GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 27] 



Micropentila Aurivillius. Venation as on Liptena ; differs from Liptena only in 



shape of palpi and antennae. 

 Eresinopsides Strand. Fore wing with 11 veins ; 6 and 7+9 have a common stem ; 



hind wing, 7 stalked on 6 ; 3 and 4 connate. 

 Eresina Aurivillius. Fore wing with 11 veins ; 7+8 and 10 stalked on 6 ; hind 



wing 7 stalked on 6 ; 3 and 4 have separate origins. 

 Toxochitona Stempffer. Fore wing with 11 veins, 7+8 stalked on 6 ; 10 from upper 



angle of cell. Hind wing with 7 stalked on 6 ; 6 and 7 widely separate. 

 Argyrocheila Staudinger. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 stalked on 7+8+9 ; outer 



margin deeply scalloped (in undifcra) ; hind wing, 7 stalked on 6 ; 3 and 4 



far apart. 

 Teratoneura Dudgeon. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 and stalk of 7 + 8+9 separate ; 



2 and 3 curved towards the inner margin ; outer margin excised ; hind wing, 

 7 free ; 3 and 4 shortly stalked ; costa concave. 



Iridana Aurivillius. Fore wing with 11 veins ; 6 and 7 arise from the upper angle 

 of the cell ; 7 doubly curved near the apex ; hind wing, 7 free ; 3 and 4 

 connate. 



Section 2. 



Fore wing veins 6 and 7 widely separated at origin 

 Cooksonia Druce. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7+8+9 ; 



5 much nearer to 6 than to 4 ; hind wing, short precostal vein present ; 7 



free ; 3 and 4 separate-. 

 Deloneura Trimen. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7+8 + 9 ; 



5 and 6 arise from the upper angle of the cell ; hind wing, cell short, truncate ; 



7 free ; 3 and 4 slightly separate at their origins. 

 Poidtonia Neave. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7+8+9 ; 



5 very close to 6 ; hind wing, 7 free ; 5 a little nearer to 6 than to 4 ; 3 and 



4 connate. 



Batelusia Druce. Fore wing with 11 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7+8 ; 5 very 



close to 6 ; hind wing, 7 free ; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; 3 and 4 connate. 

 Tumerepes Aurivillius. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7+8+9; 



5 very close to 6 ; hind wing, 7 free ; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; 3 and 4 on a 

 short common stem. 



Neaveia Druce. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 separate from 7+8 + 9 ; 5 nearer to 



6 than to 4 ; hind wing, 7 free ; 5 nearer to 6 than to 5 ; 3 and 4 separate. 

 Pseudoneaveia Stempffer. Venation as in Neaveia. Genitalia very different. 

 Epitolina Aurivillius. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 and 7+8+9 separate ; hind 



wing, 7 free, 3 and 4 connate. 

 Stempfferia Jackson. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 and 7+8+9 separate ; 5 nearer 

 to 6 than to 4 ; 10 (in the male) shortly stalked on 7, 11 and 7 connate ; 10 

 (in the female) connate with 7, and 11 slightly before 7 ; hind wing with 7 free, 



3 and 4 short stalked. 



Phytala West wood. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7+8+9 : 



