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  LYC^NID^ 
  (aFEICAN). 
  LYC^NESTHES. 
  

  

  bands 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  antennae 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  club, 
  

   orange 
  beneath. 
  In 
  L. 
  Lncretilh 
  the 
  club 
  is 
  black, 
  and 
  very 
  slender. 
  

   Hab. 
  Victoria, 
  Cameroons 
  (Teusz.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Standinger. 
  

  

  Unfortunately 
  tlie 
  only 
  specimen 
  is 
  mucli 
  rubbed 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  ; 
  Vnit 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   reason 
  to 
  doubt 
  its 
  distinctness 
  from 
  L. 
  Lucretilis, 
  Hewitson, 
  though 
  it 
  so 
  closely 
  resembles 
  it. 
  

  

  LYC^NESTHES 
  STAUDINGEEI. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  f 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Uppebside 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  rich 
  deep 
  purple 
  band 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  submedian 
  nervures. 
  It 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  for 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  biit 
  then 
  narrows, 
  ceasing 
  

   between 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  and 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  at 
  rather 
  more 
  

   than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  Underside 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  markings, 
  and 
  two 
  submarginal 
  lines, 
  so 
  much 
  

   interrupted 
  that 
  the 
  outermost 
  is 
  almost 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  spots. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  an 
  oblique 
  line 
  running 
  up 
  

   from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  beyond 
  the 
  base, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  costa, 
  a 
  straight 
  

   Ijand, 
  bifid 
  below 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  disconnected, 
  running 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  subcostal 
  mark 
  ; 
  an 
  irregular 
  macular 
  

   stripe 
  beyond, 
  the 
  lowest 
  streak 
  broadest, 
  between 
  which 
  and 
  another 
  series 
  of 
  

   still 
  more 
  interrupted 
  streaks, 
  broadest 
  above, 
  within 
  the 
  submarginal 
  markings 
  

   are 
  some 
  slender 
  irregular 
  white 
  streaks. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  about 
  four 
  

   series 
  of 
  white 
  lines 
  or 
  streaks 
  between 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  submarginal 
  markings, 
  

   besides 
  a 
  slight 
  white 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  

   first 
  band 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  moderately' 
  broad, 
  nearly 
  continuous, 
  second 
  much 
  

   widened 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  then 
  narrowed, 
  and 
  angulated 
  outwards 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  enclose 
  an 
  irregular 
  space 
  ; 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  meeting 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin, 
  in 
  a 
  point 
  curved 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  third 
  slender, 
  broadest 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  nearly 
  continuous 
  ; 
  fourth 
  commencing 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  below 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  slender 
  and 
  partly 
  double, 
  but 
  becomes 
  composed 
  

   of 
  larger 
  blotches 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  two 
  submarginal 
  black 
  spots, 
  

   hardly 
  separated, 
  and 
  dusted 
  with 
  metallic 
  green 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  usual 
  

   third 
  larger 
  one 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  whitish 
  arch. 
  

  

  