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ASLAUGA. By Dr. C. Auriyillius. 
vininga . 
lamborni. 
17. Genus : Aslauga Ky. 
In the structure of the veins Aslauga almost entirely corresponds with Liptena and it chiefly only deviates 
by the uncommon shape of the wings. The forewing is behind the apex at the end of vein 6 emarginated or 
straight, and projects then convexly at the veins 3 and 4; the apex is thereby sharper and more distinct than 
in the Liptena- species. The hindwing is broad and deeply excised at the proximal margin between the ends 
of veins 1 a and 1 b, and the anal angle is distinctly prominent. Palpi quite smooth and with appressed scales, 
slantingly projected, with a rather long terminal joint. Antennae short and stout with a round club and short 
stout joints which are not or scarcely longer than they are broad. The forefeet of the A are completely jointed 
and have two claws; thus they scarcely deviate from those of the $. It is therefore often difficult to discern 
the d'd' from the $$. Larva longish, beneath flat, above convex and covered with a solid, shield-like skin. 
According to the interesting discoveries by W. A. Lamborn published of late, it lives on shield-lice. 
Review of the Species. 
I. Legs one-coloured, grey merging into brown. 
A. Wings on both sides with an ochreous-yellow* ground-colour, above at the costal margin and at the 
margin broadly blackish-brown. A. vininga -$. 
B. Wings beneath with a grey, violettisli-brown ground-colour, above blackish, with a more or less intense 
blue reflection or suffused with violet. 
a. Wings beneath without a dark transverse line. 
*. The anal angle of the hindwing is almost rectangular and does not project as a small tail. 
1. Margin of the forewing between the apex and vein 4 distinctly concave; margin of the hind¬ 
wing angularly projecting between the veins 3 and 4. A. vininga 
2. Margin of the forewing between the apex and vein 4 quite straight; margin of the hindwing 
uniformly curved, not angularly projecting in the middle. A. lamborni. 
**. Hindwing at the anal angle with a distinctly prominent lobe or small tail. 
1. Both wings beneath in the middle scaled blackish, and with a yellowish transverse spot at 
the apex of the discal cell. A. leonae. 
2. Wings beneath at the base and at the margin scaled darker without a light spot at the end 
of the discal cell. A. kallimoides. 
A. cephren. 
p. Both wings beneath with a dark straight transverse line extending in the forewing from the costal 
margin near the apex to the middle of vein 2, and in the hindwing from the apex of vein 8 to the 
middle of the proximal margin. A. bella. 
A. purpurascens. 
II. Legs brown with white spots. At least the forewing with a white dot or spot at the apex of the discal 
cell. Large species, 53 to 64 mm. 
a. Forewing above from the base to beyond the cell light blue. A. aura. 
p. Both wings above uniformly dark brown without markings. A. pandora. 
A. vininga Hew. (2 = marginata Plotz). $ wings above indigo-blue; the forewing at the costal 
margin and at the margin broadly black; beneath greyish-brown, towards the margin lighter. In the $ (64b) 
the wings are on both sides ochreous-yellow, above with a blackish-brown marginal band of about 3 mm width 
and a similarly coloured costal-marginal band reaching the anterior margin of the discal cell, beneath without 
markings, only at the margin a little brownish. Sierra Leone to Ogowe. 
A. lamborni Baker (64b) is very much like A. vininga, but it has a different shape of the wings (see 
above) and above a greenish-blue reflection reaching the anal angle on the forewing; under surface grey, beyond 
the middle densely strewn with brown scales. In the 2 the wings above are monotonously dark brown. Nigeria 
to Cameroon. — The larva lives on shield-lice, being itself shield-shaped and above covered by a tough, almost 
unjointed, warty skin; the head is small and can be extended and retracted beneath the small shield like in a 
tortoise. 
