﻿LYCENID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  — 
  .MOIACR^T-A. 
  41 
  

  

  GENUS 
  MIMACR.EA. 
  

  

  Mimacrcea, 
  Butler, 
  " 
  Lepidoptera 
  Exotica," 
  p. 
  104 
  (1872). 
  

  

  Anterior 
  wings 
  long, 
  cell 
  al)ont 
  two-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  costa 
  

   slightly 
  serrated, 
  the 
  costal 
  nervure 
  running 
  into 
  it 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   subcostal 
  nervure 
  five-branched, 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  branches 
  emitted 
  before 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  the 
  third 
  a 
  little 
  beyond, 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  separating 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  fourth 
  reaching 
  the 
  costa 
  at 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  

   upper 
  discoidal 
  emitted 
  from 
  subcostal 
  ; 
  first 
  discocellular 
  very 
  short, 
  the 
  second 
  

   slanting 
  inwards 
  ; 
  median 
  branches 
  long, 
  emitted 
  at 
  regular 
  intervals. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  rounded, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  slightly 
  

   siuuatcd, 
  cell 
  rather 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  costal 
  nervure 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  apex, 
  sub- 
  

   costal 
  branches 
  stalked 
  ; 
  discocellulars 
  nearly 
  transverse, 
  the 
  upper 
  shorter 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  median 
  branches 
  emitted 
  nearly 
  at 
  regular 
  intervals 
  ; 
  palpi 
  

   moderately 
  long, 
  conical 
  at 
  tip, 
  abdomen 
  slender, 
  legs 
  stout 
  : 
  club 
  of 
  anteun* 
  

   long, 
  annulated, 
  scarcely 
  thickened. 
  

  

  Type 
  Mimacrxa 
  Barwinia, 
  But!., 
  from 
  West 
  Africa. 
  

  

  I.— 
  MIMACILEA 
  APICALIS. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  0, 
  7. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  about 
  '2j 
  inches. 
  

  

  Tawny 
  (paler 
  in 
  the 
  i 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  ), 
  anterior 
  wings 
  black 
  above 
  the 
  

   median 
  nervure, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  between 
  the 
  l)ranches 
  

   of 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervures 
  the 
  black 
  also 
  extends 
  into 
  the 
  disc, 
  

   on 
  -at 
  least 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  cell, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  basal 
  dash 
  below 
  

   the 
  submedian 
  nervure. 
  On 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  runs 
  irregularly 
  

   downward, 
  ceasing 
  at 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wing. 
  The 
  nervures 
  in 
  the 
  

   black 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  are 
  pitchy. 
  Aii 
  oblique 
  pale 
  yellow 
  stripe 
  before 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   divided 
  into 
  three 
  or 
  five 
  spots 
  by 
  the 
  nervures, 
  which 
  are 
  here 
  of 
  a 
  yellowish- 
  

   brovsii. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  basal 
  line 
  upon 
  or 
  above 
  the 
  subcostal, 
  

   extending 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  black 
  

   border, 
  rather 
  irregular 
  within, 
  and 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  beyond 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  

   though 
  continued 
  thus 
  along 
  i)art 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  In 
  the 
  female 
  it 
  

   becomes 
  very 
  narrow 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  similar, 
  but 
  paler, 
  with 
  the 
  border 
  narrower, 
  

   and 
  ceasing 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle, 
  costal 
  nervure 
  tawiiy, 
  an 
  irregular 
  

   tawny 
  line 
  within 
  the 
  cell, 
  above 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  and 
  the 
  oblique 
  yellow 
  

   stripe 
  paler 
  and 
  rather 
  longer. 
  In 
  the 
  male 
  it 
  touches 
  the 
  tawny 
  blotch 
  which 
  

  

  