African species of the Lycaenesthes group of Lycaenidae. 55 
will be specially mentioned. Primaries with a long, slightly wedge- 
shaped sub-basal mark, followed by an irregular H-shaped mark 
across the end of the cell ; postinedian stripe irregular, spots 1 and 
2 small confluent just below the costa, 3 and 4 confluent dark 
shifted well outwards, 5 and 6 confluent with dark externals shifted 
right inwards, 7 confluent with 6 but no dark patch in it; sub¬ 
terminal line somewhat scalloped. Secondaries with a long, irregular 
sub-basal band, a spot closing the cell ; postmedian stripe not con¬ 
tinuous, first spot dark below vein 8, second obsolete, third and 
fourth dark confluent shifted right outwards, fifth very small, 
somewhat obsolete, confluent with the sixth, which is darker, 
eighth and ninth angled and dark shifted far inwards ; subterminal 
line farther from the termen than usual ; outside the terminal 
pupilled spots, one of which lies between veins 2 and 3 and is black 
with metallic-bluish scales edged with yellow, and a smaller similar 
one at the angle. 
9 . Like the male, but with a very obscure tawny patch in the 
median area of the primaries. 
Expanse ^ 31, $ 29 mm. 
Hob. Makala (Congo Free State), June, and Lake 
Albert Edward, March. 
Types in my collection, a short series. 
In one ^ specimen there is a distinct small orange tawny 
patch about the angle of veins 2 to 4. 
Genitalia .—Harpago somewhat oblong with the upper edge 
hollowed but rising to a head at the front apex, front edge serrated, 
the teeth being short but strong, lower edge slightly hollowed near 
apex, then recurved somewhat boldly. Cingula well developed, 
■widening rapidly towards the tegumen; the lower basal extremity 
produced backwards into a long, broad, straight, horn-like process. 
Tegumen with the fore apex deeply excised, the hind apex slightly 
so; cheeks with a straight front edge. Falces long, strong, highly 
curved directly above their sockets, with talon-like extremities. 
Furca with very long, narrow arms inclined backwards. Penis 
sheath long, the hinder half hollowed, somewhat boat-shaped, rising 
to a broad centre from whence it is gradually reduced into a 
narrowish tube with a trumpet-shaped orifice. Both the cheeks of 
the tegumen and the front edge of the harpagines are furnished with 
longish hairs. 
Lycaenesthes radiata, sp. nov. (Plate II, fig. 15.) 
(J. Both wings brown, with yellow markings. Primaries with 
veins la, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, and the lower margin of the cell, more or 
