﻿LYCENID.^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  LYCJENESTHES. 
  113 
  

  

  Body 
  mostly 
  black 
  above 
  and 
  white 
  beneath, 
  antenna) 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  

   abdomen 
  streaked 
  with 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ogove 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudiugor. 
  

  

  Much 
  resembles 
  L. 
  Lucretilig, 
  Hewitson, 
  on 
  the 
  underside. 
  

  

  LYCENESTHES 
  LEVIS. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  12. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  13. 
  

  

  ZiicancHthcs 
  Levis, 
  Hewitson, 
  " 
  Illustrations 
  of 
  Diurnal 
  Lepidoptera 
  : 
  

   LycfEiiidiB," 
  p. 
  221, 
  pL 
  91, 
  figs. 
  21, 
  22 
  (1878). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  f-1 
  inch. 
  

  

  31aU'. 
  Upperside 
  black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  rich 
  purple 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  below 
  

   the 
  median 
  nervure 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  purple 
  

   between 
  the 
  subcostal 
  and 
  submedian 
  nervures 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  across 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  blue 
  submarginal 
  line, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  

   purple 
  crescents 
  within 
  it. 
  

  

  Underside 
  light 
  brownish-grey, 
  with 
  three 
  submarginal 
  lines, 
  mterrupted 
  

   at 
  the 
  nervures, 
  and 
  the 
  innermost 
  forming 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  crescents 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   wmgs. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  no 
  markings 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  bar, 
  bordered 
  

   outside 
  with 
  blackish, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  another 
  below 
  it 
  rather 
  nearer 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  next 
  come 
  two 
  white 
  dots 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  dot 
  between, 
  the 
  

   outermost 
  white 
  dot 
  obsolete, 
  below 
  which 
  are 
  traces 
  of 
  two 
  obsolete 
  white 
  

   streaks 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  comes 
  a 
  black 
  dot 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  

   white 
  ones, 
  one 
  below 
  another, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  white 
  streaks, 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  placed 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  those 
  above, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   bordered 
  outside 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  inside 
  with 
  blackish 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  are 
  tJiree 
  white 
  

   streaks, 
  two 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  nervules, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half-way 
  between 
  these 
  

   and 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  line 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  

   another, 
  forming 
  two 
  curves, 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  blackish, 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  

   nervules 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  lower 
  median 
  nervule 
  this 
  line, 
  and 
  the 
  row 
  of 
  lunules 
  

   within 
  the 
  submarginal 
  lines, 
  coalesce 
  in 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  band 
  running 
  to 
  

   the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Opposite 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  lunules 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  scries 
  are 
  two 
  more 
  white 
  lunules 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  black, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  

   nearest 
  the 
  base. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  round 
  ])lack 
  spot 
  intersected 
  

   by 
  a 
  greyish 
  streak, 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  surrounded, 
  except 
  above, 
  

   with 
  white. 
  Between 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  submarginal 
  markings 
  are 
  an 
  irregular 
  

   series 
  of 
  about 
  three 
  sets 
  of 
  short 
  white 
  lines 
  or 
  lunules, 
  the 
  basal 
  series 
  bor- 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  JANUARY, 
  ] 
  894. 
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