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  LYC^NiD^ 
  (African). 
  — 
  spindasis. 
  

  

  Female. 
  " 
  Upperside, 
  banded 
  and 
  clouded 
  with 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wing 
  

   with 
  a 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  transverse 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  dark 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   joined 
  to 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  triangle 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  which 
  has 
  its 
  origin 
  near 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  and 
  enclosing 
  a 
  triangular 
  space 
  of 
  white 
  marked 
  by 
  an 
  irregular 
  

   brown 
  spot. 
  Posterior 
  wing 
  crossed 
  obliquely 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  by 
  two 
  bands 
  of 
  

   brown, 
  and 
  transversely 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  by 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour. 
  Both 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  submarginal 
  band 
  of 
  brown. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside, 
  pale 
  rufous-yellow. 
  Both 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  and 
  a 
  

   submarginal 
  line 
  of 
  spots 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wing 
  with 
  two 
  spots 
  within 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  three 
  distinct 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  three 
  spots 
  forming 
  a 
  

   triangle 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  band. 
  Posterior 
  wing 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  band 
  of 
  

   three 
  separate 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  four 
  spots 
  (touching) 
  before 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  a 
  short 
  undivided 
  band, 
  a 
  small 
  brown 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  and 
  a 
  

   transverse 
  band 
  ; 
  two 
  small 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  with 
  orange 
  between 
  

   them. 
  

  

  " 
  All 
  the 
  bands 
  and 
  spots 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  

   of 
  the 
  wings, 
  bordered 
  with 
  dark 
  rufous-brown 
  and 
  sparingly 
  decorated 
  with 
  

   gold." 
  

  

  Hab. 
  White 
  Nile. 
  

  

  la 
  tbe 
  Hewitson 
  Collection 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  spots 
  and 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  placed 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  Acamas 
  ; 
  

   they 
  are, 
  however, 
  more 
  divided 
  into 
  spots, 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  

   much 
  less 
  spotted 
  with 
  gold. 
  Above, 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  obscured 
  with 
  brown." 
  

  

  II.— 
  SPINDASIS 
  VICTOKIiE. 
  <J. 
  Fig. 
  11. 
  ?. 
  Fig. 
  12, 
  13. 
  

  

  Spindasis 
  Vktomv, 
  Butler, 
  "Ent. 
  Monthly 
  Magazine," 
  Vol. 
  XX., 
  p. 
  251 
  (1884). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1|- 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  Spindasis 
  Nataleusis, 
  Doubl. 
  and 
  Hew. 
  

  

  Underside 
  "of 
  a 
  decided 
  sulphur-yellow 
  colour, 
  excepting 
  towards 
  the 
  

   internal 
  margins 
  ; 
  the 
  silver 
  markings 
  in 
  the 
  bands 
  slender 
  and 
  rather 
  dull 
  ; 
  

   borders 
  of 
  the 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  primaries 
  and 
  towards 
  costa 
  of 
  secondaries 
  thick, 
  

   and, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  black 
  ; 
  oblique 
  post-median 
  band 
  of 
  primaries 
  slightly 
  

   curved, 
  not 
  single 
  at 
  its 
  inferior 
  extremity, 
  costal 
  spot 
  beyond 
  it 
  further 
  away 
  ; 
  

   abbreviated 
  discal 
  band 
  distinctly 
  sigmoidal 
  instead 
  of 
  straight 
  ; 
  no 
  subapical 
  

   spot 
  ; 
  two 
  submarginal 
  lines 
  thick 
  and 
  near 
  together 
  ; 
  sub-basal 
  markings 
  very 
  

  

  