GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 5 



To facilitate the task of the reader, I have kept the genera in the same order as that 

 followed by Aurivillius, although I do not always agree with him. I have reduced 

 bibliographical references to old authors to a minimum since, as these can be found 

 in the Khopalocera Aethiopica of Aurivillius, their repetition would have overloaded 

 the text to no purpose. Of modern authors I cite only the more comprehensive 

 works which deal with a genus or an extensive regional fauna. 



A few words are necessary about the descriptive text and the figures which make 

 up the body of the present work. With regard to external characters I recapitulate 

 only the more striking, truly generic features, but the condition of the fore tarsus of 

 the male, the segments of which are generally fused, is always mentioned. As far as 

 wing venation is concerned, I consider that a figure is more informative than a long 



description. 



There follows a short description and schematic figure of the male genitalia ot the 

 type-species of the genus, drawn with the aid of a camera lucida. 



With very few exceptions the genital organs are drawn in ventral aspect, spread 

 out and, where possible, flattened. Such a drawing differs considerably from the 

 view obtained when the genitalia are examined in situ, and the reader who is not 

 familiar with the dissection of male genitalia may have some difficulty in visualizing 

 them in their natural position. A lateral drawing of the whole genitalia mounted in 

 depth would have many disadvantages, such as lack of clarity and overlapping and 

 foreshortening of some of the organs. Although I include some such figures, I have 



sac. vine. 



P. 



Fig. i. Anihene definita Butler, <$ genitalia, one, uncus = cheeks of Bethune Baker ; 

 s. una, subunci = falces of Bethune Baker (these are not the same as the socii which are 

 found in other groups of Lepidoptera) ; teg., tegumen ; vine, vinculum; sac, 

 saccus ; fult. inf., lower fulture = furca of Bethune Baker ; v., valves = harpagones 

 of Bethune Baker ; pr. s., upper process of the valves ; pr. inf., lower process of the 

 valves ; p., penis = aedeagus of Bethune Baker. 



