﻿AFRICAN 
  LYCiENID^E. 
  XXX. 
  

  

  ALiENA 
  PICATA. 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

  

  Ahrnn 
  I'lcala, 
  E. 
  M. 
  Sharpe, 
  " 
  Ann. 
  and 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.," 
  Ser. 
  0, 
  

   Vol. 
  XYIL, 
  p. 
  126 
  (1896). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  "Fore 
  wing. 
  Black, 
  relieved 
  by 
  a 
  transverse 
  band 
  nearly 
  oval 
  in 
  shape 
  

   from 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  across 
  the 
  discocellular 
  nervules, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  

   swond 
  median 
  nervule 
  ; 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  is 
  a 
  second 
  white 
  

   mark 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  tirst 
  median 
  nervule 
  ; 
  these 
  two 
  white 
  marks 
  are 
  

   distinctly 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  of 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  The 
  inner 
  marginal 
  

   white 
  mark 
  is 
  co-terminous 
  with 
  the 
  broad 
  white 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing. 
  

  

  " 
  Hind 
  wing. 
  Has 
  a 
  broad 
  marginal 
  border 
  of 
  black, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  

   band 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  black, 
  sulfused 
  

   with 
  orange. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside. 
  Much 
  variegated. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   markings; 
  costa 
  white, 
  with 
  two 
  white 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell 
  being 
  marked 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  oval 
  spot 
  mentioned 
  on 
  the 
  upperside. 
  

   A 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  varying 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  yellow, 
  and 
  are 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  nervules; 
  between 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  oval 
  

   discoidal 
  spot 
  is 
  a 
  second 
  row 
  of 
  smaller 
  spots, 
  from 
  the 
  costal 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  

   second 
  discoidal 
  nervule. 
  

  

  " 
  Hind 
  wing 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  white 
  spot 
  

   in 
  its 
  centre. 
  

  

  " 
  Fringe 
  of 
  wing 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  submarginal 
  border 
  of 
  black, 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  

   liroad 
  white 
  band, 
  across 
  which 
  the 
  nervules 
  are 
  plainly 
  indicated 
  ; 
  this 
  white 
  

   band 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  one 
  of 
  black, 
  in 
  which 
  appear 
  several 
  clearly 
  

   marked 
  yellowish 
  spots. 
  Head 
  and 
  abdomen 
  orange. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Between 
  the 
  coast 
  and 
  Teita, 
  E. 
  Africa, 
  December, 
  1891. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  J. 
  Jacksou. 
  

  

  15y 
  an 
  oversight 
  in 
  the 
  Icttfrini^of 
  the 
  Plate, 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  desitruated 
  as 
  " 
  Aloeua 
  Plieata." 
  

  

  VOL. 
  III., 
  APRIL, 
  1902. 
  :J 
  y 
  

  

  