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LIPTENA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
black costal margin; beneath almost as above, but with lighter dark markings, a white line at the margin and 
a narrowed marginal band ending at vein 2. Hindwing above white with a broad brown marginal band and 
a small dark dot at the end of the cell; beneath for the greatest part covered with a light brown, with a white 
costal margin and white marginal spots pupilled brown; a dot at the base and one at the apex of the cell blackish. 
This deviating form seems to fit best into this group. Cameroon: Bitje. 
siviplicia. L. simplicia Mdschl. Forewing above white, costal margin black as far as the discal cell, with a black 
marginal band ending pointedly behind at vein 2. Hindwing above white with a fine black marginal line. Fore¬ 
wing beneath as above, but with a white submarginal line in the black marginal band. Hindwing beneath 
white with an anteriorly tapering, black marginal band of 2 mm width. Ivory Coast to the Gold Coast. 
submacula. L. submacula Lathy (62 a). Forewing on both sides with a black costal margin and a black, unmarked 
marginal band ending pointedly at vein 2 or 1. Hindwing on both sides with a dark submarginal band of 2 mm 
width, tapering off at both its ends, and beneath besides with a black discal dot. Nigeria: Anambara Creek. 
confusa. L. confusa Auriv. Both wings above and beneath white with a black marginal band of 3 to 4 mm 
width and a black discal dot united on the forewing with the broad, black costal margin. Cameroon. 
opaca. L. opaca Ky. (63 g) only differs from confusa by the absence of the discal dot of the forewing 
or by its being entirely covered by the broad costal margin. Hindwing in the chief form on both sides with a 
immaculata. black discal dot. Cameroon to Gaboon. — ab. immaculata Griinb. Hindwing only beneath with a black discal 
dot. Spanish Guinea, and from the Kuilu River. 
Second Group of Species. 
This group is very natural and consists of white or yellow species of a delicate structure, with thin wings, remin¬ 
ding us of the Teriomims. Hindwing beneath usually with a fine, black submarginal line between the veins 1 b and 6, and 
the forewing often with two similar lines between the apex and vein 4 or 3. The sexes are similarly coloured and marked. 
Review of the Species. 
I. Both wings above and beneath with a black dot on the transverse vein of the discal cell. The veins 3 and 4 
of the hindwing rising separately at a rather great distance from each other. Ground-colour of both wings 
white. 
a. Forewing above at the costal margin at the apex and at the margin very broadly black. Hindwing 
beneath with 3 black basal dots (in 1 c, 7, and the cell). L. perobscura. 
fk Forewing above only with a black apical spot of 4 mm width, ending at vein 4 or in area 3. Hindwing 
above only with a discal dot and beneath besides only with a very fine black marginal line; rarely with 
a basal dot in 1 c. L. fatima. 
II. Both wings without a discal dot. Veins 3 and 4 of the hindwing rise from the same place or on a footstalk. 
A. Hindwing on both sides one-coloured without markings or only with a fine, dark marginal line or rarely 
beneath with three indistinct, yellow transverse lines. Costal margin of the forewing above not or only 
narrowly black. 
a. Both wings with a white ground-colour; forewing above with a large, black apical spot. 
1. The apical spot of the forewing only reaches vein 4 or it forms at most also a short transverse 
streak in area 3. Hindwing beneath close in front of the margin with a fine, black line. 
a) Wings on both sides purely white with white fringes, except at the apical spot, where the 
fringes are black. 33 to 35 mm. L. alluaudi. 
b) Wings at the costal margin of the forewing and beneath at the margin distinctly hued yellow; 
fringes of the hindwings yellowish. 29 to 31 mm. L. albicans. 
2. The apical spot ot the forewing reaches vein 3 or even the centre of area 2, it is not posteriorly 
pointed and is narrowly continued at the costal margin to the base. Hindwing beneath without 
a black line at the margin. 24 to 27 mm. L. decipiens. 
(3. Both wings with a yellow ground-colour. 
*. Forewing above with a black apical spot. At least the hindwing beneath with a black line close 
at the margin. 
