hitherto referred to the Genus lolaus. 147 



The type specimen (?) is now in Messrs. Godman and 

 Salvin's collection. 



(^ . On the upperside a darker and richer blue, with the 

 borders much blacker and the hind wing without the inner 

 black patch near the anal angle. The shining patch on hind 

 wing is large, black, and with a large bufF central spot. On 

 the underside it differs from the female by having the inner 

 marginal area of fore wing black, powdered with white scales, 

 and extending up to the wall of the cell and along the lower 

 median nervule almost to the margin. 



The hairs on underside of fore wing are deep black. 



Argiolaus glaucus. 

 Ivlaus ylaucus, Butl. 1*. Z. S. 1885, p. 766. 

 Hob. Somali-land. 



Argiolaus Belli. 



lolaus belli, Hew. 111. Diiirn. Lep., Supp. p. 9, pi. iv. tigs. 33, 34 (1869). 



Hah. Sherborough Island {Hew.). W. Africa: Mus. G. 

 &S. 



I have not seen the male of this insect. 



Argiolaus cyteis. 



Mans cytms, Hew. Ent. Month. Mag. xi. p. 182 (1875). 

 lolaus cyteis, Hew. 111. Diuni. Lep., Supp. p. 29, pi. iv. a. tigs. 55, 56 

 (1878). 



Hah. Fernando Po {Hew.). 



The female of this species does not seem to have been 

 described. 



b. S green on upperside, J greyish white. 



Argiolaus calisto. 



Anthene calisto, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. D. Lep. t. Ixxv. fig. 6, S (1852). 

 lolaus calisto, Hew. 111. D. Lep. p. 41 (1865). 



Hah. Gambia : Mus. Druce. Sierra Leone, Gaboon {J. 

 Carter) : Mus. G. & S. 



The female, which has not been described, is somewhat 

 larger than the male and is greyish white, with the costa, 

 apex, and outer margin of fore wing and apex of hind wing 

 blackish brown. Hind wing with an ultramedian, somewhat 

 irregular, brown band reaching from the apical patch to the 



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