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  LYC^NID^ 
  (aFRICAN). 
  LYC^NESTHES. 
  

  

  margin, 
  above 
  the 
  lower 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  with 
  

   some 
  metallic 
  spangles, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  an 
  orange 
  \J 
  ; 
  and 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  metallic 
  spangles. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ogove, 
  West 
  Africa 
  (Good). 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Holland. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Leptines, 
  Hew. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  is 
  labelled 
  L. 
  Lychnoptera 
  ; 
  hence, 
  we 
  conclude 
  that 
  Lychrwptes 
  is 
  a 
  misprint. 
  

   We 
  ai'e 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Holland, 
  of 
  Pittsburg^h, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  for 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   tiguring 
  several 
  intarestiag 
  Lycaeaidae, 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  recently 
  described. 
  

  

  IL— 
  LYC.ENESTHES 
  SCINTILLULA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Lticancsthrs 
  Seiutillulu, 
  }io\fiin(l, 
  "Psyche,"' 
  VI. 
  p. 
  50 
  (1891); 
  "Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  News," 
  IV. 
  p. 
  26 
  (1893). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  |-1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  bright 
  coppery, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  base, 
  costa, 
  apex, 
  

   and 
  hind 
  margin 
  rather 
  narrowly 
  black. 
  Posterior 
  w'ings 
  with 
  the 
  costa, 
  basal 
  

   third, 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  broadly 
  black 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   narrowly 
  black. 
  A 
  round 
  spot 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  border 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  median 
  

   nervules. 
  Above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure, 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  extends 
  semi- 
  

   circularly 
  into 
  the 
  groimd-colour 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  blotch 
  

   extending 
  to 
  the 
  black 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Underside 
  brown, 
  blackish 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  costa, 
  and 
  fringes, 
  and 
  with 
  

   many 
  irregular 
  pinkish-white 
  stripes, 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  intersected 
  by 
  blackish 
  

   spots. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  pale 
  markings 
  near 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  clearer 
  white 
  on 
  a 
  darker 
  ground, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  

   are 
  three 
  black 
  spots 
  dusted 
  with 
  blue, 
  one 
  sm-mounted 
  by 
  an 
  orange 
  arch, 
  

   between 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervules, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   submedian 
  nervure 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  smaller, 
  and 
  are 
  separated 
  and 
  bordered 
  above 
  

   and 
  below 
  with 
  orange. 
  The 
  pale 
  markings 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  are 
  V-shaped 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  side, 
  and 
  U-sl^''ip6'^ 
  beyond. 
  

  

  Body 
  black, 
  antennae 
  marked 
  with 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  club 
  tawny 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   orbits 
  white 
  ; 
  legs 
  mostly 
  white. 
  

  

  Fenialf. 
  Upperside 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  shining 
  reddish 
  patch 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  each 
  wing. 
  

  

  Underside 
  darker 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  pale 
  markings 
  much 
  

   more 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  pmkish-white 
  colour, 
  except 
  that 
  some 
  

  

  