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Underside brown. Both wings crossed by several bauds of white. Anterior wing with 

 two bands near the base, followed by two linear spots, by three irregular bands (one of which, 

 from the costal margin, is short), and by two submarginal bands: the outer margin black, 

 bordered inwardly with white. Posterior wing crossed by eight bands of white, the third 

 band forming a triangle near the abdominal margin, the sixth band very short and forming 

 a loop with the seventh, the eighth band submarginal : the outer margin black, bordered 

 inwardly with white : the usual marginal black spot bordered with orange, and two small 

 black spots at the anal angle, all sparingly irrorated with silver. 



Female dark brown. Anterior wing with an oblong orange spot near the 

 inner margin. Posterior wing crossed beyond the middle by some indistinct white spots and 

 by a submarginal line of white : the caudal spot black, crowned with orange. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Old Calabar. 



The female resembles that of L. Lachares on the upperside. 



18. Lycaenesthes Lachares, Hewitson. Plate XCI. figs. 33, 34. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with an oval longitudinal orange spot in the 

 middle. Posterior wing with a transverse orange spot beyond the middle, clouded with 

 brown, followed by a band of white spots : the usual black caudal spot crowned with orange, 

 the margin black, bordered inwardly with white. 



Underside white. Both wings crossed by several bands and spots of black. Anterior 

 wing with two subbasal black bands, followed by a band of paler colour, by two subcostal 

 spots, and a spot below these on the inner margin : crossed beyond the middle by two 

 curved bands (the outer band short) and by two submarginal bands, which, together with the 

 outer margin, are all black. Posterior wing crossed by two subbasal bands, followed by a 

 baud and V-like spot, by three central spots, and by a curved band, all black : the usual 

 black spot near the outer margin, bordered with orange : the outer margin and some 

 indistinct submarginal spots black. 



Exp. ImV inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from the Cameroons (Rutherford). 



19. Lycaenesthes Lamprocles, Hewitson. Plate XCI. fig. 31 . 



Upperside dark brown. 



Underside white. Both wings marked by several spots and bands of black. Anterior 

 wing with a triangular spot near the base, two spots near the middle, three bands above each 

 other, a submarginal band, and the outer margin black. Posterior wing with a subbasal 



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Published November 1878. 



