﻿LYC^NiD.E 
  (African). 
  — 
  lachnocnema. 
  119 
  

  

  the 
  base, 
  edged 
  within 
  by 
  <a 
  black 
  line, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  seven 
  long 
  black 
  

   submarginal 
  spots 
  speckled 
  with 
  silver, 
  smaller 
  and 
  rounder 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  

   the 
  uppermost 
  between 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervures 
  ; 
  the 
  lowest 
  linear, 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  and 
  opposite 
  it 
  commences 
  an 
  inner 
  row 
  of 
  five 
  large 
  pale 
  reddish 
  spots, 
  

   speckled 
  with 
  silvery 
  and 
  black 
  scales, 
  the 
  two 
  uppermost 
  incomplete 
  ; 
  the 
  

   submarginal 
  black 
  spots, 
  except 
  those 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  stand 
  on 
  a 
  pale 
  smoky-brown 
  

   cloud. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath, 
  antennas 
  red, 
  with 
  an 
  incomplete 
  

   blackish 
  line 
  above 
  ; 
  legs 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  white 
  hair, 
  tibite 
  with 
  a 
  

   brown 
  stripe 
  above. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kuilu 
  (Staudinger), 
  Ogove, 
  Gaboon 
  (Good). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collections 
  of 
  Drs. 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  Holland. 
  

   Not 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  TINGEA. 
  

   Tiiigra, 
  Boisduval 
  {antea, 
  vol. 
  I., 
  pp. 
  G, 
  31, 
  Gl 
  ; 
  vol. 
  II., 
  p. 
  92). 
  

  

  XV.— 
  TINGEA 
  NEEO. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  

  

  Pcntila 
  Xcro, 
  Staudinger, 
  MS. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  nearly 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  fulvous, 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  and 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  broadly 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  area 
  varied 
  with 
  

   fuhous 
  and 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  cell 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  streak 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  followed 
  

   by 
  four 
  black 
  s])ots, 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  third 
  small, 
  the 
  second 
  linear, 
  the 
  fourth 
  very 
  

   large 
  and 
  round, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  large 
  round 
  black 
  

   spots 
  above 
  and 
  two 
  smaller 
  ones 
  below 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  double 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  nearly 
  lost 
  in 
  the 
  dark 
  

   gi'ound 
  colour; 
  but 
  the 
  two 
  outer 
  spots 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  lowest 
  median 
  

   nervule 
  form 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  row. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  

   large 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  costa, 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  

   large 
  one 
  at 
  its 
  extremity, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  below 
  it 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  row 
  of 
  six 
  black 
  spots, 
  all 
  except 
  the 
  last, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  smallest, 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  confluent 
  with 
  the 
  black 
  border 
  ; 
  inner 
  margin 
  buff. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  as 
  above, 
  but 
  the 
  fulvous 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  JULY, 
  1894. 
  N 
  N 
  

  

  