GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE n 



The male genitalia of T. carnuta (Text-fig. 5), as Bethune Baker (1914 : 319) has 

 already pointed out, are far removed from those of the true Telipnas. Tegumen 

 and subunci similar to these parts in species of Alaena ; valves directly united to 

 the tergal portion of the vinculum, of which the sternal part is lacking ; the valves, 

 to use Bethune Baker's expression, are shaped like a ham in which the knuckle end 

 is deeply divided at its extremity ; they are joined together close to their bases by a 

 broad chitinous band at their upper edges, and by a narrower band at their lower 

 edges, the latter band bearing also a long tapering process which is directed caudad. 

 Penis robust, slightly curved, tapering uniformly to the obliquely truncate apex ; 

 vesica armed with strong spines. 



The early stages of T. consanguinea Rebel and T. sanguinea depuncta Talbot have 

 been noted by T. H. E. Jackson (1937, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 : 205). The 

 larvae feed on lichens and mosses on the bark of trees. 



List of Species of Telipna 



*Telipna acraea acraea (Doubleday & Hewitson), 1852. 



Telipna acraea nigra Suffert, 1904, Dt. ent. Z., Iris 17 : 42. 

 *Telipna acraeoides acraeoides (Smith & Kirby), 1890. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 

 1914-25. Fig. Smith & Kirby, 1887, as sanguinea Plotz, figs 1, 2 only. Fig. 

 Hewitson, 1866, Exot. hep. Ill, fig. 12, as acraea Doubleday & Hewitson, nee 

 YVestwood, 1852. 

 Telipna acraeoides laplutnei Devos, 1919, Revue zool. a/r. 6 : 62. 

 Telipna actinotina Lathy, 1903, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 : 194, fig. 

 *Telipna angustifascia angustifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921, Bull. Hill Mus. 



Witley 1 : 77, fig. 

 *Telipna angustifascia neavei Bethune Baker, 1926, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 

 17 : 316. 

 Telipna anneckei, see sanguinea. 



Fig. 5. Telipna carnuta Hewitson, <$ genitalia. 



