Biblis Ilithyia, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 327.
HABITAT: Senegal, and Coast of Africa.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings fine
deep or brown orange. The anterior deeply verged with black along the
external and anterior edges; the former having a row of oblong orange
spots running parallel with them, which is continued, together with the
deep black margin, along the posterior wings to the abdominal corners;
the spots being larger along these wings than on the anterior. A black,
irregular, and indented line rises near the middle of the anterior wings,
and ends at the posterior edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi and breast orange. Legs brown. Anterior wings orange;
the external edges with a small, narrow, white indented margin. Four
small white spots are placed near the tips, that next the anterior edge
being least; and along the same edge are several other long black spots,
margined with white. Posterior wings with a row of white crescents placed
along the external edges; over this is an orange bar, next is a row of
cream-coloured spots almost round, being seven in number, with a row of
very small ones above them, consisting of fourteen; above this is an
orange bar, with a cream one {33}over it, being divided by a narrow black
line. Above these are two other bars; the first orange, the next cream
colour, separated by long narrow black spots; the colour of these wings,
next the body, being orange. All the wings are dentated.