LYCAENESTHES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
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as the cell) narrowly, at the apex very broadly blackish-grey; the blackish-grey marginal part is about 7 mm 
broad at the apex, but quickly narrows down posteriorly and terminates at the anal angle almost in a point; 
hindwing with a dark grey marginal band about 2 y 2 mm broad, enclosing an undulate, white submarginal 
line. Under surface purely white with the same markings as in the <$\ all the spots, however, of the same 
colour as the ground and very indistinctly defined; the basal dot in area 7 of the hindwing seems to be 
absent. Sierra Leone, Ashanti, and Uganda. •—- gabunica Auriv. deviates from the typical $ by the marginal gabunica. 
band of both wings being much broader, about 5 mm broad and the hindwing being above at the costal margin 
dark grey as far as vein 6. Gabon. 
L. arescopa B.-Bah. (71 c). <$. Forewing above black with a small light-blue anal-marginal spot arescopa. 
being anteriorly rounded and covering neither the cell nor the base of area 2; hindwing above light silvery 
blue, towards the proximal margin whitish, at the costal margin as far as vein 6 black; the black costal-marginal 
band is continued at least as far as vein 4 as a submarginal band; the under surface almost entirely 
agrees with that of voltae (in the original figure, however, there is in the discal cell a basal spot not being men¬ 
tioned in the description). In the $ the wings above are dark brown with a white central area of the forewing 
and the basal part of the hindwing from vein 6 to the proximal margin is likewise white. Cameroon, on the 
Ja-River. It might be possible that this species is identical with gabunica. Bethune-Baker in his work gives 
an incorrect description of gabunica. 
L. lithas Hew. (71 c, <$ upper surface as lunulala). <$. Forewing above blackish with a light blue llthas. 
basal spot covering the discal cell and the greatest part of the areas 1 a and 1 b, but leaving free area 2; hind¬ 
wing above light blue with a small black apical spot and a fine black marginal line; wings beneath of a greyish 
white ground-colour and large, broad discal spots; hindwing with a black basal dot in area 7 and small, 
black, blue-scaled submarginal dots proximally bordered with reddish-yellow in 1 c and 2. The $ is above 
brown, in the middle of the forewing behind the cell a little lighter whitish and with 4 black spots at the 
margin in the anal region of the hindwing. Sierra Leone and Ashanti. 
L. thyrsis Kirby (71 d). The $ differs above from that of lithas only by the blue colour of the forewing thyrsis. 
covering also the basal part of area 2; the under surface deviates by the marks mentioned in the review as 
well as by the larger marginal spots proximally bordered by thick orange bows in the areas 1 c and 2 of the 
hindwing; the basal spot in area 7 of the hindwing is dull and rather indistinct, neither black nor punctiform. 
The $ is above blackish-brown with a triangular white area of the forewing between the veins 1 and 4 and 
with two black submarginal dots in the areas 1 c and 2 of the hindwing. Fernando Po, Gabun, French and 
Belgian Congo. — ab. $ unicolor ab. nov. Both wings above uni-coloured dark brown without markings; it unicolor. 
seems to be the most common form of the female. Though Bethune-Baker cites Hewitson’s figure of the 
$, he only mentions the form unicolor in his description. 
L. leonina B.-Baker is unknown to me. The description runs as follows: Both wings dark brown; leonina. 
hindwing with a leaden reflection in and behind the discal cell and with 4 or 5 dark marginal spots proximally 
bordered with light. Both wings beneath dark brown with light-bordered spots; forewing with a spot at the 
cell-end and one above it; discal band broad, the third and fourth spots (presumably = discal spots 4 and 5) 
united placed towards the margin, the fifth nearer at the base, the sixth larger and more towards the base, 
and the seventh (=discal spot 1 b) very large and much nearer at the base; marginal part whitish with 
a row of bent streaks between the veins; hindwing with a basal dot in area 7 and one at the proximal margin; 
a spot at the cell-end; the discal band begins and ends right before and behind the spot at the cell-end; 
the second spot (= discal spot 6) is situate a little distally, the third and fourth (= discal spots 5 and 4) united 
and still more towards the margin, the fifth and sixth small, both more proximally, the seventh and 
eighth (= discal spots 1 b and 1 c) angular and still more towards the base; marginal part broad whitish parted 
by a bossed line; a black dot in area 2 and at the anal angle, both proximally bordered with yellow and with 
some lustrous scales. Expanse 32 mm. — The $ is quite brown; I possess, however, a specimen from 
Busoga with a white discal area of the forewing and a bent submarginal stripe of the hindwing.“ Sierra Leone 
to Uganda. 
L. brunnea Smith A Ky. (71 d, e). The q is unknown. In the Q both wings above and beneath mono- brunnca. 
tonously dark brown; forewing above without markings; hindwing above with black marginal dots surrounded 
by white in 1 c, 2 and 3; forewing beneath with very broad discal spots; the proximal bordering of the discal 
spot 1 b almost reaches the base of vein 2; hindwing beneath only with one basal dot which is black and 
situate in area 7; discal spot 7 black, punctiform and much darker than the other discal spots which are 
scarcely darker than the ground-colour; marginal spots almost as above, but somewhat smaller and proxi¬ 
mally narrowly bordered with yellow. The species is particularly distinguished by the marginal spot in area 
3 on both surfaces of the hindwing. Ogowe River. 
L. mimefica Ham. Brace (71 c, d). This species is likewise only known in the female which approxi- mimelica. 
mates that of voltae (71 b). Wings white; forewing above at the costal margin as far as the discal cell, at the 
