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seneoiis-brovvn about the tip. Under side whitish cinereous ; 

 a transverse pale brown white-bordered streak in the disk 

 and a transverse exterior much outward-curved line of black 

 white-bordered dots; two transverse interrupted submarginal 

 pale brown white-bordered lines ; a black marginal line. Fore 

 wing: a black white-bordered antemedial subcostal dot. 

 Hind wing: a black white-bordered costal dot very near the 

 base; a transverse antemedial line of three black white- 

 bordered dots; three black dots near the posterior angle on 

 the more exterior submarginal line. Cairo, Hor Tamanib, 

 Harkeko, Wady Ferran, Mount Sinai. 



55. Lyccena Samia, n. Expands I in. — 1 in. 1 lin. Male. 

 — JEneous- brown ; a broad diffuse abbreviated purple stripe 

 extending from the base of each wing; fringe whitish, 

 brownish at the base. Under side whitish cinereous; a 

 brown white-bordered transverse streak in the disk ; a trans- 

 verse exterior line of black white-bordered dots; two trans- 

 verse submarginal lines of brown white-bordered dots. Fore 

 wing: a transverse black white-bordered dot in the disk at 

 one-third of the length from the streak to the base ; exterior 

 line with the dots successively decreasing in size towards the 

 costa, on approaching which it is much retracted ; sub- 

 marginal dots elongated. Hind wing: a transverse curved 

 line of three black white-bordered dots at half the length 

 between the discoidal streak and the base ; exterior line 

 much curved outward; interior submarginal line composed of 

 cuneiform dots ; dots of the exterior submarginal line towards 

 the posterior angle marked with black. Female. — Under side — 

 Fore wing : three antemedial approximate dots instead of one 

 in the disk; dots of the exterior line decreasing less in size 

 towards the costa. Hor Tamanib. 



^Q. Lyccena Itea^w. Expands 11 lin. Female. — Purplish; 

 wings towards the base and body dark blue. Wings with a 

 narrow aeneous band along the hind margin ; fringe white. 

 Under side cinereous; a black subcostal postmedial dot; a 

 transverse pale brown white-bordered streak in the disk ; some 

 exterior interrupted incomplete transverse pale brown white- 

 bordered lines ; marginal line black. Fore wing: four exterior 

 lines, the second much shorter than the others. Hind wing: 

 a black basal streak ; an antemedial transverse line composed 

 of three black white-bordered dots ; subcostal dot much larger 



