1920] Holland, Lepidoptcra of the Congo 227 



CupiDESTHES Aurivillius 



(354) 1. Cupidesthes thyrsis (Hewitson) 



Lyccenesthes thyrsis Hewitson, 1878, 111. Diurn. Lep., LycaDiiidae, p. 224, PI. xcii, 



figs. 42-44. Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. .Ethiop., p. 349. 

 Cupidesthes thyrsis BethUiNE-Baker, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 10, PI. iv, 



fig. 3, genitalia. 



One male of this species, which is very common in Cameroon and 

 the vailej' of the Ogove, was captured at Niangara toward the end of 

 November 1910. 



LYCiENESTHEs Moore 



(355) 1. Lycsenesthes musagetes Holland 



Lycienesthcs musagetes Holland, 1893, Ent. News, IV, p. 25. Aurivillius, 1898, 

 Rhop. ^Ethiop., p. 349. Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 21. 



Seven males, one taken at Avakiibi, October 3, 1909, the rest at 

 Medje, the dates of capture ranging from April to August. 



(356) 2. Lycsenesthes ituria Bethune-Baker 



Lyccenesthes ituria Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 22, PI. i, 

 fig. 4; Pl.v, fig. 6. 



I refer one badly damaged male taken at Medje, June 26, to this 

 species, with the figure and description of which it agrees closely, though 

 somewhat under the size of the specimen figured by the author of the 

 species. 



(357) 3. Lycasnesthes lunulata Trimen 



Lyccenesthes lunulata Trimen, 1894, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 51, PI. vi, fig. 12. 

 (For synonymy consult Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 40.) 



One male captured at Faradje in December 1912. 



(358) 4. Lycaenesthes silvanus (Drury) 



Papilio silvanus Drury, 1773, 111. Exot. Ent., II, p. 5, PL in, figs. 2, 3. 



(For synonymy consult Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 43.) 



The collection contains eight males, one taken at Lubila in Sep- 

 tember 1909, one at Niangara in November, and the rest at Medje from 

 May to August 1910. 



All of the specimens diiTer from examples from tropical West Africa 

 (Sierra Leone, Cameroon, the valley of the Ogove) with which I have 

 compared them in the fact that the dark markings on the under side 

 of the wings do not contrast as strongly with the ground-color as in the 

 specimens from the west coast. It is true that none of the specimens 

 are in the best condition, and all are somewhat rubbed, but in spite of 



