1920] Holland, Lepidoptera of the Congo 229 



(364) 9. Lycsenesthes scintillula Holland 



Lycoenesthes scintillula Holland, 1891, Psj'ohe, VI, p. 50. Smith and Kirby, 1893, 

 Rhop. Exot., Afr. Lycsenidse, p. 98, PI. xxii, figs. 3, 4. Bethune-Baker, 1910, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 60, PL iii, fig. 3; PI. x, figs. 30, 31. 



Three males taken at Medje, one in each of the months. May, June, 

 and July. 



(365) 10. Lycaenesthes pyroptera Aurivillius 



Lyccenesthes pyroptera Aurivillius, 189.5, Ent. Nachr., XXI, p. 382; 1899, Rhop. 

 iEthiop., p. 352, PI. vi, fig. 3. Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 

 p. 61. 



One male taken at Stanleyville, September 5, 1909. The specimen 

 agrees absolutely with the description and figure given by Aurivillius. 



Triclema Karsch 



(366) 1. Triclema lutzi, new species 



Plate XII, Figure 2, d" 



cf . Near T. rufoplagata Bethune-Baker (cf. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1910, p. 

 72, PI. Ill, fig. 8) but considerably smaller in size, and differently marked. The thorax 

 and abdomen are black above, pale chestnut below. The chestnut area of the fore 

 wings, which in rufoplagata is small and confined to the immediate region about the 

 origin of veins 2 and 3, is in T. lutzi extended so as to cover the greater part of the discal 

 area, only the base, the costa, and a broad marginal band remaining dark in color. 

 At the end of the cell, which in its lower half is distally invaded by the chestnut color, 

 there is a narrow black vertical bar, which merges into the dark costal area. The 

 secondaries are very dark brown (sepia) almost black, with a fine light line followed 

 by a very thin black line on the outer border, the fine dark line showing against the 

 light line within, and the paler cilia. There is an imperfect ocellus at the anal angle 

 and a more regularly formed ocellus in the space between veins 2 and 3 at their 

 extremities. These eye-spots are defined inwardly by a few scales slightly lighter 

 than the rest of the wing. On the under side the ground-color of the .vings is mod- 

 erately dark brownish fuscous, crossed by darker lines and bands, which are defined 

 more or less clearly on either side by lighter lines. The costa of the primaries at the 

 base is black for a short distance, there is a light line following, and distally a rather 

 prominent black triangular spot with its apex pointing toward the costa; there is a 

 dark vertical bar near the end of the cell, defined inwardly and outwardly by paler 

 hues; the median transverse line is curved somewhat irregularly, and widens and 

 grows blacker as it approaches the inner margin; the postmedian macular band is 

 widest and darkest between veins 3 and 5; the submarginal band is accentuated by 

 black spots before the apex in spaces 6 and 7 ; there is a thin light line just before the 

 equally thin dark marginal line which latter is clearly defined against the rather light 

 colored cilia. The hind wings below have several dark basal and subbasal short trans- 

 verse spots. At the end of the cell is a double bar of dark color defined by paler lines 

 before and behind; the median band, which runs from the costa to the inner margin 

 in an irregular curve is accentuated at the middle of the costa by a dark quadrate sf)ot 



