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PSYCHE. 



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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW WEST AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE. 



in \V. J. HOLLAND, PITTSBL'KG, PA. 



The insects described in the following 

 pages were all taken upon the upper 

 ■waters of the River Ogove in the French 

 Territory of Gaboon. They were col- 

 lected bv mv friend, Rev. A. C. Good, 

 during his stav there, whicli terminated 

 in the spring of the ve;ir 18S9. It is my 

 intention as soon as possible to publish 

 figures of all of these species. 



EuLiPHVRA, gen. nov. 



I. E. MiKiFiCA, sp. nov. 



Antennae short; palpi minute, com- 

 pressed; bodj robust; anterior wings sub- 

 triangular, with the costa stronglj arched, 

 the apex truncate, beneath which the outer 

 margin is excavated and concave ; the inner 

 margin is more or less sinuate. The poste- 

 rior wings are subovate, strongly produced at 

 the anal angle and scalloped on the lower 

 third of the outer margin. The color of the 

 upper surface of the wings is uniformly a dull 

 black except that upon the inner margin of 

 the primaries, about half-vvaj between the 

 base and the outer angle, there is a large 

 subquadrate spot of pure white. The color 

 of the under side of the primaries is fuscous 

 shading at the apex into a lavender gray. 

 There is a patch of sooty upon the costal mar- 

 gin and the upper part of the cell midway 

 between the base and the apex. The white 

 spot of the upper surface reappears upon the 

 under side. The secondaries are lavender 

 gray shading toward the outer margin into 

 pale fuscous and ornamented by a number of 

 very irregular dark maroon-colored lines and 



spots, which enclose at the end of the cell ;. 

 large pitcii of silvery scales. Expanse of 

 wings, ^"i^ mm. 



The specimen was developed from ''a 

 very singular chrysalis, short and thick, 

 and unlike anything of the kind I have 

 observed before, which was found upon 

 the under side of a large leaf. It was 

 black in color." (A. C. Good.) 



Type $ in collection of Rev. W. J. 

 Holland. 



This insect is closely allied in some 

 respects to I^iphyra leiicyania., flew. 

 Neither of them are truly referable to 

 the genus Liphyra and I propose for 

 their reception a new generic name 

 Etiliphyra. 



Epitola, Westw. 



Z. E. SUBFL'LVIDA. Sp. nOV. 



Upper side of head, antennae, palpi, and 

 thorax dark brown; abdomen fulvous. An- 

 terior wing strongly arched near the base, 

 abruptly truncate at the apex, and slightly 

 convex at the middle of the external margin ; 

 the posterior wing is subovate, with the outer 

 margin evenly rounded; the inner margin is 

 deeply excavated at the anal angle. The col- 

 or of the anterior wing is deep cadmium yel- 

 low, with the costal margin and the outer 

 margin broadly dark brown. A black spot, 

 fusing with the dark brown costal margin, is 

 located at the end of the cell. The posterior 

 wings are of the same color as the anterior, 



