﻿LYC.5^NID^ 
  (African). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  XXYIII. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  LIPTENA. 
  

  

  IX.— 
  LIPTENA 
  ROTHI. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  1,2. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Liptena 
  Eotlii, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicas," 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  p. 
  353 
  

   (1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  i 
  . 
  If 
  inches, 
  ? 
  . 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  L. 
  Acraca, 
  Doubl. 
  and 
  Hew., 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  broad 
  costal 
  black 
  band 
  which 
  in 
  L. 
  Acraea 
  only 
  partially 
  

   pervades 
  the 
  cell 
  completely 
  fills 
  it, 
  and 
  at 
  tlie 
  base 
  extends 
  rather 
  broadly 
  to 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  tlie 
  outer 
  marginal 
  black 
  band 
  is 
  rather 
  

   narrower. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  black 
  bars 
  crossing 
  the 
  cell 
  extend 
  

   broadly 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  nervure, 
  and 
  the 
  dusky 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  ui)per 
  median 
  nervule 
  

   of 
  L. 
  Acraea 
  is 
  aljsent. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  inner 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  

   white 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  marginal 
  black 
  band 
  extends 
  round 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  is 
  paler 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  pale 
  rufous 
  band 
  becomes 
  wider 
  and 
  more 
  incurved 
  towards 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  along 
  wliich 
  it 
  partially 
  and 
  narrowly 
  extends 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell 
  is 
  an 
  irregular 
  narrow 
  rufous 
  streak 
  placed 
  horizontally. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  AVarri, 
  Niger 
  Coast 
  Protectorate, 
  January, 
  1890 
  (Dr. 
  Koth). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  X.— 
  LIPTENA 
  RUFILLA. 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  5. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  differs 
  from 
  L. 
  Semirufa, 
  Grose-Smith 
  and 
  Kirliy, 
  in 
  the 
  

   larger 
  expanse 
  of 
  the 
  rufous 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  which 
  extends 
  over 
  nearly 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  rufous 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

  

  VOL. 
  III., 
  OCTOBEE, 
  1901. 
  3 
  H 
  

  

  