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5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; 11 and 12 confluent ; hind wing, 7 free, 3 and 4 on a 

 short common stem. 



Epitola Westwood. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 separate from 7+8+9 ; 5 nearer 

 to 6 than to 4 ; 11 and 12 free ; hind wing, 7 free ; 3 and 4 shortly stalked. 



Aethiopana Bethune Baker. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 

 7+8+g+io ; 11 and 12 free ; hind wing, 7 free ; 3 and 4 on a common stem. 



Neoepitola Jackson. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 7 + 8+9 ; 

 11 stalked on 10 ; hind wing with 7 free, 3 and 4 on a common short stem. 



Hewitsonia Kirby. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 and 7+8+9 separate ; 5 nearer to 



6 than to 4 ; hind wing, 7 free ; 3 and 4 on a common stem. 



Powellana Bethune Baker. Fore wing with 12 veins ; 6 widely separated from 

 7+8+9 ; 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; 11 stalked on 10 ; hind wing 7 free ; 

 3 and 4 connate. 



I propose to restrict the name Lipteninae to Section 1, and to adopt the name 

 Epitolinae, a name already employed by several authors, for Section 2, which is 

 much more homogeneous than Section 1, from the point of view of the male genitalia. 

 In Section 2 (except in Pseudoneaveia) the uncus is crescentic, sometimes notched at 

 the apex, the subunci are robust, curved, except in Epitola hewitsoni which lacks 

 them completely, the valves have a smooth uniform outline, are elongate with 

 convex upper edge, a nearly straight lower edge and a rounded apex. The penis 

 bears a wide expansion on its dorsal surface in Deloneura, Poultonia and Batelusia, 

 and also in some species of Epitola and Phytala. 



In the Lycaeninae (sensu Aurivillius) we start with the genus Megalopalpus Rober, 

 all the characters of which, specialized male genitalia, large palpi and venation, show 

 its close relationship to the Indo-Malayan Gerydns and Allotinus. Its proper place 

 is therefore in the subfamily Miletinae (= Gerydinae) as Aurivillius and Bethune 

 Baker had already pointed out. 



We now come to the extensive subfamily Theclinae, which is cosmopolitan and 

 forms the bulk of the rich neotropical Lycaenid fauna. I propose to include in it 

 the following genera ; Deudorix Hewitson, Hypomyrina Druce, Actis Karsch, 

 Kopelates H. H. Druce, Hypokopelates H. H. Druce, Pilodeudorix H. H. Druce, 

 Diopetes Karsch, Virachola Moore, Myrina Fabricius, Oxylides Hubner, Syrmoptera 

 Karsch, Hypolycaena Felder, Hemiolans Aurivillius, Stugeta H. H. Druce, Pseudiolaus 

 Riley, Trichiolaus Aurivillius, Dapidodigma Karsch, Tamietheira H. H. Druce, 

 Argiolaus H. H. Druce, Iolaphilus Stempffer & Bennett, Philiolaus Stempffer & 

 Bennett, Iolaus Hubner, Aphniolans H. H. Druce, Epamera H. H. Druce, Etesiolaus 

 Stempffer & Bennett, Sukidion H. H. Druce, Leptomyrina Butler, and Capys Hubner. 



Except in a few instances, with which I shall deal later on, the male genitalia of 

 the above genera have the following characters : tegumen large, hood-shaped with 

 a more or less deep rounded median depression in the posterior margin ; uncus 

 composed of two small lobes fused to the tegumen on either side of this depression, 

 (but it is difficult to make out the suture by a superficial examination, so the-lobes^ 

 may then appear to be mere thickenings of the tegumen less translucid posteriorly) . 

 Very seldom the two uncal lobes fuse with one another so that the median depression 



