Dr. H. Eltringham on Species of Genus Larinopoda. 255 



nidae, but they immediately proceed to include in the 

 genus species of Pentila and Liptena, the neuration of which 

 does not agree with that of Larinopoda. The neuration is 

 correctly illustrated by Rober (Stand. & Schatz, Exot. 

 Schmett, pi. 50, 1892) and also in the accompanying text 

 figure. 



Larinopoda belongs to that section of the Lycaeninae in 

 which there is no precostal nervure in the hind-wing, a 

 character w^hich distinguishes it from Alaena, Pentila, and 

 Uurhania. Nervures 6 and 7 in the h.-w. do not arise 

 from a common stalk, thus distinguishing the genus from 



Mimacraea, Pseuderesia, Citrinophila, Eresina, and 

 Argyrocheila. 



Its further characters as given by Aurivilhus (Rhop. 

 Aeth, p. 253, 1898) are as follows :— 



F.-w. nervure 6 arises from the end of cell, the f.-w. has 12 nervules, 

 the inner margin of the h.-w. is straight or slightly convex. The 

 cell of both wings is posteriorly sharply edentate so that the posterior 

 angle is projecting, especially in h.-w. The lower discocellular of 

 the h.-w. is very long, straight or somewhat bent outwards. 

 Nervures 3 and 4 of the h.-w. always widely separated at origin. 

 The two antepenultimate abdominal segments in the female hemi- 

 spherically swollen. 



At present the genus is known to contain only a few 

 species of small white or cream-coloured butterflies with 



