338 
LIPTENA. By Dr. C. Atirivillius. 
ideoides. L. ideoides Dew. ($ = girthi Dew.) (65 b). The sexes are above quite different. In the $ the forewing 
above is one-coloured black without markings, and the hindwing is also black, but with a broad, reddish-yellow 
costal marginal stripe posteriorly reaching vein 4 and only separated from the distal margin by a narrow, black 
marginal line. In the $ the forewing shows above a large, reddish-yellow spot of the posterior margin of 5 mm 
width, reaching vein 4 and being then continued by a narrow transverse streak almost to the costal margin; 
the hindwing is above reddish-yellow with a black marginal band of about 3 mm width, extended at the proximal 
margin as far as the base. On the under surface the forewing is blackish-brown with some indistinct, reddish 
markings, in the $ almost as above, but with 3 reddish-yellow transverse streaks in the cell. Hindwing in both 
sexes beneath blackish-brown with numerous, indistinct, yellowish spots. Congo District near Mukenge. — 
The $ resembles that of Eresina corgnetes (64 b) and those of the Pseuderesia-species allied with bicolor (62 f) 
to such an extent that an accurate examination of the kindred relations of these species is very advisable. 
otlauga. L. otlauga Smith (62 i). £ unknown. $ similar to that of ideoides (65 b), but larger (expanse of wings 
about 30 mm). The inner-marginal spot of the forewing anteriorly somewhat broader; the orange-yellow colour 
of the hindwing posteriorly uniformly rounded off, broadly filling up the base of the areas 1 c to 3. Hindwing 
beneath yellowish with 5 transverse rows or transverse bands of blackish-brown, square spots. Niger to Cameroon. 
in lima. L. itlfima Smith (64 a) is also known only in the $ and resembles otlauga (62 i) so much that it is 
probably only a variation of it. It deviates only by the hindwing above being thinly scaled blackish at the 
base as far as the apex of the cell and beneath showing a darker, more reddish ground-colour. Sierra Leone. 
The following four species deviate from all the others by the numerous, distinctly prominent, white 
spots on the black hindwings beneath. 
heJena. L. helena Ham. Druce (62 e). <$. Both wings above black, the forewing one-coloured without mar¬ 
kings; the hindwing with a median transverse band of orange-yellow, only 2 mm broad and 4 to 5 mm long, 
reaching neither the proximal margin nor the costal margin. Wings beneath black with numerous, white (or 
on the forwing partly reddish) dots or spots partly arranged in transverse rows. The $ above almost like the 
$$ of ideoides (65 b) and otlauga (62 i); forewing above black with a yellow inner-marginal spot almost reaching 
the costal margin, of 10 mm width at the proximal margin, almost reaching the base and being very narrow 
in the areas 4 to and 9; hindwing above as far as beyond the middle yellow with two black transverse streaks 
in the discal cell and a black marginal band of 4 mm width; wings beneath almost as in the the forewing, 
however, with a large, light yellow inner-marginal spot reaching vein 4, and then continued by small, 
white spots to the costal margin, the white or faintly yellowish spots of the hindwing larger than in the 
particularly the spot in the middle. Ashanti to Cameroon. 
sauberi. L. sauberi A. Schultze (65c) is unknown to me. The description says: „<$. Upper surface sooty 
black; on the forewing a reddish-yellow, anteriorly narrowing spot of the posterior margin in 1 a to 2, of 
7 mm width at the posterior margin, of 2 1 / 4 mm width at the vein; on the hindwing the transverse band is 
much more extensive than in helena; in the areas 1 and 2, where it is striated black, it reaches the base, and 
completely also fills up the base of area 3, proceeding then with a small spot into the apex of the discal cell 
and forming another spot in area 6; distally it is radiantly extended, above all distinctly so in the areas 3 to 5; 
besides there are in the discal cell two more reddish-yellow, faintly striated spots. On the black under surface 
sauberi-A in the arrangement and size of the yellowish-white spots exactly harmonizes with helena-A, but on 
the forewing there is instead of the red spots in area 2 and 3 a reddish-yellow, anteriorly very much narrowed 
spot of the posterior margin in the areas 1 a to 4, which is anteriorly continued to a distinct bow by the white 
discal dots. The $ differs above from helena- $ by the reddish-yellow spot of the posterior margin on the forewing 
in area 1 a not reaching the base and terminating in area 4, where it forms a small spot; on the under surface 
which otherwise harmonizes with that of helena -$, the yellowish-white spots are somewhat smaller.” South 
Cameroon; it flies round the apices of the tendrils of Maranthaceae. 
modestn. L. modesta Ky. (62 e). £. Both wings above one-coloured black without markings; under surface 
black with white dots arranged almost as in helena-^; the discal dots of the areas 1 b to 3 of the forewing, 
however, are entirely absent. The $ differs from helena -$ by the spot of the posterior margin of the forewing 
reaching only vein 4. Cameroon to the Kuilu. 
despecta. L. despecta Holl. is unknown to me, but according to the description it approximates modesta. „<$. 
Above uniformly dark reddish black; beneath dull blackish-grey, at the base of the forewing darker; both 
wings with marginal, submarginal and discal transverse rows of sagittiform, white spots; the hindwing besides 
with some small, indistinct markings at or in the cell. The $ resembles the except the apex of the forewing 
being less distinct, its margin more rounded, and the colour of the upper surface light reddish-brown. On the 
Upper Ogowe River. 
