﻿LYC.ENID.E 
  (African). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  XXII. 
  

  

  LYC.ENESTHES. 
  I. 
  

  

  Lijcaiu'sthrs, 
  Moore, 
  "Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London," 
  

   18(i5, 
  p. 
  773. 
  

  

  I.— 
  LYCiENESTHES 
  LYCHNOPTERA. 
  s 
  ■ 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  -2. 
  

  

  Liircenc!<t}ies 
  Lijrlnioptrs, 
  Holland, 
  "Psyche," 
  YI. 
  p. 
  51 
  (1&'.)1). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  f 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings, 
  tawny-copper, 
  the 
  hase 
  and 
  costa 
  

   l)roadly 
  l)lack 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  with 
  a 
  hlaek 
  border, 
  slightly 
  produced 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  veins, 
  gradually 
  diminishing 
  to 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  

   with 
  a 
  tawny-copper 
  patch 
  commencing 
  in 
  a 
  point 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  spreading 
  

   over 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  nearly 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margin. 
  Fringes 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  wings 
  inclining 
  to 
  grey. 
  

  

  Underside, 
  black, 
  with 
  two 
  submarginal 
  white 
  lines, 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  some- 
  

   what 
  irregular 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  stripe 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  running 
  obliquely 
  upwards 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  but 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  costa; 
  three 
  lines, 
  each 
  broken 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  white 
  dots 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  within 
  the 
  submarginal 
  

   lines 
  which 
  throws 
  off 
  branches 
  inwards 
  at 
  one-third 
  and 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  its 
  

   length, 
  the 
  innermost 
  joining 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  outermost 
  broken 
  line. 
  . 
  

  

  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  basal 
  line, 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  

   a 
  line 
  beyond 
  the 
  base, 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  a 
  second, 
  double 
  below 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  branch 
  strongly 
  V-^l^'^P^'t^) 
  ^"J 
  then 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  connected 
  lines; 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  two 
  lower 
  down, 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  but 
  

   within 
  and 
  not 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  others 
  ; 
  outside 
  these 
  is 
  an 
  additional 
  short 
  

   curved 
  line, 
  and 
  below 
  are 
  two 
  more 
  lines 
  corresponding 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  the 
  innermost 
  broadly 
  V-^l'^ped, 
  and 
  the 
  outermost 
  short 
  ; 
  beyond 
  this 
  

   series 
  is 
  a 
  broader 
  white 
  line, 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  On 
  the 
  

   vui,. 
  n.. 
  JULY. 
  1893. 
  u 
  

  

  