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14. Cacyreus palaemou dam. 



Common. 



l-"!. Syutarucus telicanus Lang. 

 Bv no menns common. 



One specimen. 



Not common. 



10. Azauus moriqua ^\"llgr. 

 IT. Azanus jesous Gnoiin. 



lis. Azamxs ubaldus Cram. 

 A rare species, bnt typical. 



10. Everes masai sp. no v. 



(?. Both wings violet bine. Primary with the costa and termen very narrowly 

 Mack. Secondary with the costa somewhat broadly brown ; termen narrowly 

 black ; tail very fine, white tipped, above which ii5 a small dark spot. Fringes 

 greyish white, darker towards the extremities. 



Undersnrface whitish grey. Primary with a black spot finely encircled with 

 ■white closing the cell, postmedial row consisting of si.K isolated black spots 

 encircled with white, with a trace of a very small one on the costa ; the first 

 fonr spots are curved outwards, the second being the farthest ont, the fifth 

 spot is shifted well inwards, and the sixth slightly outwards ; there is a double 

 snbterminal row of dark Innnles edged with white ; termen is black and linear. 

 Secondary with two subbasal black dots, one in the cell and one below vein S, 

 followed below by a minute black point on the inner margin ; above the pale 

 brown spot closing the cell is a black spot on the costa ; below it is another 

 black spot on the inner margin ; the postmedial row consists of six pale brown 

 sjiots, the first below vein 7 isolated, the second shifted right outwards confluent 

 with the third, fourth and fifth, which take a distinct inward curve, the fifth 

 being farthest inwards, sixth spot shifted slightly outwards ; an irregular ))ale brown 

 snbterminal band followed by a terminal row of pale brown spots ; termen black 

 linear : above the tail is a velvety black spot slightly edged above with metallic 

 blue scales, above which is an orange yellow Innule. All the spots and bands 

 are palely edged. 



?. Primary greyish brown, with a small patch of bright violet blue, restricted 

 to the median and lower basal areas. Secondary with the blue less restricted, 

 reaching almost to the snbmarginal row of dark dots, each of which dots is 

 preceded by a pale blue lunnle; the black spot at the tail is edged internally 

 by a patch of orange-yellow. The underside is precisely like that of the male. 



Expanse : c? and ? , 27 — 28 mm. 



The type is in tlie Tring Museum from tlie Kikuyn Escarpment. 



20. Cupido boeticus L. 

 Not common. 



