﻿LYCEXID-E 
  (AFRICAN).— 
  TINGRA. 
  93 
  

  

  XII.— 
  TINGRA 
  PHIDIA. 
  Fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Piutila 
  Ph'uUa, 
  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  ]\Iagazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  13, 
  p. 
  383 
  (1874). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  IJ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  semi-transparent 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  the 
  whole 
  apex 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  beyond 
  

   an 
  ill-detined 
  imaginary 
  line 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  lowest 
  median 
  ncrvule, 
  pale 
  orange. 
  Hind 
  margin 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  border 
  

   extending 
  from 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  scarcely 
  broader, 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  upper 
  median 
  

   nervule. 
  A 
  long 
  blackish 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  median 
  nervules. 
  

   A 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  second 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  just 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  median 
  

   nervule. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  second 
  

   at 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  below 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  median 
  

   nervule 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  five 
  blackish 
  marginal 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  

   nervures. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white 
  (most 
  distinctly 
  below), 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

   long 
  and 
  somewhat 
  obtuse 
  club 
  ; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  legs 
  mostly 
  orange. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  West 
  Africa. 
  (Taken 
  on 
  the 
  march 
  to 
  Coomassie 
  by 
  Lieutenant 
  

   Bell.) 
  

  

  In 
  tlie 
  British 
  Museum 
  (General, 
  and 
  Hewitson 
  Collections). 
  

  

  Hewitson 
  regai'ded 
  this 
  insect 
  as 
  probably 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  Lijitena 
  Abraxas, 
  Doubl. 
  and 
  How. 
  

   There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  precisely 
  similar 
  s]ieciuien, 
  also 
  from 
  Ashauti, 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Collection 
  uf 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  XIII.— 
  TINGEA 
  LAGYRA. 
  Fig. 
  0. 
  

  

  Lipkna 
  Loijijra, 
  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  III., 
  PtH///'* 
  and 
  J.iplcna. 
  

   pi. 
  1, 
  f. 
  42 
  (1800). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  IJ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  white, 
  costa 
  narrowly 
  and 
  apex 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  more 
  

   broadly 
  brown, 
  about 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  median 
  nervule. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  fringes 
  narrowly 
  brown, 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  spot 
  ])elow 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  median 
  nervule. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Old 
  Calabar. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Collection 
  (British 
  Museum). 
  

  

  