﻿04 
  LYCENID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  TIKGEA. 
  

  

  XIV.— 
  TINGEA 
  ROTHA. 
  Figs. 
  8, 
  9. 
  

  

  Pentila 
  Eotha, 
  Hewitson, 
  "Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  vol. 
  5, 
  Paitila 
  and 
  Liptcna, 
  

   pi. 
  2, 
  figs. 
  8, 
  9 
  (1878). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  orange-tawny, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  apex 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  rather 
  broadly 
  brown 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  cell 
  the 
  ground- 
  

   colour 
  slightly 
  invades 
  the 
  border, 
  the 
  apical 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  straight 
  and 
  

   oblique, 
  but 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  slightly 
  indented 
  on 
  the 
  nervules. 
  Base, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  half 
  the 
  cell, 
  blackish, 
  speckled 
  with 
  orange-tawny, 
  beyond 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  also 
  speckled 
  wdth 
  tawny, 
  and 
  a 
  round 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell 
  ; 
  below^ 
  the 
  cell 
  are 
  two 
  more 
  black 
  spots. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  rather 
  

   broad 
  brown 
  borders, 
  indented 
  internally 
  on 
  the 
  nervures 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  much 
  speckled 
  with 
  brown. 
  A 
  blackish 
  spot 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   cell 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  extremity, 
  and 
  two 
  more 
  below^ 
  

   the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Underside 
  buff, 
  the 
  margins 
  paler 
  buff, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  tinged 
  wdtli 
  tawny, 
  with 
  four 
  large 
  black 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  the 
  second 
  

   constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  two 
  outermost 
  are 
  two 
  more 
  spots 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  two 
  others. 
  Between 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  are 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  large 
  black 
  spots, 
  curving 
  inwards 
  towards 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  and 
  uniting 
  in 
  one 
  large 
  spot 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  four 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  three 
  above, 
  three 
  below, 
  and 
  two 
  additional 
  ones 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  submarginal 
  rows 
  of 
  large 
  spots 
  parallel 
  

   to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Gaboon 
  (Ansell). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Collection 
  (Britisli 
  Museum), 
  and 
  in 
  tliat 
  of 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

   Much 
  resembles 
  onr 
  Tiiigra 
  Mombagie 
  (anted, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  Afr. 
  Ljc, 
  p. 
  31, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  figs. 
  9-l'2j 
  on 
  

   the 
  upper 
  side. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LAPJNOPODA. 
  Butler 
  {antca, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  pp. 
  5, 
  37, 
  51, 
  65 
  ; 
  vol. 
  '2, 
  p. 
  73 
  

  

  [61, 
  in 
  error]). 
  

  

  XIII.— 
  LAPJNOPODA 
  TIRZA. 
  Fig. 
  7. 
  

  

  Pentila 
  Tirza, 
  Hewitson, 
  "Entomologist's 
  Monthly 
  Magazine," 
  vol. 
  10. 
  

   1). 
  125 
  (1873). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  li\) 
  inches. 
  

  

  