1920] Holland, Lepuloptera of the Congo 231 



Castalius Hiilmer 



(370) 1. Castalius carana (Hewitson) 



Lyccena carana Hewitson, 187G, Exot. Butt., V, Lycwna. PL i, fig. 6. 

 Ciipido carana Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. .^thiop., p. 364. 



This species, which is quite common in Cameroon and the valley of 

 the Ogove, was taken in some numbers by the expedition at Medje, 

 where twenty-three specimens were taken, the dates of capture ranging 

 from July to September. There is also a specimen taken at Bafwabaka, 

 January 7, and one caught at Gamangui on February 1, 1910. Some of 

 the females are tinged with yellowish. 



The species must not be confounded with C. margaritacewi Em. 

 Sharpe, paratypes of which are in the writer's collection, and which it 

 superficial^ resembles. 



(371) 2. Castalius isis (Drury) 

 Papilio isis Drury, 1773, 111. Exot. Ent., II, p. 6, PL iii, figs. 4, 5. 

 Cupido isis Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. iEthiop., p. 365. 



The female of this pretty insect seems not to have been described 

 hitherto. As there is one example of this sex in the collection I may say 

 that there is no difference in the form of the markings to distinguish it 

 from the males but tha,t all the bands and spots instead of being brilliant 

 blue as in the male, are blackish in the female, there being only a faint 

 trace of the blue color in this sex at the bases of the fore and hind wings. 



The collection contains twenty-four males and one female. Most 

 of them were taken at Medje from April to September, but two or three 

 were captured at Gamangui in February and June, and several at 

 Niangara in November 1910. 



Tarucus Moore 



(372) 1. Tarucus telicanus (Lang) 



Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verzeichniss meiner Schmetterlinge, part 2, p. 47. 

 Hesperia (Rurales) plinius Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst., Ill, part 1, p. 284. 

 Cupido telicanus var. plinius Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. .Ethiop., p. 364. 



There are three males and one female. One of the males was caught 

 at Niangara, the rest were taken at Medje in July and August. 



AzANus Moore 



(373) 1, Azanus mirza (Ploetz) 

 Lyccena mirza Plcetz, 1880, Stett. Ent. Zeit., XLI, p. 203. 

 Cupido mirza Aurivillius, 1898, Rhop. ^thiop., p. 366. 



