﻿LVC.BSIDiE 
  (AFRICAN). 
  ASLAUGA. 
  f^'J 
  

  

  hiiid 
  margin 
  convex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  fringes 
  whitish, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  somewhat 
  denticuhited, 
  and 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  emarginate. 
  

  

  Underside 
  pale 
  grey, 
  speckled 
  with 
  brown, 
  and 
  witli 
  a 
  brown 
  line 
  rimning 
  

   oldiijuelv 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  near 
  the 
  ai)ex 
  to 
  within 
  the 
  

   cmargination 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Antenna' 
  brown 
  above 
  and 
  grey 
  below 
  ; 
  sliort 
  and 
  thick, 
  with 
  the 
  club 
  very 
  

   gradually 
  formed. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ogove 
  (Gaboon). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collectiou 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Holland. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  EULIPHYEA. 
  

  

  Ealiphira, 
  Holland, 
  " 
  Psyche," 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  4'2;3 
  (1890). 
  

  

  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  the 
  apex 
  rectangular, 
  and 
  

   the 
  hind 
  margin 
  deeply 
  curved 
  inwards 
  above 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  thence 
  oblique 
  to 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  angle. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  short, 
  rounded, 
  and 
  rather 
  long, 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  pointed, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  tliough 
  slightly 
  curved 
  

   inwards 
  at 
  five-sixths 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  subcostal 
  very 
  long, 
  the 
  two 
  first 
  

   rising 
  near 
  together, 
  and 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  nervure 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  forking 
  at 
  

   two-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  

   separating 
  at 
  three-fifths, 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  margin 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Paljti 
  comparatively 
  short 
  ; 
  antenna' 
  short, 
  but 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  fusiform 
  

   club. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Holland 
  considers 
  Liphiint 
  Lrucijania, 
  Hew., 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  genus, 
  

   which 
  seems 
  to 
  us 
  doubtful. 
  Fidiphiira 
  Mirifica 
  has 
  a 
  curious 
  general 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  ilcquriidn 
  . 
  

  

  I.— 
  EULIPHYEA 
  MmiFICA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  Vl. 
  

  

  Euliplnira 
  Mirifira, 
  Holland, 
  "Psyche," 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  423 
  (1800). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Mall'. 
  Upperside 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  line, 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  on 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fringes. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  

   patch 
  (longer 
  tlian 
  broad) 
  commencing 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  tlie 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  J.VNUAKV, 
  1893. 
  N 
  

  

  