﻿LYCENID.E 
  (aFRICAX). 
  LARINOPODA. 
  95 
  

  

  Mdlr. 
  Semi-transparent 
  iridescent 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  

   and 
  hind 
  margin 
  ashy, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure. 
  

   Hal). 
  rial)oon 
  (Eogers). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  H''witsou 
  Colleetioa 
  (British 
  Museum). 
  

  

  Ajijiaivutly 
  allied 
  to 
  Laritioj'oda 
  Si/lphida, 
  Staudiuger 
  (itnfca, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  74 
  [62, 
  in 
  error]), 
  

   pi. 
  18, 
  figs. 
  3, 
  4.' 
  

  

  XIV.— 
  LARINOrODA 
  LIRCEA. 
  *. 
  Fig. 
  10. 
  $. 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  

  

  Liptena 
  Lirccea, 
  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies," 
  voL 
  3, 
  Fcntlhi 
  and 
  

   LIptena, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  figs. 
  10, 
  11 
  (1866). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  about 
  1| 
  inches. 
  

  

  Jfalf. 
  I'pPERSiDE 
  white, 
  rather 
  thinly 
  scaled, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  apex, 
  and 
  hind 
  margin 
  rather 
  narrowly 
  bordered 
  with 
  brown, 
  but 
  taper- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  ceasing 
  above 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule. 
  On 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  border 
  

   l)ecomes 
  almost 
  linear 
  from 
  two-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  one-fifth 
  

   of 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  bordered 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   for 
  two-fifths 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  where 
  a 
  triangular 
  blotch 
  is 
  placed, 
  extending 
  to 
  

   the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  but 
  just 
  Ijeyond 
  its 
  termination. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  border 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  as 
  above, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  obsolete 
  below 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  narrowest 
  

   on 
  the 
  costa 
  above. 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  round 
  black 
  spots, 
  the 
  largest 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   smallest 
  below 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  submedian 
  nervule. 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  body 
  white 
  ; 
  anteuniB 
  black, 
  annulated 
  with 
  white, 
  most 
  

   distinctly 
  below 
  ; 
  club 
  long, 
  slender, 
  pointed 
  ; 
  palpi 
  yellow, 
  tipped 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  yellow, 
  femora 
  and 
  tibite 
  speckled, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  banded 
  with 
  black. 
  

   Genital 
  organs 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  prominent, 
  almost 
  resembling 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  

   dragon-fly. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  white, 
  more 
  thickly 
  scaled 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  with 
  a 
  uniformly 
  broad 
  black 
  border 
  to 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  at 
  which 
  point 
  it 
  is 
  slightly 
  interrupted 
  ; 
  beyond 
  this 
  point 
  

   commences 
  a 
  broad 
  black 
  border, 
  broadest 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  covers 
  more 
  

   than 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  but 
  narrowing 
  towards 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle, 
  

   which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  quite 
  reach. 
  

  

  Underside 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  marginal 
  borders 
  linear 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  triangle 
  

   just 
  beyond 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  there 
  are 
  

   three 
  connected 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  blackish 
  markings, 
  the 
  last 
  subapical, 
  and 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  APRIL, 
  18U3. 
  B 
  

  

  