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5. Hypolycaena philippus Fab. 

 Rare, of the typical form. 



I!. Stug'eta bowkeri Trimen. 

 Not lomraon. 



7. lolaus silas Westw. 

 One specimen on)}'. 



S. lolaus sidus Triman. 

 Rare ; somewhat brighter than the sonthern form. 



9. Axiocenses perion Cram. 



The commonest of the whole group. The nndersides are very mnch paler 

 and more uniform than the West African form, and are also paler than the form 

 from the low country ; the npperside, however, is as bright as usual, 



Lycaenesthes. 



There are several species of this intricate genns, some in considerable 

 numbers ; but as 1 am now preparing a revision of the African species of the 

 genns, 1 shall deal with them later on. 



Cupido. 



I fear I cannot follow Anrivilliiis, able antlmr and observer though he is, 

 in his wholesale sinking of genera, and I therefore place the various species 

 under the genera that are more generally accepted. 



10. Uranothauma cordatus Rharpe. 



A common insect ; the ? of this sjiecies is whitish with a basal silvery 

 blue suffusion, and two rows of dark spots on the primary, and very broad 

 borders. 



11. Uranothauma nubifer Trimen. 

 Not rare, but less common than the other two species. 



12. Uranothauma poggei Dewitz. 



A common species, the ? of which is pale yellowish brown, with a broad 

 dark termen to the primary, a posterior fractured row of dark spots, and two 

 dark spots in the cell. 



1:1 Cacyreus lingeus Cram. 



Very common, and quite typical. 



