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Mr. G. T, Betliune-Baker’s Bcvuion 
tlie apex. Uiulersnrface : the colour is much paler than in the 
parent form with the markings blending closely into the ground¬ 
colour, and the basal dark spots much less pronounced. 
9 . Strongly marked with iridescent blue in both wings. Under¬ 
surface as in the male. 
JTah. Kikuyu District, January, 5,000 to 6,000 feet. 
'J'ypes in my collection. 
The female of otacilia is very rare, but those I have 
seen are all entirely brown, one has the least trace of blue 
scales at the extreme base of the secondaries. 
Lycaencsthes stiqualct, Pagenstecher. 
L. suquala, Pagenstch., Jalirb. Nassau, Iv, p. 155 (1902). 
9. Dark lustrous brown with termen blackish and white fringes. 
Secondaries with an anal black spot bordered with yellowish red. 
Underside : both wings with four dark brown whitish bordered 
spotted lines with two black dots on the fore edge of the secondaries 
and the usual spots in the anal area. 
Jfah. N. E. Africa. 
Type in Dr. Pagenstecher’s collection. 
Dr. Pagenstecher, who has been good enough to lend me 
his type of this species, describes it as near L. adherlal, 
Mab. (i. e. liodes, Hew.). The specimen, possibly owing to 
rough usage, is now in very poor condition, so that the 
scales are mostly more or less absent, but there is a trace 
of blue scaling on the uppersurface, whilst the underside 
pattern, just discernible, is exceedingly close to L. otacilia, 
Trimen ; but there is no trace whatever of two black spots 
at the fore edge (“am Vorderrande ”) as described. Dr. 
Pagenstecher, however, describes his species from a female, 
whilst the specimen before me should be a male, judging 
from the shape of the Avings ; the legs are unfortunately 
absent. It may therefore be that I have not the original 
type before me. The species under these circumstances 
must be left in this somewhat uncertain condition. 
Lycaenestlics amctrah, Guerin. (Plate VII, fig. 16.) 
A. amarah, Guerin, Lefeb., Voy. Abyss., vi, p. 384, PI. 11, 
ff. 5, 6 (1847); id. Wallengrn., Khop. Caffr., pj. 40 (1857); 
id. Trimen, Rhop. Afr. Aust., p. 235 (1866) ; id. id. S. 
Afr. Butt., ]). 94 (1887) and p. 411 (1889); 7c?. Anriv., 
Rhop. Aethiop.,}!. 347 (1898); id. id. Arkiv. Zool., ii, p. 12 
(1905) ; olympusa, Walker, Entomologist, p. 53 (1870). 
