, 
  the 
  second 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  spot 
  ; 
  

   the 
  second, 
  third, 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  longest; 
  the 
  fifth 
  covers 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   obliquely 
  below 
  the 
  sixth 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  disc. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  three 
  

   detached 
  costal 
  stripes 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  another 
  beyond, 
  which 
  commences 
  

   tlie 
  continuous 
  border 
  ; 
  another 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  another 
  below 
  

   the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  just 
  before 
  it 
  forks, 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  

   another 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gold 
  Coast 
  (Vray). 
  

  

  In 
  tLe 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to, 
  and 
  possibly 
  the 
  male 
  of, 
  L. 
  Semirnfa 
  (antea, 
  p. 
  33). 
  

  

  