LYCiENlDzE. 6 1 
148. (30.) Lycaena Sicheia, Wallengren. 
^ Lyccena Sicliela^ Wallgrn., K. Sv. Vet. - Akad. Handl, 1857; Lep. Rhop. 
Caffr., p. 37, n. 4. 
Lyccena Emolus, ?(^, Trim., Khop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 234, n. 136 (1866). 
Exp. aL, ($) 9 lin. — i in. il lin. ; (?) 9 lin. — i in. 2^ lin. 
^ Silky dark-violaceous ; a fuscous line along hind-marginal edge ; 
cilia didl-greyish, incliiiing to ivliitish in hind-iving. Hind-wing : an 
indistinct fuscous spot (often obsolete) near hind-margin, between first 
and second median nervules. Under side. — Fcde hmvnish-grey^ with 
the following very finely on hoth sides ivhite-edged fascice, paler mesially 
and otherivise very slightly darker than the ground-colour in hoth ivings, 
viz., one across middle of discoidal cell, another at its extremity, and 
the third much longer, discal, irregular, submacular ; also two hind- 
marginal rows of very thin white lunules (those of the inner row much 
more acute — especially in hind-wing), followed by whitish and very 
slender black lines along hind-marginal edge. Fore-iving : first fascia 
very short from costa to median nervure, interrupted on costal nervure ; 
second of about the same length ; discal fascia strongly curved, from 
costa to first median nervale. Hind-wivg : an incomplete basal fascia ; 
the sub-basal fascia from costa to inner-margin interrupted on sub- 
costal and median nervures ; discal fascia highly irregular, interrupted 
on first subcostal and on second and first median nervules ; the two 
lunules of inner row at anal angle and between first and second 
median nervules respectively each enclose a small but very distinct 
black spot. 
$ Greyish-hrown with a smcdl rather bright violaceous space in each 
wing. Fore-iving : violaceous extends from base along inner-margin to 
about middle, rises a little above median nervure into discoidal cell, 
and extends over about basal half only of median nervules. Hind- 
wing : violaceous much more limited than in fore- wing, extending from 
base only over discoidal cell and for a little way above and below it. 
Under side. — As in J ; but discal fascia in fore-wing prolonged almost 
to submedian nervure, not far from posterior angle. 
I had not seen any examples of this scarce species when, in Part II. of my 
lihopcdocera Africce Ausiralis, p. 235, I suggested that it might be the same 
SiS mj Lyccena Emolus (= Lyccenesthes Liodes, Hewits.). In 1875 two worn 
$ s were sent to me in a small collection made by Mr. H. Barber in the 
NW. Transvaal, but I did not identify them with Wallengren 's species until, 
in 1879, Colonel Bowker sent a series of specimens from the coast of Natal. 
In order, however, to make sure of what the Sicheia of Wallengren really 
was, I obtained in i88r, through the kind assistance of Mr. dir. Aurivillius, 
of the Stockholm Museum, a careful drawing of the type specimen (a $ ), and 
found that I had correctly made out the species. 
It requires close examination to detect the actual pattern and arrange- 
ment of the under-side mai kings ; as, owing to the fasci?e being paler in their 
middle and laterally but very little darker than the ground-colour, the whole 
surface (but especially that of the hind- wing) has the aspect of being simply 
