﻿LYC^NID.E 
  (aFRICAn). 
  LYC^NESTHES. 
  99 
  

  

  (if 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  are 
  intersected 
  with 
  tawny. 
  The 
  two 
  contiguous 
  

   bhxck 
  spots 
  nearest 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  only 
  bordered 
  with 
  

   orange 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  side. 
  

   Hab. 
  Gaboon, 
  Ogove. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Holland 
  and 
  of 
  th 
  ■ 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  III.— 
  LYC.ENESTHES 
  MAHOTA. 
  s 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7. 
  h. 
  s 
  . 
  V), 
  10. 
  

  

  Lijcu'iicstlu-s 
  Malioia, 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History," 
  ser. 
  5, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  65 
  (1887). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  jialc. 
  Uppeeside 
  reddish 
  tawny, 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  margins, 
  except 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  broadly 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  reddish 
  part 
  rectangularly 
  indented 
  at 
  half 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  reddish 
  patch 
  is 
  slightly 
  indented 
  above 
  towards 
  tlic 
  

   base 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  it 
  ends 
  in 
  a 
  sharply-defined 
  arch 
  over 
  a 
  black 
  

   spot. 
  All 
  tlie 
  wings 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  grey 
  submarginal 
  line. 
  

  

  Underside 
  banded 
  in 
  almost 
  equal 
  proportions 
  with 
  white 
  and 
  lighter 
  or 
  

   darker 
  brown 
  ; 
  fringes 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  at 
  their 
  base. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   (in 
  which 
  the 
  white 
  colour 
  rather 
  predominates) 
  with 
  two 
  small 
  black 
  blue- 
  

   dusted 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  slight 
  reddish-orange 
  streak 
  ; 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  large 
  square 
  black 
  spot 
  near 
  it, 
  surrounded, 
  except 
  below, 
  with 
  reddish 
  

   orange. 
  Within 
  these 
  eyes 
  runs 
  the 
  outermost 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  regular 
  

   brown 
  stripes. 
  

  

  Feiiiah'. 
  Upperside 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  reddish-tawny 
  patch, 
  lighter 
  than 
  

   in 
  the 
  male, 
  on 
  each 
  wing. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  it 
  rests 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  

   and 
  is 
  nearly 
  square, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  upper 
  outer 
  side 
  is 
  obliquely 
  truncated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  upper 
  side 
  has 
  a 
  blackish 
  streak 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  

   patch 
  is 
  irregular 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  nearly 
  fills 
  up 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  beyond 
  it 
  are 
  three 
  

   connected 
  submarginal 
  lunules 
  surmounting 
  black 
  spots 
  nearly 
  lost 
  in 
  the 
  dark 
  

   ground-colour 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  submarginal 
  grey 
  line 
  before 
  the 
  

   black 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Underside 
  pinkish 
  white, 
  with 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  regular 
  blackisli 
  

   stripes, 
  the 
  third 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  intersected 
  on 
  each 
  wing 
  by 
  a 
  dull 
  reddish 
  

   patch 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  are 
  two 
  black 
  eyes, 
  dusted 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  blue, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  orange 
  arches. 
  

  

  