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  LYC^NID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  — 
  PENTILA. 
  

  

  second 
  not 
  reaching 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  is 
  whitish, 
  

   and 
  the 
  outermost 
  is 
  bordered 
  outside 
  by 
  a 
  whitish 
  line, 
  costa 
  speckled 
  with 
  

   blackish. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  buff, 
  fringes 
  brown, 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line, 
  edged 
  

   within 
  by 
  a 
  yellow 
  one 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  buff 
  space 
  from 
  a 
  curved 
  rusty 
  

   brown 
  stripe, 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  and 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  

   are 
  six 
  straight 
  oblique 
  rusty 
  stripes, 
  slightly 
  bordered 
  with 
  yellow, 
  the 
  third 
  

   not 
  extending 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  interrupted 
  at 
  that 
  point. 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  inner 
  orbits 
  and 
  palpi, 
  except 
  the 
  terminal 
  joint 
  above, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  long 
  pointed 
  club, 
  flagellum 
  banded 
  with 
  white 
  

   below 
  ; 
  legs 
  reddish, 
  femora 
  yellowish 
  : 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kuilu. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

   Not 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LACHNOCNEMA. 
  

  

  Lachnocnema, 
  Trimen, 
  " 
  South 
  African 
  Butterflies," 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  233 
  (1887). 
  

  

  I.— 
  LACHNOCNEMA 
  EXIGUUM. 
  *.(?). 
  Figs. 
  8, 
  9. 
  

  

  Zachnocncma 
  Exigims, 
  Holland, 
  "Psyche," 
  vol. 
  6, 
  p. 
  427 
  (1890). 
  

  

  Pentila 
  Libyssa, 
  var. 
  Libyssima, 
  Staudinger, 
  MS. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male 
  (?). 
  Upperside 
  white 
  ; 
  base, 
  hind 
  margins, 
  and 
  costa 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  blackish-brown. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  hind 
  margin, 
  nearly 
  

   to 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle, 
  broadly 
  ashy. 
  Fringes 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  silvery 
  

   beyond. 
  Two 
  rows 
  of 
  large 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  five 
  in 
  the 
  outer, 
  and 
  four 
  

   in 
  the 
  inner 
  row 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  row, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  uppermost 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  row 
  

   filled 
  up 
  with 
  silver 
  ; 
  within 
  these 
  are 
  two 
  similar 
  subcostal 
  spots. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  three 
  large 
  pale 
  reddish-brown 
  blotches 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  speckled 
  with 
  

   silvery, 
  faint 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  below 
  the 
  first, 
  between 
  the 
  subcostal 
  

   nervures 
  ; 
  a 
  reddish 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  a 
  reddish 
  horse- 
  

   shoe-shaped 
  mark 
  at 
  its 
  extremity, 
  both 
  slightly 
  speckled 
  with 
  silver, 
  and 
  a 
  

   pale 
  reddish 
  blotch 
  and 
  spot 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cells, 
  likewise 
  speckled 
  

   with 
  silver 
  ; 
  the 
  spot 
  very 
  slightly. 
  The 
  fringes 
  are 
  grey, 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  line 
  at 
  

  

  