98 H. STEMPFFER 



The genitalia of L. durbani Trimen and L. magna Aurivillius closely resemble 

 those of L. bibulus. 



The caterpillar of L. bibulus has been frequently described : — Lamborn (1914, 

 Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 : 470) ; Farquharson {ibid, 1921 : 388) ; Jackson 

 (1937, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 : 210) ; Cripps and Jackson {ibid., 1940, 89: 

 449-453). and Pinhey (1949 : 97.) 



The caterpillar lives and pupates in ants' nests, to which it has been carried by the 

 ants. It feeds partly on the frass of Jassidae and Membracidae (Hemiptera), 

 partly on plant sap and partly on food regurgitated by the ants. Lamborn (1913) 

 noted that in captivity the caterpillar devoured numerous Jassidae. 



List of Species of Lachnocnema 

 *Lachnocnema bibulus (Fabricius), 1793. Fig. Staudinger, 1887. 

 delegorguei (Boisduval), 1847 '> emperamus (Snellen), 1872. 

 Lachnocnema brimo Karsch, 1893. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1923. 



sudanica Aurivillius, 1905 ; obliquisigna Hulstaert, 1924 ; redifascia Hulstaert, 

 1924. 

 Lachnocnema busoga Bethune Baker, 1906. 

 Lachnocnema delegorguei (Boisduval), see bibulus. 



Lachnocnema disrupta Talbot, 1935, Entomologist's mon. Mag. 71 : 76, figs. 

 Lachnocnema divergens Gaede, 1915. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1923. 

 *Lachnocnema durbani Trimen, 1887. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1923. 

 Lachnocnema emperamus (Snellen), see bibulus. 

 Lachnocnema exiguus Holland, 1890. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1923. 

 Lachnocnema luna H. H. Druce, see reutlingeri. 

 *Lachnocnema magna Aurivillius, 1895. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1923. 

 umbra (Smith), 1901 ; niveus H. H. Druce, 1910. 

 Lachnocnema niveus H. H. Druce, see magna. 

 Lachnocnema obliquisigna Hulstaert, see brimo. 

 Lachnocnema redifascia Hulstaert, see brimo. 

 Lachnocnema reutlingeri Holland, 1892. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1923. 



luna H. H. Druce, 1910. 

 Lachnocnema sudanica Aurivillius, see brimo. 

 Lachnocnema umbra (Smith) see magna. 



Genus DEUDORIX Hewitson 



Deudorix Hewitson, 1863, III. Diurn. Lep., Lycaenidae 1 : 16. Type-species : Dipsas epijarbas 

 Moore (an Indian species), by original designation. 



Eyes shortly and densely pilose ; palpi scarcely protruding beyond the frons, second segment 

 long, laterally compressed, clothed with adpressed scales, third segment short, slender, 

 acuminate ; antennae two-thirds the length of the costa, club elongate, fusiform ; thorax very 



