m 
Mr. G. T. BcTTiune-Baker’s Revision of the 
tlie back ; the falces are strong, deeply curved, almost at a right angle ; 
the furca is short with strong arms ; penis sheath long, straight, 
tapering gradually from the broad back extremity to the tip, w'hich 
is bluntly pointed. 
Lycaencsthes nigrojpunctata, sp. nov. (Plate I, fig. IG.) 
Both w’ings darkish mauve blue with fine linear black 
margins. Secondaries wdth two distinct black spots (one at the 
angle and one between veins 2 and 3). Underside : both wings clear 
French grey with the spots finely edged with greyish white. 
Primaries with a small costal spot above the spot closing the cell ; 
postmedian stripe with the costal four spots confluent, curved and 
compressed, fifth spot shifted inwards, sixth inwards again as to its 
inner margin only, seventh spot yet further in ; subterininal line 
fairly distinct, consisting of a series of six internervular scallops. 
Secondaries with a defined black sub-basal spot below vein 8 ; post¬ 
median stripe with the first costal spot darkish, second spot shifted 
out, third and fourth confluent compressed shifted out, fifth com¬ 
pressed shifted inwards, sixth slightly further in, seventh and 
eighth angled spot still further in ; subterminal line less defined, 
scalloped ; anal sirot and that between veins 1 and 2 black with 
metallic-blue scales, edged above with bright red. 
$ . Entirely brown above. Below like the male, but the ground¬ 
colour whitish ash grey. 
Expanse 27-29 mm. 
Hal. Fort Jameson, N. E. Rhodesia; Lakes Bang- 
WEOLO (4,200 feet) and Tanganyika (4,500 feet), N. W. 
Rhodesia, June, July and August. (A. S. Neave.) 
Type in my collection. 
Lycaenesthes minima, Trimen. 
L. minima, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 
135, PI. 8, f 10 ; tf?. Auriv., Rhop. Aethiop., p. 347 (1898). 
Trimen describes this species as brown with a slight 
cupreous gloss ; the underside is very close to otacilia. 
Trimen, the sub-basal series of spots of the secondaries 
having an additional one on the abdominal fold. The 
species, however, should be readily separated from otacilia, 
for it is not blue at all on the upperside. 
Hal. Natal ; Mashonaland ; Ndola District, N. E. 
Rhodesia ; Ndzovuni (B.E.A.). 
The specimens from Rhodesia show no trace of a 
cunreous gloss. 
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