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the fore wing, at the costal margin blackish-brown. Both wings above and beneath with a fine black marginal 
line which is interrupted by yellowish at the ends of the veins. Forewing beneath almost coloured as above, 
but without distinct markings. Hindwing beneath greyish, at the hind-margin light yellow with the usual 
indistinctly defined brown or grey transverse markings. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. — The $ is much larger 
(68 mm) and more monotonously yellowisli-brown; the transverse lines of the forewing are single or almost 
single and only feebly undulate; the submarginal spots are united into a notched line being distally broadly 
bordered with yellow. Hindwing above with two distinct brown bands. Under surface darker than in the <$, 
yellowish-brown. South Nigeria. 
L. proboscidea Guer. (34 d) is only known to me from Guerin’s figure which is copied here. Senegal, proboscidea. 
— proboscifera Strd. is a doubtful form, distinguished from the figure of the type by the posterior half of the probosci- 
discal transverse line of the forewing being provided with a strong double tooth directed towards the distal 
margin. If proboscifera belongs to Guerin’s species, it must be ranged with the first grouq> of species. South 
Cameroon. 
L. haematidea Snell. (34 d). <$. Both wings above brown, hindwing darker than the forewing. The haemalidea. 
latter at the distal margin somewhat lighter; its transverse lines fine, black, single; the discal line strongly 
angled towards the margin at vein 7; the submarginal line is composed of transverse streaks; a small black 
discal dot. Hindwing above without markings. Both wings above and beneath with a fine black marginal 
line which is interrupted at the veins. $ unknown. At the mouth of the Congo. 
L. makoniofia Strd. (34 d). <$. In the original description Strand made a mistake in writing ($ instead makomona. 
of S'). Both wings with a fine black marginal line being interrupted at the veins. The marking above is to be 
seen in the figure. Beneath the fore wing is only in the marginal area as dark as above, and there with traces 
of a light transverse stripe proximally bordered with a darker shade. Hindwing beneath in the ground as 
above, with a dark irroration being most irregularly arranged and forming indistinct nebulous figures, and 
with an interrupted dark transverse streak at the end of the basal area; the costal margin is blackened, the 
hindmarginal area somewhat lighter. Gabun. 
L. obscura Auriv. (34 d). <$. Forewing with a sharj) apex and an almost straight distal margin, obscura. 
somewhat like the forewing of a Head and collar brown; chest and ventrum yellowish; palpi and antennae 
blackish-brown. The colouring and marking of the wings are to be seen from the figure. The fore wing beneath 
is distinguished by the broad yellowish transverse band from the anal margin to vein 6. $ unknown. Gabun. 
Third Group of Species. 
This group is distinguished by the deep, rounded indentation in the centre of the costal margin of the hindwing; 
the costal margin thereby recalls that in Rhinobomby x. The only species known hitherto also differs in the distal margin 
of the forewing being obtusely dentate at the veins 7 and 9. 
. L. emarginata Auriv. (34 d). Yellowish fawn-coloured. Abdomen above in the basal portion emarginata. 
blackish. The transverse lines of the forewing are blackish, almost straight and smooth (not undulate); submar¬ 
ginal line serpentine and undulating; distal margin between the apex and vein 3 blackish-brown. Hindwing 
with two dark transverse lines. $ unknown. Transvaal. 
Appendix. As nothing is said about the shape and the costal margin of the hindwing in the descriptions of 
the three following species which are unknown to me, I can only quote them here by way of appendix. 
L. ituria B.-Bak. <$. Thorax light ochreous; abdomen light reddish-brown. Forewing light ochreous ituria. 
grey with an irregular reddish subbasal transverse line and a discal dot; the discal (postmedian) reddish transverse 
line is oblique, dentate and irregular, distally accompanied by a reddish darkening of the ground-colour. The 
sub marginal line is very irregularly bent and serrate-dentate, almost broken at vein 3. Distal margin suffused 
with a light reddish colour. Hindwing unicoloured red-brown with a very fine dark marginal line. Expanse 
of wings: 46 mm. Congo District: Mawamba. 
L. crenulata B.-Bak. <$. Head and thorax yellowish-brown; abdomen yellowish-grey. Forewing crenulata. 
yellowish-brown with a light spot at the centre of the costal margin; The first dark transverse line in the cell 
distally angular; the second dark transverse line notched with two angles distally. Submarginal line notched 
with light spots; the area between these two transverse lines ochreous. Hindwing in the basal portion yellowish 
white, in the marginal third red-brown. Expanse of wings: 35 mm. Angola: N’Dalla Tando. 
L. directa Walk. $ ferrugous-brown, coated with greyish. Palpi beak-shaped, very much projecting, directa. 
Antennae feebly pectinated. Legs strong, hairy. Abdomen projecting beyond the hindwing. Wings broad, 
moderately long. Forewing at the apex slightly rounded, with three slanting transverse lines; the first and 
second blackish, the second straight, more distinct than the first; the third brownish, extending near the distal 
margin, in front and behind shortened. A black discal dot between the first and second lines. Distal margin 
hardly curved, moderately slanting. Hindwing more reddish than the forewing, with an undulating blackish 
transverse line. Expanse of wings about 50 mm. Sierra Leone. 
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