GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 



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T. H. E. Jackson (1937, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 

 the genus Dactyhpius. 



86 : 220). It feeds on Coccidae of 



List of Species of Spalgis 



Spalgis docus (Druce), see tintinga. 

 Spalgis latimarginata E. Sharpe, see lemolea. 

 *Spalgis lemolea H. H. Druce, 1890. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1924. 

 latimarginata E. Sharpe, Oct. 1890 ; s-signata Holland, Nov. 1890. 

 Spalgis pilos H. H. Uruce, 1890. 

 Spalgis s-signata Holland, see lemolea. 

 * Spalgis tintinga (Boisduval), 1833. Fig. Mabille, 1887. 

 docus (Druce), 1875. 



Genus CUPIDESTHES Aurivillius 



Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895, Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 215 ; 1898 : 345 ; 1924 : 435 ; Bethune Baker, 

 1910 : 7. Type-species : Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, by monotypy. 



Frons black with two white lateral lines ; eyes glabrous or sparsely pilose ; palpi long, 

 ascending, second segment laterally compressed, clothed below with white adpressed scales, 

 third segment slender, acuminate ; antennae slender, a little longer than half the length of the 

 costa, club ovoid, well differentiated ; thorax more robust than in Anthene, clothed below with 

 long white hair ; <J fore leg, femur clothed with white hair, tibia shorter than the femur, tarsus 

 long, unsegmented. 



Wing shape. Fore wing triangular, costa almost straight, outer margin slightly convex ; 

 hind wing abdominal margin slightly concave before the anal angle. 



Wing venatiom (Text-fig. 317). Fore wing with 11 veins ; 10 and 11 free from the upper 

 edge of the cell. 



Fig. 164. Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, $ genitalia. 



