L Y C iE N I D JE, 



LYCtENA. 



LYC.ENA C A LET A. 1. 



r?PEKSiDE. Male dark brown. Both wings crossed by a narrow band of wliite wliich 

 commences in a bifid s]K)t a little above tlie median nervure of the anterior wing and is con- 

 tinued to the inner margin of the posterior wing. 



Underside white, the onter margins chu'k brown marked by hnear white spots. Anterior 

 wing witli tlic costal margin, a longitudinal band which is connected with it )jy a band at the 

 end of the cell, a transverse band beyond the middle and a spot below it : dark brown. Posterior 

 wing with a band near the base and a trifid band beyond the middle dark brown. 



Exp. l-/'ij inch. Hab. Celebes. (Tondano, AVallace.) 



In the Collectiou of W. C. Hewitson. 



As I do not intend to monograph the genus Lycana in my work on the Lycronidaj, I have introduced 

 some of the most interesting new species here. 



LYCENA EVENA. 2, 3. 



Upperside brown tinted with blue, the onter margins dark Ijrown, the bands of the under- 

 side seen through. 



Undersidk white. Both wings with a band near the base, a band (common to both) 

 before the middle, a moniliform band beyond the middle (marked by paler spots) broken on the 

 posterior wing, a submarginal scries of luuular spots and the outer margin all dark brown. 

 Posterior wing with a black line at the end of the cell. 



Exp. l-j^y- inch. Hab. New Guinea. (Wallace.) 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



LYCiENA DECIDIA. 4. 



Upperside dark brown. Both wings crossed by a common broad band of white commenc- 

 ing at the second discoidtil nervure of the anterior wing where it projects towards the outer margin. 



Underside white. Anterior wing with a small spot at the base, a band before the middle, 

 a large spot on the costal margin near the apex, a large spot at the anal angle, the apex which is 

 marked by two white spots, the outer margin and a spot at its middle, all dark brown. Posterior 

 wing with a band near the base, a small spot on the inner margin, a large spot below this, a bitiil 

 spot near the apex, a spot between these and a series of submarginal luuular spots all dark brown. 



Exp. 1-nj inch. Hab. India. (Neilgherries.) 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



LYCANA ETHION. 5. 



Lyccsna Efldon, Bouhledatj and HnoUson, Genera of Diurnal Lepidoplera. 



Plate LXXT'I. fig. 3. 



Upperside. Both wings crossed by a broad central irregular white band broadly 

 bordered on both sides with blue, the outer margins broadly dark brown. 



Underside white. Both wings crossed near the base by two dark brown bands, and near 

 the outer margin by a double series of brown spots. Anterior wing with a large spot on the 

 costal margin near the apex, a similar spot on the inner margin and a small spot between them 

 dark brown. Posterior wing with a band of three large spots below the middle, two black 

 spots bordered with silver at the anal angle. 



Exp. 1 inch. Hab. Bidia. (Neilgherries.) 



In the Collectiou of W. C. Hewitson. 



PulUshcd Juhj \sl, 1876.] 



