CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
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-. Forewing above at the costal margin as far as the (fiscal 
cell or somewhat into it and at the distal margin very 
broadly dark brown. C. nandensis. 
cc. Hindwing with a subbasal dot in area 1 c. C. latrunculatus. 
ff. Hindwing above with a broad orange marginal band between the anal angle and vein 
4 or 5. Wings above dark brown without a blue or violet reflection. Expanse of wings: 
24 X to 28 mm. C. kabrosae. 
§§. Subbasal dots of hindwing absent (d 1 ) or very minute ($). C. nevillei. 
**. The cliscal spot in area 1 b of the hindwing neither black nor punctiform, entirely coloured and 
shaped like the discal spots 1 c to 6. C. malathana. 
B. Hindwing beneath in the centre of area 1 c with a black marginal spot which is scaled blue or green, 
proximally bordered with yellow, just as large or slightly smaller than the marginal spot in area 2. 
Hindwing tailed at the end of vein 2. Eyes bare. — Euchrysops Bull. 
a. Wings above at least partly violet or blue. 
*. <$. Forewing above almost to the margin of a delicate reddish violet. C. osiris. 
• **. $. Forewing above blue with a broad, posteriorly widening, blackish marginal band. 
C. cydopteris. 
p. Wings above brown with a slight reddish hue and a faint bronze reflection. C. brunneus. 
In some of the smaller species of the division II, A. (3, § oo, ff, X X which I was able to examine, vein 11 of 
the forewing is not straight but somewhat bent towards vein 12. They differ, however, from the species of the groups 18, 19, 
21, and 22 in the hairy eyes. 
C. methymna Trim. (74 b) is easily recognizable by the marks mentioned above. The discal spots metliymna. 
of the forewing are smaller and rounded or larger and in area 4 united with the median spot. The discal spots 
4 and 5 of the hindwing are elongate and entirely united with the median spot; the submarginal spots 3 to 5 
are long, coniform, towards the base bordered by sharply angular white bows; marginal spot 2 small, black, 
with some green scales, generally occurring also above as a black dot. Cape Colony to Natal. 
C. puncticilia Trim. (73 h) differs also from methymna in the discal spots of the forewing being much pundicilia. 
more indistinct and in the distinctly prominent white rings of the marginal spots beneath. Cape Colony. 
C. ortygia Trim. (73 f) is beneath very similar to C. methymna , but with more distinctly prominent ortygia. 
markings and black marginal spots in all the areas; the discal spot 5 of the hindwing sometimes does not reach 
to the median spot. —- $. Wings above bright blue, forewing with a narrow black marginal band; hindwing 
with small marginal spots in all the areas. — $. Forewing above from the base to the discal spots, which are 
above distinctly visible, of a bright violettish blue, at the costal and distal margins broadly brown. Hindwing 
above bluish, at the costal margin as far as vein 6 brown, at the margin with large, black marginal spots in 
1 c to 6. Cape Colony to Transvaal. 
C. grahami Trim. (73 e). Wings above light violettish-blue with a fine dark marginal line; hindwing grahami. 
only in 2 with a black marginal spot. — $. Wings above blackish-brown; forewing with a large median spot, 
and from the base to somewhat beyond the centre violettish-blue; hindwing only at the base with some bluish 
scales, in area 2 with a black marginal spot bordered with yellow. Cape Colony and Natal. 
C. reichenowi Deiv. (73 e). The colouring and marking of this species not being at hand is to be seen reichenowi. 
from the figure. Angola. 
C. pampolis Druce is very similar to reichenowi and it may be identical with it. According to the pampolis. 
figures, however, it differs in both wings beneath exhibiting before the margin two distinct rows of black streaks 
or spots (submarginal and marginal spots), instead of but one in reichenowi. North Rhodesia. 
C. asteris God. (= caffrariae Trim.) (73 f as trimeni) has been described above in the review of asteris. 
the species. The dark submarginal spots of the hindwing are proximally broad and obtuse. Cape Colony to 
Natal. 
C. trimeni B.-Baker (= asteris Trim.) is closely allied to asteris and was regarded by Trimen as trimeni. 
the real asteris God. The submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath are proximally long-pointed, triangular 
or coniform. In both the species the $$ are above brown and as far as beyond the centre covered with blue. 
Cape Colony. 
I append here the following species which is unknown to Xe. The author compares it with C. richenowi, but 
according to the description the species probably belongs to my division II of this group. 
