226 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



linear band, a broken band, a central band of four spots, followed by three short bands and 

 a submarginal band : the usual black spot crowned with orange. 



Exp. ^ inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from West Africa. 



20. Lycsenestb.es Leptines. Plate XCI. figs. 23, 24. 

 Lyca3nesthes Leptines, Hewitson, Trans. Entom. Soc. 1874, p. 348. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with a large central orange spot. Posterior 

 wing with a smaller central orange spot : some black spots on the outer margin, bordered 

 above with orange. 



Underside brown. Both wings crossed by several linear bands of white : both marked 

 by several black spots. Anterior wing with two bands near the base, followed by two spots, 

 by a straight band, by a band from the inner margin which branches into three bands at the 

 costal margin, and by two submarginal bands. Posterior wing crossed by seven bands, the 

 outer margin black, bordered inwardly with white : the usual marginal black spot, and one at 

 the anal angle, bordered with orange and irrorated with silver. 



Exp. -£$ inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from the Gaboon (Rogers). 



21. Lycaenestb.es Pythagoras. 



Papilio Pythagoras, Fab. Entom. Syst. iii. p. 259 (1793) ; Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 39. fig. 3. 

 Polyommatus Pythagoras, Oodart, Encycl. MetJi. p. 619. 



[In the Collection of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, from Sierra Leone. — W. F. K.] 



22. Lycaenesthes Lyzanius. Plate XCI. figs. 27, 28. 

 Lycsnesthes Lyzanius, Hewitson, Entom. Month. Mag. vol. xi. p. 36 (1874). 



Upperside dark brown, marked by spots of black and white, and a submarginal band of 

 brown. 



Underside white. Both wings crossed by several brown bands and by a submarginal 

 band of the same colour. Anterior wing with two subbasal bands, some central spots, and 

 two bands from the costal margin beyond its middle. Posterior wing with two subbasal bands, 

 followed by five shorter irregular bands, and near the inner margin by a V-formed black 

 spot, the outer band very short : the usual black spot on the outer margin crowned with 

 orange : a black spot at the anal angle. 



Exp. ii inch. 



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



