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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



For optilete Tutt raised the genus Vacciniina, a species, as Dr. 

 Chapman has pointed out, having no honey gland in the larva, in pattern, 

 perhaps, more allied, though somewhat isolated, to the ari/its group, but 

 the male armature is decidedly Polyommatine, and I think it is, there- 

 fore, better placed here than with an/im. I cannot find any structural 

 character in the imago whereby I am able to retain my friend's genus 

 for this species. 



The genera, therefore, stand thus : — Polyommatns, Latreille ; type 

 karuH, Rott. Ct/aniris, Dalman, Nowiades, Hb., Afjriades, Hb. (Tutt.), 

 Atjrodiat'ttis, Hb., and Vacciniina, Tutt, sink before it. 



lolas, Ochs., <ii(/antea, Gv-Gv.,cali<jena, Leech, and astiaea ,¥vv :,iov\n 

 another very natural small group connecting up the Turania-Scnlitan- 

 tides section through Glaacopsyche ci/llanis with Lycaena avion. It 

 will, I believe, require a new genus, for which I propose the name 

 Inlana, with iolaa as the type. The genus has hairy eyes, the genitalia 

 are very distinct with a broad, deeply cleft tegumen, excessively broad 

 and large clasps, with the fore apex strongly dentate and somewhat 

 hooked at the upper apex, with a long, formidable spike on the upper 

 margin, falling inwards. The sedoeagus is straight and broad, of 

 moderate length, slightly and evenly tapering to the apex. In lolana, 

 in addition to the type species, (/iyantea, caliijena, and astiaea should 

 be placed. 



The cyllants section is the next group to be considered and it 

 should certainly be placed in Scudder's genus Glaucopsyclie, which he 

 created for some North American species, lygdamus being the type. In 

 this genus cyllants and lycormas should be placed, as also charybdis 

 and iiielanops, the last being transitional between this genus and 

 Scolitantides. 



The avion group follows on. In the genus Lycaena the type of 

 which was fixed by Thon, in 1838, as avion, Scudder {loc. cit. p. 209), 

 says, "no restriction of this group within the blues having been 

 effected, the genus may be confined to endymion and covidon of the 

 species mentioned by Fabricius, with end ym ion as the type." That 

 author was apparently unacquainted with Latreille's action, who 

 definitely took out all species from the genus except the untailed blues, 

 and I notice he makes no reference to Latreille in his bibliography of 

 the genus; in the face of Thon's fixation Scudder's action is nltva- 

 vives. In this genus I would place besides the type, alcon, eupheiniis, 

 arionides, areas, and polypheiiins. 



In Phenyavis, Doh., will go atvoyiittata, Obth., and daitozana, 

 Wileman. Chapman created the genus Avtopoetes for pryevi, which 

 at present remains its only species. 



In Lycaenopsis, Felder, Dr. Chapman has placed all the avyiolits 

 section, which in the east is a considerable one. Felder created this 

 genus for Jiaraldiis [ananya), this therefore is the type, and if ananya 

 is congeneric with avyiolus, Tutt's genus Celastvina must certainly fall 

 before it. Dr. Chapman {P.Z.S., 1909, p. 419) says :— 



" Mr. Prout tells me that notwithstanding Felder gave the name 

 Lycaenopsis to express his opinion that havaldus was not congeneric 

 with anything else, the rules at present accepted make Lycaenopsis the 

 generic name of C'yanivis (Scudder)." This definitely implies that if 

 haraldns is not congeneric with avyiolus, the generic name Lycaenopsis 



