Lepidoptera. 3 



Fam. Lycaenidae. 



7. Lachnocnema bibulus Fabr. 2 aV. — Abba-Island, 12 

 Febr.; Benk, 20 Febr. 



The specimens are extremely dwarfed (one measuring 19 

 mm., the other only 15 mm), but agree in markings very nearly 

 with specimens from South and West-Africa. This species is 

 now for the first time recorded from East-Africa. 



8. Deudorix livia Klug. 2 99. — Abba-Island, 12 Febr.; 

 G-oz Abu G-omr, 14 Febr. 



The female, which was hitherto unknown to me, is very 

 like the female of D. licinia Mab. from S. Africa, but may be 

 distinguished by the nearly black markings of the underside of 

 hind wing. 



9. Cupido theophrastus Fabr. 10 aV, 4 99. — Khartum, 

 Abba-Island, Renk, Kaka; January and February. 



The specimens taken at Kaka in the last days of February 

 are more dwarfed than those taken at Khartum in January. 



10. Cupido cretosus Butl. 1 9. — Renk, 20 February. 

 This rare species was hitherto only recorded from Senegal 



and from Abyssinia. 



11. Cupido ubaldus Cram. 2 dV, 2 99. — Khartum and 

 Abba-Island; January and February. 



C. zena Moore, macalenga Trim, and thebana Staud. (cnf. 

 Dixey. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 13) are only synonyms of 

 ubaldus Cram. 



12. Cupido baeticus L. 2 oV, 5 99. — Khartum, Ed-Dueim, 

 Mohadan Zeraf; January, February, April. 



13. Cupido malathana Boisd. var. nilotica n. var. 



Hsec a forma typica Africse occidentalis et australis differt 

 alis supra pallide griseis disco coerulescentibus et ad marginem 

 late infuscatis, infra etiam pallidis, cinereo-albidis signaturis om- 

 nino ut in forma typica. — Expans. alar. 23—25 mm. 2 cftf. — 

 To the South of Kaka, 26 and 28 February. 



The males of this form look like the females of the typical 

 form in having the disc of the upperside of both wings irrorated 



