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CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
kabrosae. C. kabrosae B.-BaJc. (74 f). Hindwing not tailed, beneath without a subbasal dot in 1 c. Both 
wings above brown without any other markings but a broad orange marginal band of the hindwing, with a 
black marginal dot in 2. Under surface with a brown ground-colour and the normal marking of this group: 
forewing with 5 rounded discal spots. British East Africa: Kabros, Njoro. 
malathana. C. malathana Boisd. (73 f). This well-known and widely distributed species differs from all the species 
already mentioned of this group in the discal spot in 1 b of the hindwing not being black and punctiform as 
in all the others , but pale and shaped like the discal spots 1 c to 6. Hindwing not tailed, beneath in area 1 c 
with a subbasal spot and at the margin generally with a distinct black marginal dot near vein 1 b; marginal 
spot 2 on both sides distinct with a broad yellow border; eyes densely haired; frons white, above with two rows 
of blackish grey bristles. — <$. Wings above grey with a faint bluish-grey lustre and a fine black marginal 
line; forewing with a thin transverse streak at the end of the discal cell, hindwing without such a streak, but 
generally with a postmedian transverse row of triangular whitish spots in the areas 2 to 5, and with indistinct 
whitish bows within the marginal spots of the areas 3 to 5. The $ is above browner with a blue reflection 
in the centre of the fore wing. Everywhere on the Continent and in South Arabia, as well as in the Islands 
nilotica. of Madagascar, Aldabra, and Sao Thome. — nilotica Auriv. differs in the light, softly greyish-blue or silvery 
grey colouring of the upper surface and in the paler under surface. Probably a dry season form. On the River 
Nile near Kaka. 
osiris. C. osiris Hpffr. (= anubis Snell., phoa Snell , pyrrhops Mab., E. Sharpe) (73 h). Hindwing tailed 
at vein 2, beneath in area 1 c without a subbasal dot, but with a large, black marginal dot bordered with red, 
in the centre of the area, and in area 1 b with a pale, transverse, not punctiform discal spot. Under surface 
with a whitish-grey ground-colour and slightly darker, mostly streak-shaped discal spots. Wings above reddish 
violet with a fine black marginal line and black marginal spots bordered with red in 1 c and 2 of the hindwing. 
— $. Wings above brown, forewing in the centre, hindwing at the base with violettish-blue scales; hindwing, 
like in malathana, with two submarginal transverse rows of white spots or bows, otherwise and beneath like 
brunneus. in the <$. Everywhere on the Continent. Madagascar and Annobon. — brunneus B.-Bak. only differs in the 
S wings being brown above with a slight red hue. British East Africa: Nairobi. 
cyclopteris. C. cyclopteris Bull. (74 e, f). Hindwing tailed at vein 2, beneath in area 1 c without a subbasal dot, 
but with a dark marginal dot in the centre of the area. Under surface light grey with normal marking; discal 
spots of forewing small, punctiform and nearing the submarginal row; discal spot 1 b of hindwing black, 
punctiform. — <$. Wings above light viotettish-blue with a broad, posteriorly widening dark marginal band and 
a dark transverse streak in the centre of the forewing. — $ unknown. Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Abyssinia. 
The two following species are distinguished from those described by the indistinct discal and marginal spots of the 
hindwing beneath and form a transition to the forms of the sixteenth group. Frons white with two rows of black bristles. 
The yellow proximal border of the marginal spot in area 2 of the hindwing is absent or feebly developed and beneath smaller 
than above. Hindwing not tailed and lacking the subbasal dot in area 1 c. 
hypopolia. C. hypopolia Trim. (74 f). Eyes hairy. Vein 11 of forewing quite straight. Wings beneath dark grey, 
more or less (particularly hindwing) clothed with rough whitish scales, the rings of the discal spots light grey 
instead of white, the same is the case with the other light border-spots or border-lines, only the proximal border- 
spots of the submarginal lines are sometimes (particularly in the $) lighter, whitish; forewing with 5 discal 
spots in 2 to 6, arranged in a slight bow; hindwing with 3 subbasal dots (in 1 a, 7, and the cell) and 8 discal 
spots being normally arranged; those in 1 b and 7 small, black and punctiform, the others larger though rather 
indistinct; marginal spots in the <$ very indistinct, in the $ bordered by light rings, entirely of the ground¬ 
colour except the spot in 2, which is jet-black, inwardly pointed and narrowly bordered with yellow, distally 
showing some greenish scales. — $. Wings above dull violettish-blue with a dark, indistinctly defined marginal 
band, only the forewing with a transverse streak at the end of the cell; hindwing in area 2 with a black 
marginal spot narrowly bordered with yellow. The $ differs above in the broader (about 3 mm) brown costal- 
marginal and distal-marginal bands of both wings, more blue reflection at the base and in the centre, a thick 
median spot of the forewing and distinct marginal spots in all the areas of the hindwing; beneath the ground¬ 
colour is lighter and all the markings thereby much more distinct. Natal, Transvaal, Mashona Land. 
abyssinicus. C. abyssinicus Auriv. Eyes bare. Vein 11 of forewing very feebly curved. Forewing beneath with 
a brown transverse spot at the end of the discal cell and 6 large, jet-black, quite round discal spots forming 
a strong bow; submarginal line coherent, brown, bordered with white; marginal spots less distinctly oblong. 
Hindwing beneath grey but roughly clothed with large oblong white scales; subbasal dots as usual three (in 
1 a, 7, and the cell) small and black; median spot pale, crescentiform; discal spots 8 normally arranged, only 
that in 7 jet-black, the others pale brown, small (almost punctiform) and separate: their light rings but indistinctly 
contrast with the whitish ground; marginal spots oblong, greyish-brown, only that in 2 jet-black, with some 
metallic scales, but without the proximal yellow border; a minute black dot at the anal angle in lb. — <$. Wings 
above violettish-blue with an intense reflection and a sharply defined dark marginal band of about 3 mm width, 
