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penis more or less massive. In accordance with these characters one can form 

 " groups " of species, but they are not homogeneous, they are ill-defined and con- 

 nected by transitions, so that one cannot accord them serious systematic value. In 

 illustration of each of these groups, reviewed below, illustration of the male genitalia 

 is restricted to a single species, since all the species are figured in the Revision of the 

 genus Epamera (Stempffer, 1959, Bull. Inst. Jr. Afr. noire 21 : 227-319). 



Group A : — Tegumen with median notch ; uncal lobes separated ; subunci 

 curved ; valves rather large, not much incised ; penis robust and usually enclosing 

 large spines : — 



/. (E.) sidus, silanus, scintillans, australis, mimosae (Text-fig. 126), tajoraca, 

 jacksoni, aphnaeoides, umbrosa, nursci, loon, farquharsoni, .moyambina, slnm- 

 grammica, arborifera, dubiosa, paniingtoni. 



Group B : — Tegumen without median notch, lobes of uncus confluent, subunci 

 short, weakly curved, valves not much incised, penis short and massive : — 



/. (E.) pollux (Text-fig. 127), coelestis, neavei, flavilincu, longicauda. 



Fig. 126. Iolaus [Epamera) mimosae Trimen, £ genitalia. 



Fig. 127. Iolaus (Epamera) pollux pollux Aurivillius, $ genitalia. 



