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The male genitalia of barberae, when examined in situ and without dissection, are 

 confusing as the long hairs of the upper parts hide the remainder ; it is for this 

 reason probably that the presence of the " long-handled fork " escaped the notice 

 of Bethune Baker, who would certainly have mentioned it had he seen it ; his 

 figure 41 gives a very imperfect idea of the structure of the genitalia. 



The genus Oraidium is evidently closely related to Brephidium, but it is mono- 

 specific and is not found in the New World. 



Desmond Murray (1935 : 163) considered barberae to be a form of B. metophis in 

 alluding to the instability of its venation. Comparison of the male genitalia of the 

 two species renders such an hypothesis quite untenable. 



List of Species of Oraidium 

 *Oraidium barberae (Trimen), 1868. 



Genus ZIZEERIA Chapman 



Zizeeria Chapman, 1910, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 43 : 480 ; Pinhey, 1949 : 121 ; Swanepoel, 1953 : 74- 



Type-species : Lycaena karsandra Moore, by original designation. 

 Cupido Schrank (partim) : Aurivillius, 1898 : 379 ; 1925 : 495. 

 Lycaena Fabricius (partim) ; Murray, 1935 : 183. 



Eyes bearing short, very fine hair ; palpi long, slightly ascending, second segment long, 

 laterally compressed, clothed below with scales and long stiff hair, third segment shorter, 

 slender, acuminate ; antennae slender, white-annulated, more than half the length of the costa, 



Fig. 222. Zizeeria karsandra (Moore), $ genitalia. 



