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  LYC.^NID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  MIIIACR^A. 
  

  

  lills 
  up 
  the 
  outer 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  below 
  the 
  submediau 
  nervure. 
  Apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  shading 
  into 
  hght 
  brown. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  crossed 
  l)y 
  a 
  buff 
  band 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  area 
  more 
  brown, 
  and 
  marked 
  with 
  about 
  fifteen 
  black 
  spots, 
  arranged 
  

   in 
  rows 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  above 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  within 
  it, 
  to 
  its 
  extremity 
  ; 
  and 
  below 
  ; 
  

   besides 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  others 
  nearer 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Marginal 
  area 
  gi'eyish-brown. 
  

   Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  inner 
  orbits 
  white, 
  and 
  legs 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  tawny, 
  with 
  about 
  three 
  small 
  black 
  streaks 
  beneath. 
  

   Hab. 
  Cameroons 
  (Preuss). 
  

  

  In 
  tlie 
  Collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Mimacriea 
  JDartcinia, 
  Butl. 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  that 
  species 
  the 
  subapical 
  sjiot 
  is 
  not 
  

   vollow, 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  tawnv 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  winas. 
  

  

  II.— 
  MIMACE^A 
  CHAEMIAN. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  8, 
  9. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  reddish-tawny 
  band 
  

   resting 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  from 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  nearly 
  to 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  angle, 
  and 
  narrow^ed 
  suddenly 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   wing, 
  beyond 
  which 
  it 
  curves 
  upward 
  in 
  a 
  narrower 
  baud, 
  slightly 
  serrated 
  on 
  

   each 
  side, 
  but 
  of 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  width, 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  costa. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  

   half-way 
  between 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  of 
  a 
  redder 
  tawny, 
  the 
  base 
  brown, 
  beyond 
  which 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bourhood 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  much 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  marked 
  

   with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  brown 
  spots 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  narrow 
  black 
  border. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  paler, 
  costa 
  slightly 
  dusted 
  with 
  black, 
  the 
  

   tawny 
  band 
  much 
  indented 
  within, 
  and 
  represented 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  pale 
  space 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  in 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  band 
  

   are 
  yellow, 
  and 
  between 
  them 
  run 
  forked 
  streaks 
  (mostly 
  starting 
  from 
  the 
  band) 
  

   to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  a 
  pinkish-tawny, 
  

   marked 
  with 
  about 
  ten 
  black 
  spots 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  short 
  curved 
  

   dashes, 
  separating 
  the 
  basal 
  from 
  the 
  marginal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  yellow 
  nervures, 
  between 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  runs 
  a 
  long 
  bifid 
  tawny 
  

   stripe 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Body 
  brown, 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  yellow, 
  spotted 
  with 
  black. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  

   cell 
  much 
  more 
  pointed 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  which 
  gives 
  it 
  a 
  

   still 
  more 
  striking 
  resemblance 
  to 
  an 
  Jciwa. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Kenlev 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  