Species of Lycenide from West Africa. 327 
Micropentila Dorothea, sp. n. 
&. Upperside: both wings black, with tessellated black 
and white fringes. Primaries with a whitish spot in the cell 
near its upper extremity, below which near the submedian 
vein is a second; two thirds the length of costa and just 
below it are two whitish spots close together, between the 
second and third median veins beyond their middle is another 
whitish spot. Secondaries with a distinct whitish spot be- 
tween the second and third median veins near their source, 
below which is another spot bisected by the first median vein ; 
this is followed by a third larger spot between the submedian 
and inner marginal veins; on the costa is also a trace of 
another spot near the apex; these spots have the appearance 
as though they should form part of a curved row or fascia in 
spite of their isolation. Underside: both wings blackish 
brown. Primaries with inner margin lighter; three cream- 
coloured spots in the cell and one just beyond it; a spot above 
and below the cell at the base of the wings ; on the costa a 
spot over the third cell-spot and another over the one beyond 
it, followed by larger twin spots, which with two small spots 
and a third larger one forma slight, curved, transverse fascia ; 
on the costa are two more small spots horizontally placed, 
directly beyond which is a straight row of six spots below 
each other, forming asubmarginal row ; close to the posterior 
margin is a largish spot just below the uppermost median 
vein, between which and the discoidal vein is a smaller spot 
on the margin; there are traces of two other spots on the 
posterior margin near the anal angle; all the spots are cream- 
coloured. Secondaries covered with numerous cream-coloured 
spots ; a series of three basal spots below each other, followed 
by a curved row of four from the costa to the inner margin 
across the middle of the cell; this is followed by a third 
curved row of four or five spots across the end of the cell 
from the costa to near the inner margin, the second of which 
les in the extremity of the cell and is followed by another 
spot beyond the cell; yet a fourth curved row of large irre- 
gular spots lies beyond, followed by a distinct row of eight 
small spots from the apex to the anal angle, one between each 
vein, those at the anal angle being larger than the others ; 
beyond these are two larger marginal spots just below the 
apex and three or four spots or dashes near the anal angle on 
the posterior margin. Head, thorax, and. abdomen black ; 
palpi cream-coloured, end joint black; legs black, ringed 
with cream-colour. 
Kixp. alar. 32 millim. 
