﻿LYC.ENID.E 
  (AFRICAN). 
  ARGYROCHEILA. 
  

  

  The 
  discoidal 
  iicvvules 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule 
  run 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  three 
  lower 
  lobes. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  fusiform 
  club 
  ; 
  palpi 
  very 
  slender 
  ; 
  eyes 
  naked. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  remai-kable 
  insect, 
  probably 
  allied 
  to 
  Pentila, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  superfi<'ial 
  resemblance 
  t( 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Americau 
  Erycinidas. 
  

  

  I.— 
  AEGYROCHEILA 
  UNDIFERA. 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  

  

  Aniiirocheila 
  Undifera, 
  Staudinger, 
  "Iris," 
  vol. 
  4. 
  p. 
  215 
  (1802). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  long 
  blackish 
  blotches 
  on 
  

   the 
  costa 
  ; 
  fringes 
  silvery 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  border 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  romul 
  the 
  

   lobes, 
  within 
  and 
  below 
  which 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  irregularly 
  dusted 
  with 
  l)lackish 
  ; 
  

   an 
  obsolete 
  blackish 
  spot 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  

   median 
  nervule. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  silvery 
  fringes, 
  marked 
  with 
  black 
  at 
  

   their 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  nervures. 
  

  

  Underside 
  with 
  similar 
  markings, 
  a 
  slight 
  yellowish 
  shade 
  within 
  the 
  black 
  

   submarginal 
  line 
  ; 
  within 
  this 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  more 
  speckled 
  with 
  bbick, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  an 
  irregular 
  band 
  of 
  connected 
  light 
  brown 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  u[)per 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  macular 
  brown 
  l)ands 
  running 
  

   from 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  and 
  coalescing 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  

   l)rown 
  spot 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  nervule 
  more 
  distinct; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   a 
  l)lack 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  black 
  instead 
  of 
  brown. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ogove, 
  Gaboon 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  JULY. 
  18!-'2. 
  

  

  