LIPTENA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
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1. The apical spot of the forewing is large, reaching posteriorly vein 2 and being continued at 
the costal margin as a narrow band as far as the base. L. xanthostola. 
2. The apical spot of the forewing is small and posteriorly bordered by the vein 5. 
L. bolivari. 
**. Forewing without a black apical spot at the margin and at the apex only a little darker yellow. 
Both wings beneath without a black marginal line. 
1. Hinclwing beneath unmarked. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. L. evanescens. 
2. Hindwing beneath with three very indistinct, fine, yellowish, postmedian transverse lines. 
Expanse of wings: 27 to 28 mm. L. imrnaculata. 
B. Hindwing beneath with 3 to 8 dark transverse lines or with dark discal dots. Forewing always above 
with a dark apical spot. 
a. Hindwing beneath with dark transverse lines. 
*. Hindwing beneath without black basal dots, sometimes with some separate spots owing to the 
transverse bands being broken up. 
§. Hindwing beneath beside the marginal line only with 4 yellowish-brown, level transverse 
lines. Ground-colour white. Forewing above with a large, black apical spot extended along 
the costal margin as far as the base and at the margin as far as vein 2. 
L. subundularis. 
§§. Hindwing beneath beside the marginal line with 6 or 7 dark transverse lines or transverse 
bands, of which, however, not all reach the costal margin. 
o. Both wings with a yellow ground-colour. 
|. Ground-colour of both wings light yellow. 
1. The transverse lines on the hindwing beneath broad and thick, blackish-brown; 
the two or three first ones complete, the others in the areas 4 and 5 or only in 
5 broadly interrupted. Apical spot on the forewing above small, only reaching 
vein 4. Costal margin above not or little darkened. L. flavicans. 
2. The transverse lines on the hindwing beneath narrow, yellowish-brown; the first 
six straight, the seventh curved, parallel to the margin; the third shortened, 
the others completely or almost reaching the costal margin. The black apical 
spot of the forewing large, posteriorly almost reaching vein 2. 
L. undina. 
If- Ground-colour of both wings above orange-yellow or brownish-yellow. 
1. Hindwing beneath with a light yellow ground-colour. L. praestans. 
2. Hindwing beneath with a grey ground-colour. L. eukrines, 
oo. Both wings above with a white ground-colour. 
1. Hindwing beneath yellowish and only with 6 fine, undulate transverse lines. The 
apical spot on the forewing above reaches vein 4 at most, and is behind broadly and 
on the proximal side angularly indented. Costal margin above not or only very narrowly 
darkened. The first transverse line on the hindwing beneath very fine, often partly 
indistinct or broken up into spots. L. undularis. 
2. Hindwing beneath white with 7 almost entirely margined and distinctly prominent 
transverse lines. Forewing above at the costal margin broadly darkened; its apical 
spot large. 
a) The apical spot of the forewing is posteriorly scarcely extended beyond vein 4. 
The transverse lines on the hindwing beneath fine and brown. 
L. septistrigata. 
b) The apical spot of the forewing reaches vein 2. Transverse lines on the hindwing 
beneath thick and blackish. L. ferrymani. 
**. Hinclwing beneath straw-colourecl with black basal clots in 1 c, 7 and the cell and behind the 
discal cell with three fine dentate transverse lines. 
L. sub punctata. 
[i. Hinclwing beneath without transverse lines, but with 7 black spots (3 in 1 c and one each in 2, 4, 
6 and 7). Ground-colour of both wings yellow. L. homeyeri. 
