Monograjih of the genns Catochrysops Boisduval. 299 



indefinite submarginal row of spots is broadly edged internally with 

 a series of similarly coloured brown crescents, which are broadly 

 edged with a series of white sagittate marks, the dividing line 

 between the submarginal row of brown spots and its internal bro-mi 

 edging is very difficult to discern; the brown termen is finely 

 edged with white internally. 

 Expanse, 37 mm. 



Hah. Machacha (Mahiti Kauge) ; Basutoland {Craw- 

 shay). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Genitalia. Harpagines slightly oval at the base, of nearly even 

 width from beyond the oval base, moderately long, curved with the 

 apex suddenly excised into a short sickle-shaped termination, 

 bristles are evenly distributed up to the origin of sickle; anellus 

 evenly but slightly rounded on its front line; aedoeagus shortish 

 and decidedly broad ; cingulum of moderately broad dimensions ; 

 tegumen a narrow collar with projecting cheeks, which are furnished 

 with fine bristles ; falces large and strong and deeply curved. 



Androconia. This is cme of the few species without any of these 

 scales. 



Neochrysops gigantea Tiimen. Plate XIII, fig. 1 ; XVII, 

 fig. 17; XXVII, fig. 17. 



Lycaena gigantea Trimen, Trlans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 4, 



PI. i, figs. 2 and 3 (1898). 

 Catochrysops hypoleucus Butler, P.Z.S. Lond., p. 907, 1898. 

 Cupido giganieus Aurivillius, Rhop. Aethiop.,p. 377 (1898). 

 Catachrysops giganteus Neave, P.Z.S. Lond., p. 58 (1910). 



(^. Upperside delicate pinkish lilac blue Avith a black dash closing 

 the cell of the primary, and fine black margins. At the anal angle is 

 a trace of a twin spot, followed in the next interneural space by a 

 dark marginal spot with traces of yellow edging above and very 

 faint metallic scaling. The spots of the underside pattern show 

 through. Fringes black with grejdsh extremities, and a black tail 

 at the end of vein 2. Underside. Primaries white with faint 

 yellowish tone in the basal area. A large reniform black spot 

 closes the cell, beyond which is the postmedian series consisting of 

 seven black spots, the three nearest the costa projected outwards, 

 followed by a long black dash extending out nearly to the sub- 

 marginal line, fifth and sixth spots inclined well inwards, seventh 

 twm spot projected well outwards on the fold ; beyond this series 

 is the submarginal, well-marked subcrenulate broadish black line, 



