﻿LYC.EXID.E 
  (AFRICAN). 
  LYC.EXESTHES. 
  105 
  

  

  IX.— 
  LYCENESTHES 
  PULCHEE. 
  g 
  . 
  Figs. 
  0, 
  10. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  nearly 
  1 
  iucli. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  violet-blue, 
  \vitli 
  the 
  base, 
  costa, 
  liiud 
  margins, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  also 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  rather 
  broadly 
  blackish. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  yellowish 
  patch 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  within 
  which 
  the 
  wings 
  shade 
  

   into 
  purplish. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  indistinct 
  white 
  submarginal 
  line, 
  

   on 
  which 
  stands 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  under 
  a 
  tawny 
  arch, 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  

   submedian 
  nervules 
  ; 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  three 
  violet 
  iunules, 
  also 
  

   within 
  the 
  submarginal 
  line. 
  

  

  Underside 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  broad 
  white 
  stripes 
  and 
  a 
  double 
  submarginal 
  

   line. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  an 
  oblique 
  band 
  

   beyond, 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  and 
  two 
  

   double 
  bands 
  beyond, 
  partly 
  interrupted 
  by 
  the 
  nervures 
  towards 
  the 
  costa. 
  

   The 
  outer 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  double 
  band 
  is 
  very 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  where 
  it 
  

   unites 
  with 
  the 
  inner 
  portion 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  double 
  band 
  

   coalesces, 
  and 
  becomes 
  single 
  below 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  continued 
  round 
  the 
  angle 
  

   formed 
  by 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  five 
  transverse 
  white 
  bands, 
  the 
  first 
  isolated, 
  the 
  

   second 
  bifurcating 
  at 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  the 
  outer 
  branch 
  connected 
  for 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  with 
  the 
  third 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  then 
  detaching 
  itself, 
  and 
  

   becoming 
  V-shaped 
  before 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  uniting 
  with 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   at 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  the 
  fifth 
  bending 
  outwards 
  at 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  

   the 
  concavity 
  being 
  bridged 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  line. 
  All 
  these 
  strijjes, 
  from 
  

   the 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  fifth, 
  are 
  united 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  The 
  

   double 
  -submarginal 
  line 
  widens 
  out 
  below 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  

   the 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  deep 
  black, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  greenish-blue. 
  The 
  largest, 
  

   corresponding 
  to 
  that 
  above, 
  is 
  surmounted 
  by 
  an 
  orange 
  arch 
  ; 
  nearer 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  are 
  two 
  smaller 
  ones, 
  divided 
  by 
  an 
  orange 
  line, 
  which 
  cm-ves 
  in 
  both 
  

   directions, 
  and 
  partly 
  sm-moxmts 
  them, 
  above. 
  

  

  Body 
  black, 
  antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  lower 
  orbits 
  white. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  North 
  Gaboon 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  Iq 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  X.— 
  LYC^NESTHES 
  TUEBATUS. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11. 
  12. 
  

   Exp. 
  ^ 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  

   Female. 
  Upperside 
  dark 
  broMii, 
  fringes 
  naiTOwly 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  

  

  VOL. 
  n., 
  OCTOBER, 
  1893. 
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  b 
  

  

  