GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 



195 



*Anthene zenkeri (Karsch), 1895. Fig. Bethune Baker, 1910. Genitalia, 

 Stempffer, 1944, Revue fr. Ent. 11 : 60. 

 Anthene zenkeri ab. connexa (Aurivillius), 1923, Ergebn. ite D. Zent. Afr. Expect., 

 1910-11, 1 : 1237. 



Genus NEURYPEXINA Bethune Baker 



Neurypexina Bethune Baker, 1910, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 64. Type-species : Lycaen- 



esthes lyzanius Hewitson, by original designation. 

 Lycaenesth.es Moore, 1866, (partim) ; Aurivillius 1898 : 351 ; 1924 : 454. 



Eyes densely but shortly pilose ; palpi long, second segment laterally compressed, clothed 

 below with long scales, third segment long, slender, acuminate ; antennae as in Anthene ; $ 

 fore leg, femur clothed below with long hair, tibia shorter than the femur, tarsus unsegmented, 

 finely spinose below ; mid and hind legs, femora clothed with long hair, tibiae shorter than the 

 femora and bearing two strong spurs, metatarsi very long. 



Wing shape. As in Anthene. 



Wing venation (Text-fig. 319). Fore wing with 1 1 veins ; 1 1 fused with 12 for some distance. 



Male genitalia (Text-fig. 168) (see also Bethune Baker, 1910, pi. 11, figs 33-34). Uncus 

 composed of two small lobes closely fused to the tegumen on either side of the median indenta- 

 tion, subunci long, slender, bent at about one-third of the way from base, tegumen deeply 

 notched on its posterior edge, vinculum fairly wide with spatulate saccus ; lower fultura (furca) 

 with slender arms ; valves oblong, sub-oval, the upper process ending in a short point recurved 

 close to the terminal edge, the lower process ending in a long sharp point ; penis narrow at the 

 base, dilated in the middle, then abruptly constricted to the apex ; uncus densely pilose, 

 valves almost bare. 



The genitalia of lyzanius closely resemble those of Anthene flavomaculatits Smith & 

 Kirby, although Bethune-Baker says " the genitalia are decidedly different " 

 without mentioning in what way they differ. I can see no striking difference in his 

 figures, (1910, pi. 9, fig. 25) ; however, the subunci of lyzanius seem to me to be 

 more slender and longer than those of A . flavomaculatits. 



Fig. 168. Neurypexina lyzanius (Hewitson), $ genitalia. 



