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CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
patricius. 
car son i. 
negus. 
tvau. 
neonegus. 
variegatus. 
nevillei. 
naidina. 
'procerus. 
as far as the cell and vein 6 blackish-brown, at the distal margin with a dark band of about 3 mm width 
enclosing dark marginal spots and a submarginal line which is proximally bordered with white; hindwing as 
far as the centre or somewhat beyond it dusted with blue, then with large white, almost triangular spots bordering 
on the submarginal line formed of bows, and between this line and the margin with large black marginal spots 
surrounded with white, of which that in 2 is proximally thickly bordered with yellow and that in 1 c is streak¬ 
shaped. Forewing with a large, thick median spot, hindwing with a narrow one. Both wings above at least 
with traces of black discal spots. Nyassa Land. 
C. patricius Trim. (73 i). Hindwing tailed at vein 2, beneath without a subbasal dot in area 1 c, on 
both sides with an eyespot in area 2. Under surface light brownish-grey with a normal marking. — <$. Wings 
above pale bluish-violet with a fine black marginal line and only in the forewing with a black median spot. 
— I don’t know how the $ differs from the $$ of the most closely allied species. South and East Africa 
from Cape Colony to Abyssinia. 
C. carsoni Btlr. (74 c). Hindwing tailed, beneath in area 1 c without a subbasal dot, but with two 
small black marginal dots which are proximally accompanied by a large, yellow transverse spot which is also 
above distinct. — $. Wings above violettish-blue with a narrow dark marginal band; forewing with a median 
spot, hindwing without it. — $ unknown. Very closely allied to C. patricius (73 i). East Africa: Fwambo. 
C. negus Feld. (73 g) was described according to a $ from Bogos in Abyssinia. According to Bethuxe- 
Baker, this species belongs to those exhibiting in the 3$ a marking above similar to that in the Whether 
this is correct, cannot be decided for the present, as the sexes were not met with together. Hindwing without 
a fine tail and beneath without a subbasal dot in 1 c, on both sides with an eyespot in 2 and beneath with 
a whitish-grey ground-colour and normal marking. — U- Both wings above as far as the submarginal band 
violettish-blue with a dark transverse streak at. the end of the cell, the costal margin being brown as far as 
the cell and vein 6, and with a broad dark marginal band, a distinct submarginal band, and dark marginal 
spots proximally bordered with white. — $. Wings above marked as in the U, but. blue only a little beyond 
the centre, creating thereby a broad light brown zone between the blue basal part and the blackish submarginal 
line. Abyssinia: Bogos. British East Africa: Nairobi. — wau Wichgr. is said to differ in the very distinct markings 
and the sharp contrast between the ground-colour and the markings. The description otherwise fits rather 
well the figured by Bethune-Baker; the discal spot 2 of the forewing, however, is said to be situate just as 
near to the margin as that in 1 b. Eastern Sudan: Wau. 
C. neonegus B.-Bak. (74 c). Hindwing tailed at vein 2 and with a subbasal dot in area 1 c, beneath 
distinguished by the prolonged, angular, dark brown discal spots 2 to 6; marginal spot 2 on both sides distinct 
and bordered with yellow. — Wings above with a reflection varying from light blue to violet, at the margin 
narrowly black; forewing with a median spot, hindwing without it. — $. Wings above brown, like in other 
species covered wit h blue scales from the base to beyond the centre; hindwing post medially with a whitish ground- 
colour. British East Africa: Nairobi. 
C. variegatus B.-Bak. (74 c, d) forms a transition to the following species which are smaller on an 
average. Hindwing tailed at. vein 2, beneath in area 1 c without, a subbasal dot and probably also without black 
marginal dots (this is deducible neither from the description nor the figure). — <$. Wings above violettish-blue 
with a narrow dark marginal band and a transverse streak at the end of the cell, at the margin of the hindwing 
there are round, blackish, not light-ringed marginal spots, of which that in area 2 is proximally bordered with 
yellowish. Ground-colour beneath whitish-grey, marking normal. — $. Wings above brown, at the base and 
posteriorly scaled blue, behind the centre whitish; forewing with dark discal spots. Nairobi District in British 
East. Africa. 
C. nevillei B.-Bak. (74 e) differs from all the other species of this group in the subbasal dots of the 
hindwing being entirely absent or in the $ of a minute size. Hindwing not tailed and without black marginal 
dots in area 1 c; eyespot in 2 present on both sides. — Wings above greyish-violet, with a slight leaden lustre, 
and a dark transverse streak at the cell-end. — 9. Eorewing at the costal and distal margins broadly brown. 
South Rhodesia. 
C. naidina Btlr. is in the above pale bluish silvery grey with a thin black marginal line. Hindwing 
tailed at vein 2, beneath without a subbasal dot in area 1 c. Under surface stone-coloured grey with dark, white- 
ringed spots; median spot, and discal spots of forewing almost black, discal spot, in 1 b is nearer to the margin 
than those in 2 to 6 which form a feebly bent row. Hindwing with subbasal dots in 1 a, 7 and the cell; its discal 
spots in 1 b and 7 as usual black and punctiform, the median spot and the rounded discal spots 1 c to 6 
tan-coloured; submarginal line brown proximally bordered with large, white spots; blackish marginal spots 
encircled with white in all the areas (those in 1 c and 2, according to the description, proximally bordered with 
yellow, but in the figure without this border). Somali Land. 
C. procerus Trim. (73 h). Hindwing not tailed, beneath in lc without a subbasal dot. and without 
black marginal dots. Wings beneath ashy-grey with normal marking, the discal spots slightly darker than 
