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Mr. G. T. Be^^ine-Baker’s Revision of the 
whose male was unrecorded until Grose-Smitli described 
it under the name <pulchei\ this being of a beautiful sub¬ 
dued lustrous blue sometimes variegated with a more 
subdued ochreous patch; the underside of the female at 
first sight is very different from the intricate and closely 
packed pattern of the male, but careful examination reveals 
the pattern in embryo, and its evolution into that of the 
male can be easily imagined. The life history is not 
known of any of the African species, but de ISiceville has 
given us the life history of two of the Eastern species, 
L. lycaenina (J. A. S. B., Ixix, p. 237) and L. emolus (But!., 
India, vol. iii, p. 129); they are both attended by ants. 
The scales of the wings present no points that call for 
special attention except for the fact that the long battle¬ 
dore scales are very few in number. 
All the species of the group are robustly built, with 
strong triangular primaries and fairly full roundish 
secondaries, betokening a brisk, restless habit; the thorax 
is unusually robust considering the small size of the insects. 
They are all strong-flighted, wary little creatures, fond of 
sunninor themselves on the foliage of trees, and all—of 
which we have observations—delighting in flowers and in 
settling on damp spots for the benefit of the moisture they 
can imbibe. Though small in size they are of a pugnacious 
disposition, and will often take up a position on a twig 
and give battle to any passer by, even though it may be 
an insect much larger than itself, returning very frequently 
to the same twig time after time. I am greatly indebted 
to Dr. Holland for most beautiful coloured figures painted 
amidst very great pressure of work, by his own hands of his 
species now in the Carnegie Museum, which have saved me 
from more than one probable error; also to Mr. H. H. 
Druce for access at all times to his valuable collection, 
and to Prof. Aurivillius and M. Mabille for the loan of 
their types. Had it not been for the kindness of these 
gentlemen, it is doubtful if some of the species would have 
been properly identified, and I now accord them my hearty 
thanks, as also to Mr. Heron of the British Museum, for 
constant and unfailing courtesy and help at all times. 
Genus Cupidesthes, Aurivillius. 
Synonymy : Genus Cupidesthes, Auriv., Ent. Tid., 1895, 
p. 215; id. Rhop. Aethiop., p. 345 (1898); Lycaenesthes, 
