﻿LYC^NID.E 
  (African). 
  

  

  TLATE 
  XI. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LIPTENA. 
  

   Liptcna, 
  Westwoocl 
  {antca, 
  pp. 
  1, 
  15, 
  33, 
  39). 
  

  

  VIII.— 
  LIPTENA 
  SUBVARIEGATA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  

  

  Expands 
  l-i"*,- 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  triangular, 
  broad, 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  ; 
  black, 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  reddish 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  brown, 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  red, 
  wliich 
  forms 
  a 
  band 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  and 
  is 
  indented 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  edge 
  with 
  four 
  large 
  concavities. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  a 
  tawny 
  stripe 
  covers 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  below, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  separated 
  by 
  an 
  irregular 
  band 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  from 
  a 
  blotch 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  dash 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  followed 
  by 
  three 
  white 
  costal 
  dashes, 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  whioli 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  connected 
  with 
  another 
  just 
  below 
  and 
  subparallel 
  to 
  it; 
  along 
  obliijuc 
  

   white 
  submarginal 
  stripe 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  reddish-tawny, 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  

   roll, 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  spot 
  at 
  apex. 
  l)ordered 
  with 
  l)lack, 
  except 
  below; 
  the 
  black 
  

   border 
  sends 
  out 
  a 
  tooth 
  towards 
  the 
  stripe 
  descending 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  the 
  

   spot 
  from 
  tlie 
  costa, 
  and 
  then 
  narrows, 
  throwing 
  out 
  only 
  two 
  short 
  teeth, 
  but 
  

   about 
  tlie 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  it 
  throws 
  out 
  a 
  long 
  tooth, 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  extremity 
  

   of 
  which, 
  ])ut 
  not 
  quite 
  touching 
  it, 
  an 
  inner 
  row 
  of 
  connected 
  black 
  lunules, 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  border 
  itself 
  by 
  white 
  ones 
  (the 
  first 
  of 
  which 
  surmounts 
  

   another 
  large 
  tooth), 
  runs 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons 
  (Preuss). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger, 
  and 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  I., 
  OCTOBER, 
  1890. 
  o 
  o 
  

  

  