﻿LYC.ENID^ 
  (aFRICAx). 
  — 
  LYCENESTHES. 
  .111 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  dove-colour, 
  with 
  two 
  oblique 
  wliitc 
  lines 
  

   in 
  the 
  cell, 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure, 
  the 
  first 
  interrupted 
  

   l)etween 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  slightly 
  

   interrupted 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  nervule. 
  Beyond 
  these 
  are 
  two 
  curved 
  subcostal 
  

   lines, 
  two 
  below 
  and 
  set 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  them, 
  and 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  a 
  

   little 
  below 
  and 
  within 
  the 
  outermost, 
  running 
  to 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure, 
  

   below 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  A 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  

   submarginal 
  lunules 
  or 
  streaks, 
  the 
  innermost 
  coalescing 
  with 
  the 
  outermost 
  

   white 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  irregular 
  

   narrow 
  white 
  lines 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  innermost 
  angulated 
  below, 
  the 
  

   outermost 
  irregularly 
  quadritid 
  above 
  ; 
  outside 
  these 
  stands 
  a 
  broader 
  white 
  

   stripe, 
  partly 
  divided 
  above 
  ; 
  two 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  one 
  near 
  tlie 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  three 
  submarginal 
  spots 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  followed 
  

   by 
  a 
  l)lack 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  fringes. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  (Preuss) 
  ; 
  Addali 
  ; 
  Cameroous 
  ( 
  $ 
  ?). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger, 
  Messrs. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Druee 
  and 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

   Allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Thyrsis, 
  Kirb. 
  The 
  female 
  from 
  the 
  Cameroons 
  agrees 
  so 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  male 
  

   on 
  the 
  undersurface 
  tliat 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  of 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  the 
  identification. 
  

  

  LYCENESTHES 
  LUCRETIA. 
  s 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  f 
  inch. 
  

  

  Mule. 
  Upperside. 
  Very 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  L. 
  LucrctilU, 
  but 
  duller, 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  blue 
  markings 
  much 
  less 
  distinct. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  8-shaped 
  

   mark 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  rather 
  wider, 
  and 
  outside 
  its 
  lower 
  edge 
  is 
  a 
  blue 
  mark 
  

   aiKjulalcd 
  imvanh 
  ; 
  the 
  corresponding 
  mark 
  in 
  L. 
  Li/nv^///.s- 
  is 
  straight. 
  On 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings, 
  the 
  inner 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  pair 
  which 
  follow 
  the 
  submarginal 
  markings 
  

   in 
  L. 
  Luartili>; 
  is 
  entirely 
  absent. 
  

  

  Undersurface. 
  Nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  L. 
  Lumitllis, 
  but 
  In-own 
  instead 
  

   of 
  black. 
  The 
  chief 
  difference 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  where 
  an 
  orange 
  band 
  

   runs 
  above 
  the 
  two 
  small 
  black 
  confluent 
  blue-dusted 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  

   and 
  the 
  orange 
  arch 
  over 
  the 
  larger 
  eye 
  becomes 
  a 
  broad 
  streak 
  above 
  it, 
  

   extending 
  from 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  uppermost, 
  where 
  it 
  

   gradually 
  fades 
  away. 
  Of 
  these 
  orange 
  markings 
  there 
  is 
  scarcely 
  a 
  trace 
  in 
  

   L. 
  Liicntilis. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  bluish 
  hair 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  white 
  beneath, 
  and 
  with 
  white 
  

  

  