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  LYC^NID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  LYC.1:NESTHES. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  bluisb-wbite 
  below. 
  Antennae 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  streaked 
  and 
  banded 
  with 
  black. 
  

   Hab. 
  Gaboon 
  (Eogers) 
  ; 
  Ogove. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Hewitson 
  Collection 
  (British 
  Museum) 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  The 
  typical 
  specimens 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Hewitson 
  are 
  so 
  much 
  rubbed 
  that 
  all 
  their 
  

   characteristic 
  markings 
  are 
  obliterated 
  above, 
  and 
  hence 
  it 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  to 
  redescribe 
  and 
  

   figure 
  the 
  sj)ecies. 
  

  

  YIII.— 
  LYC^NESTHES 
  FLAVOMACULATUS. 
  i 
  (?). 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  nearly 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male 
  (?). 
  Fpperside 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  double 
  obsolete 
  greyish 
  submarginal 
  

   'ines, 
  followed, 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  by 
  an 
  inner 
  one. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   three 
  yellowish 
  spots, 
  a 
  large 
  square 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle, 
  followed 
  by 
  two 
  

   smaller 
  ones, 
  one 
  obliquely 
  above 
  it, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  nearer 
  the 
  base. 
  There 
  are 
  

   also 
  indistinct 
  traces 
  of 
  other 
  spots, 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  running 
  obliquely 
  

   from 
  the 
  outermost 
  smaller 
  spot 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Fringes 
  grey. 
  

  

  Underside 
  brown 
  with 
  white 
  markings. 
  x\nterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  basal 
  

   streak 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  another 
  streak 
  running 
  obliquely 
  upwards 
  and 
  outwards 
  

   from 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  three 
  oblong 
  blotches 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  the 
  first 
  wide, 
  excavated 
  above, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  two 
  thick 
  stripes, 
  

   converging 
  and 
  nearly 
  uniting 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  narrower, 
  and 
  continued 
  

   upwards 
  towards 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  third 
  close 
  to 
  this, 
  but 
  broader, 
  and 
  followed, 
  a 
  

   little 
  nearer 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  by 
  a 
  stem 
  which 
  forks 
  twice 
  towards 
  the 
  costa. 
  

   There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  double 
  submarginal 
  line. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  many 
  white 
  

   lines 
  and 
  stripes, 
  diverging, 
  bifurcating, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  anastomosing, 
  all 
  of 
  

   which, 
  except 
  that 
  nearest 
  the 
  base, 
  are 
  united 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  where 
  the 
  

   second 
  forms 
  a 
  strong 
  V- 
  A. 
  double 
  submarginal 
  line, 
  separated 
  by 
  oval 
  blackish 
  

   spaces 
  ; 
  between 
  the 
  lower 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot, 
  

   speckled 
  with 
  metallic 
  bluish-green, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  an 
  orange 
  arch 
  ; 
  nearer 
  

   the 
  anal 
  angle 
  is 
  a 
  smaller 
  black 
  spot, 
  similarly 
  speckled. 
  A 
  black 
  line 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  submarginal 
  lines, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  bluish-white 
  below 
  ; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  some 
  transverse 
  blackish 
  lines 
  ; 
  legs 
  wanting. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  "NY. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Crowlev. 
  

  

  