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LYCAENESTHES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
all the spots are filled up more with brown, and the discal spots in 1 b and 1 c of the hindwing are quite 
dark in marshalli , whereas in phoenicis they are entirely of the ground-colour.“ Sierra Leone and Nigeria. 
rufoplagata. L. rufoplagata B.-Baker (71 k) beneath almost entirely agrees with L. phoenicis , but above it deviates 
by the forewing exhibiting in the centre a large, rounded brownish-yellow spot covering the base of the areas 
2 and 3 and the adjoining parts of area 1 b and of the discal cell, as well as a black streak at the cell-end. 
In specimens from the Congo District the hindwing exhibits two fine whitish lines at the margin of the hind¬ 
wing above. Sierra Leone and Congo District. 
kamilila. L. kamilila B.-Bak. (71 k). $ and $. Wings above blackish-brown with a grey or whitish submarginal 
line and rather indistinct dark marginal spots; forewing with an indistinct dark central spot. Under surface 
coffee-brown with darker, normally arranged spots broadly bordered with white; the basal spots, the central 
spot and the discal spots 1 b to 5 of the forewing and 1 b, 3, 4 and 7 of the hindwing are filled up with a 
blackish colour; the white submarginal line of the hindwing is in the areas 3 to 7 expanded into quadrangular 
spots. Sierra Leone and Nandi Land. 
nigeriae. L. nigeriae Auriv. (72 b). d- The second palpal joint is below coarsely haired; forewing above mono¬ 
tonously blackish-grey with a black streak at the end of the discal cell and a fine black marginal line; a whitish 
submarginal line is only distinct in the areas 1 b to 3; close in front of the margin there are feeble traces of 
two light lines; hindwing at the base blackish, in the centre grey-haired; the black marginal line is immediately 
proximally accompanied by a complete white line, followed by white bows in the areas 1 b, 3, 4 and 5, and 
by a black spot in area 2; then follows a whitish submarginal line being distinct in the areas 2 to 5; fringes 
at the base white, then grey; the small liair-tassels are whitish; the marking beneath is almost normal and 
is clearly evident from the figure; the white submarginal line of the hindwing is fine and almost equally broad. 
Expanse of wings: 19 mm. Nigeria near Lokoja. 
oculata. L. oculata Sm. <£• Ky. (72 b). Of this small species with an expanse of only about 17 mm only the 
$ is known. According to Bethttne-Baker, the species has only 10 veins on the forewing and is placed by 
him to the genus Triclema. Both wings above brown; forewing without markings, hindwing with a white sub- 
marginal line and black marginal spots which are on both sides bordered with white; the marginal spots in 2 
and 3 are large, jet-black and distinct. On the under surface the border-lines are completely flown together 
forming a white ground on which the spots and the proper ground-colour appear as dark transverse stripes 
(forewing) or fine transverse lines (hindwing). Hindwing with large marginal spots bordered with reddish- 
yellow in 2 and 3. Ogowe River. 
lachares. L,. lachares Hew. ($ = liparis Gr.-Sm., £ pulcher Sm. A Ky.) (71 k). <J. Wings above blackish-brown 
with a large, semi-transparent central spot with a dark violet reflection; this spot covers on the forewing the 
greatest part of area 1 b, more than half of 2 and the base of area 3, on the hindwing, however, the areas 2 
to 5, except a broad marginal band; the forewing has at the end of the discal cell an indistinctly defined, 
obsolescent, yellowish spot which, however, may often be entirely absent, ab. obsolescens B.-Bak. The under surface is 
blackish-grey or blackish with broad border-lines which are more or less united, whereby the marking beneath 
becomes very variable; the distal borderline of the basal band and the proximal one of the central spot are 
in some specimens quite separate, in others, at least in the hindwing, completely united; the distal border¬ 
lines of the discal spots and the proximal border-line of the submarginal band are sometimes quite separate, 
leaving free a narrow bent band of the ground-colour, sometimes more or less united. In the $ (71 k) both 
wings above are dark brown; forewing generally with an oblong, yellowish spot in area 2; hindwing with a 
white marginal line, whitish antemarginal bows and traces of a light submarginal line and sometimes also 
with a yellowish postdiscal spot; the under surface is white owing to the border-lines being united, the dark 
markings of the $ are very much reduced, and the ground-colour removed in quite a normal way. The larva 
is green, before the pupation reddish, it lives on the under surface of the leaves of its food-plant and is sedu¬ 
lously visited by ants of the genus Pheidole. Sierra Leone to Gaboon. 
versatilis. L. versatilis B.-Bak. (71 k). A- It evidently approximates lachares very much and differs from it above 
by the forewing exhibiting only one violettish-blue longitudinal stripe in area 1 b and the hindwing a dark 
blue transverse stripe in the areas 2 to 4. On the under surface the border-lines are confluent and the mark¬ 
ings very similar to those of lachares. $ unknown. Gaboon. 
buchholzi. L. buchholzi Plotz. ,,The upper surface of the $ is of a plain bluish black, that of the $ blackish- 
brown with an oviform orange spot at some distance from the posterior margin and posterior angle of the 
forewing; at the margin of the hindwing there are in the cells 1 and 2 one fine blue streak each, and in cell 
2 an orange lunula turned towards it. The under surface is very similar to that of L. larydas, but it is re¬ 
markably distinguished from it by the costal margin of the forewing being white at the base and the oblique 
white line beside it, as well as by the two eye-spots at the margin of the hindwing being inwards bordered 
with orange,“ ,,Forewing 13 to 14 mm,“ Cameroon, near Victoria. — Although the description is insufficient 
