108 [October, 



DESCRIPTIONS OP SEVERAL NEW SPECIES OF LYC2ENID2E 

 FROM W. AFRICA. 



BY HAMILTON H. DRUCE, E.E.S. 



LlPTENA RUBRIC A, sp. n. 



Upper-side. — Allied to L. Libentina, Hew., from which it differs in the larger 

 area of dark brown on the wings, and, consequently, smaller area of red, which does 

 not extend beyond the cell in the fore-wings. 



Under-side. — As L. Libentina, excepting that the area of the fore-wings is dusty 

 brown, with a small yellow spot at the anal angle. It is also a considerably longer- 

 winged insect, in that respect approaching L. acrcea. Exp., li in. 



Sab. : Cameroons, Addah, "W. Africa. Mus. Druce. 



This species Las long been in our collection, and upon receiving 

 another specimen I have ventured to describe it. 



PSEUDERESIA HELENA, Sp. 71. 

 Upper-side. — Primaries and secondaries uniform dull purplish-black ; second- 

 aries with a bright red oblong spot about the middle of the wing, commencing at 

 the sub-median nervure, and extending to just beyond the cell. 



Under-side. — Dusky brown, covered with irregular light yellow spots ; primaries 

 with several small spots along the costa, two spots in the cell, an irregular crescent 

 of spots, commencing at the costa and reaching to about the middle of the inner 

 margin ; the two lower spots being a reddish colour ; beyond this is a double marginal 

 row, which converges into one larger spot just below the centre of the outer margin ; 

 secondaries with three large spots along the costa, three in the cell, and three close 

 to the abdominal margin ; beyond these is a regular sub-marginal row of smaller 

 spots, and a marginal row of irregular sized spots. 



Head, thorax, and palpi black ; legs black, banded with yellow. Exp., 1 t S q in. 

 Sab. : Addah, W. Africa. Mus. Druce. 



This species is not nearly allied to any described, and can at once 

 be distinguished by the entire absence of markings on the primaries 

 above. 



Larinopoda albula, sp. n. 



Upper-side. — Primaries and secondaries pure white, primaries with the costal 

 margin evenly and rather broadly bordered with dark brown along about two-thirds 

 of its length, where it runs into the apical patch, which extends along the outer 

 margin and appears abruptly terminated by the last median nervule ; secondaries 

 narrowly bordered from just below the apex to the anal angle with dark brown. 



Under-side. — Primaries as above, but with a large dusky white patch at the 

 apex ; secondaries with a broad dark brown border, commencing just below the apex 

 and extending to the anal angle, where it narrows to about one-fourth and continues 

 to the base. This broad border showing through the wing to the upper-side. There 

 is also a minute bright yellow line along the outer margins of both wings just insido 

 the fringe. 



