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  LYC^lNIDiE 
  (aFRICAn). 
  LYC^NESTHES. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ogove, 
  Gaboon 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Ajsparently 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Melambrotus, 
  Holland, 
  from 
  Kangwe, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  by 
  the 
  blue 
  reflection 
  on 
  the 
  wings, 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  the 
  pale 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  and 
  

   the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  above, 
  and 
  by 
  its 
  larger 
  size 
  (20 
  niillim.). 
  

  

  VI.— 
  LYCENESTHES 
  GEA]\miCUS. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  

  

  Femah'. 
  Upperside 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  submarginal 
  white 
  hmules, 
  

   bordering 
  spots 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  ground-colour. 
  These 
  spots 
  are 
  bordered 
  with 
  

   white 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  also, 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  but 
  the 
  

   white 
  markings 
  decrease 
  progressively 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  : 
  a 
  black 
  bar 
  runs 
  obliquely 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  continued 
  more 
  narrowly 
  

   round 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Beyond 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  tall 
  pyramidal 
  black 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  extending 
  two-thirds 
  across 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  

   spot. 
  Outside 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  another 
  black 
  mark, 
  of 
  the 
  exact 
  shape 
  

   of 
  a 
  leg 
  without 
  the 
  foot, 
  and 
  bent 
  at 
  the 
  knee. 
  Opposite 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  

   this 
  ceases 
  another 
  large 
  black 
  mark, 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  

   suddenly 
  narrowed 
  at 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  its 
  length. 
  Beyond 
  this 
  again 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  

   bar, 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  broken 
  into 
  three 
  spots 
  above, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  nearly 
  touched 
  the 
  narrow 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  mark 
  within 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  

   three 
  spots 
  curve 
  inwards 
  towards 
  the 
  costa, 
  along 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  continued 
  by 
  

   two 
  more 
  subcostal 
  spots, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  innermost 
  stands 
  above 
  the 
  leg-shaped 
  

   mark. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  six 
  rather 
  large 
  black 
  spots. 
  

   Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  basal 
  bar 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  two 
  more 
  

   bars 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  first 
  short, 
  followed 
  by 
  another 
  short 
  oblique 
  

   bar, 
  and 
  then 
  by 
  two 
  large 
  black 
  sj)ots 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   longer, 
  but 
  followed 
  at 
  a 
  greater 
  distance 
  by 
  one 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

   Outside 
  this 
  is 
  another 
  long 
  band, 
  somewhat 
  irregular, 
  and 
  broken 
  below. 
  

   Above 
  and 
  beyond 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  about 
  eight 
  black 
  spots, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  

   followed 
  by 
  a 
  submarginal 
  series 
  of 
  black 
  spots, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   speckled 
  with 
  metallic 
  green. 
  A 
  narrow 
  black 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Antenn?e 
  spotted, 
  and 
  legs 
  streaked 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mombasa. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henlev 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  