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FA M I L V LYC/K \ 1 \).K. 



ST'B-FAMILY I.V('.E\TX,E. Bif/frr. 



(IKXrs MIMACII.KA. X<:ir a<:nii.-<. 



Allied to Pentila, frontwing cell about y„ length of wing ; subcostal five branched, first and 

 second branches emitted before end of cell, third half-way between cell and apex, fourth and fifth 

 forming a long fork to apex ; upper diseoidal emitted from subcostal ; upper disco-cellular short ; lower 

 three times as long and slanting inwards ; median branches long, emitted at regular intervals : cell of 

 hindwing about 7s length of wing ; costal nervure not reaching to apex, subcostal branches emitted 

 from a footstalk ; disco-cellulars nearly transverse, the upper shorter and slightly oblique ; median 

 branches emitted nearly at regular intervals : palpi of moderate length porrcct, last joint projected 

 slightly downwards : liody modrratfly slender ; legs very robust : type M. Dnrin'ni'a. 



Mimacfcea Darwinia, sp. >i. fig. 8. 



Persiniilis supva Di/ctidi Phegpce alls aiitoin broviorilnis iiiinnrilni-^ : alfB 

 stibtus fero velut in Acrcea Cynthia, dimidio costali anticarum, apici^ cxocpto, 

 nip;ro ; virgula raecliana fulva : corpus siibtus thovaco nigro albo-piinctato, 

 abdoinino fiilvo nigro maciilato : oxp. alar. unc. 2, lin. 5. 



W. Africa ? Coll. CornthAvaite. 



Probably mimics .'1. Serma of Fabricius, but is ratlier larger than that species ; it has been kindly 

 lent to me for <lescription by the Rev. T. Cornthwaite. 



