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H. STEMPFFER 



In spite of the differences in the external appearance of its species the genus 

 Eicochrysops seems very homogeneous. 



The early stages of nandianus and messapus have been described by Jackson 

 (1937, Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 : 236), by Dickson (1945, /. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 

 7 : 150) and by Pinhey (1948 : 119). 



Aurivillius (1898 : 376 and 1925 : 487) places scintilla Mabille close to E. sangui- 

 gutta, but the only characters common to these two species are their habitat 

 (Madagascar) and their commonplace venation. 



Male genitalia of scintilla (Text-fig. 204). Uncus composed of two small rounded lobes fused 

 to the tegumen on either side of the median concavity of the posterior edge ; no subunci ; 

 tegumen and vinculum large ; lower fultura with long slender divergent arms ; valves oblong, 

 oval, apex rounded and bearing a strong spine bent back towards the body of the valve, penis 

 very robust, base dilated and heart-shaped ; vesica with numerous cornuti and some strong 

 spines ; uncus and distal portions of valves pilose. 



The male genitalia of scintilla are unlike any that I know among Ethiopian species ; 

 the penis with its heart-shaped base reminds one of the penis of palaearctic species 

 of Maculinea, but that is the only point of resemblance. This species seems to me 

 to be unique and its place in the classification is uncertain. In any case it cannot be 

 included in Eicochrysops, nor in Nacaduba where it has been placed by Lathy 

 (Encycl. ent. B. II Lep. 2 : 40, 1926). 



List of Species of Eicochrysops 



Eicochrysops antoto (Strand), 1911. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1925. 



Eicochrysops coeruleoarcuatus (Saalmuller) ; see sanguigutta. 



Eicochrysops delicatula (Mabille), see hippocrates. 

 *Eicochrysops distractus (de Toannis), 1913. 



* Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 77 : 497, fig. 

 *Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune Baker, 1924, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 

 14 : 132. 



Fig. 204. Genus ? scintilla Mabille, o* genitalia. 



