CUPIDO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
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C. tantalus Trim. (74 f) has a light whitish-grey under surface with minute subbasal dots of the tantalus. 
hindwing; discal spots black and somewhat angular; submarginal line fine with small or indistinct spots proximally 
bordering on it; marginal dots very indistinct or absent, those in 1 c and 2 sometimes black. — $. Wings 
above of a delicate violet with a fine dark marginal line and in the forewing with a transverse streak at the 
end of the cell. — $. Wings above brown, from the base to beyond the centre blue; median spot of forewing 
thicker. Caffraria and Natal. 
C. ignotus Trim. (74 f). Under surface grey with black spots bordered with white, and fine white ignotus. 
bows bordering on the submarginal and marginal spots; subbasal dots of hindwing minute; discal spots of 
both wings small, punctiform and separate. Natal, Transvaal. 
C. pephredo Trim. Under surface brownish-grey; subbasal dots of hindwing minute or absent; median pephredo. 
spots surrounded with white; discal spots 1 c to 6 of hindwing rounded, blackish, separate; marginal spots dull 
brown, rounded. Natal. 
C. leucon Mab. differs to such an extent from the preceding species that it may be best considered lexicon. 
as the representative of a special group. But as I was unable to examine the species myself, I range it for the 
present in this group. Forewing beneath with a black median spot, five discal spots, of which those in 2 and 
3 are separate and rounded, whilst those in 4 to 6 are united into a slanting transverse streak, and with separate 
black submarginal and marginal streaks in 1 b to 6. Hindwing with three large subbasal dots (in 1 a, 7 and 
the cell), a large median spot, and 8 unequally sized discal spots in 1 b to 7, of which those of the areas 
1 c, 4 and 5 are nearer to the margin than the others. — $. Wings above of a beautiful lustrous blue; forewing 
at the costal margin narrowly, at the apex broadly, and at the distal margin more narrowly black, with 
a fine black transverse streak at the end of the cell; hindwing with a fine black marginal line and black marginal 
streaks in all the areas. —- $. Wings above white; forewing at the costal margin as far as the discal cell 
and at the apex very broadly black, then with a marginal band very quickly tapering off towards the anal 
angle; a fine black streak at the end of the cell. Hindwing above at the costal margin as far as vein 6 black, 
at the margin with black marginal spots and a fine black marginal line. Madagascar. 
Seventeenth Group. 
A well distinguished group. Frons in the centre black with white margins. Eyes densely haired. Hindwing 
tailed at the end of vein 2, beneath with 4 subbasal spots in 1 a, 1 c, 7 and the cell, of which, however, only 
that in 7 is black with a (blue centre and) white ring; the others are large and entirely shaped like the 
discal spots. Median spots of both wings of the ground-colour edged with white. All the discal spots except 
that of area 7 of the hind wing of the ground-colour with a thick white ring; discal spot 7 of hindwing entirely 
as the subbasal dot of the same area jet-black with a (blue centre and) white ring. Submarginal bows 
moderately broad, proximally bordered with white spots. Marginal spots of forewing, and 1 c, 3 to 6 of Idndwing 
strigiform of the ground-colour; marginal spot in 2 large, rounded, black, proximally bordered with hemochrome. 
At the anal angle in the apex of area 1 b a black streak. 
C. scintilla Mab. (= quadriocularis Saalm.) (73 i). Under surface with a grey ground-colour; the scintilla. 
subbasal spots in 1 a, 1 b and the cell, the median spots and the discal spots (except that in 7 of the hindwing) 
of the ground-colour, but with a whitish centre. — U- Wings above of a beautiful pale sky-blue colour, at the 
margin of the hindwing with a slight greenish hue, with a very fine black marginal line and a jet-black marginal 
dot in area 2 of the hindwing. Fringes of the area 1 b of the forewing and hindwing at least between the veins 
7 and 5 of a pure white. — $. Forewing above blue, at the costal margin to the cell and then to vein 5 black, 
and with a dark marginal band of about 3 mm width. Hindwing above blue, at the costal margin as far as 
vein 6 blackish and before the margin in the areas 1 c to 5 with small black marginal streaks. Madagascar. 
C. sanguigutta Mab. (= caeruleoarcuata Saalm.) (73 k) is very closely allied to scintilla and chiefly sanguigutta. 
only differs in its smaller size and the spots beneath not being centred in white. In addition, the colour above 
is more violet. Madagascar. 
Eighteenth Group. 
Eyes bare. Vein 11 of forewing bent up towards vein 12 and touching it. Hindwing not tailed, beneath 
with three black basal dots (in 1 a, 7 and the cell); discal spots 1 c to 6 grey, arranged in an almost straight 
transverse row far behind the apex of the discal cell; hindwing with but one black marginal spot (in 2). 
Under surface grey with white-edged spots. 
Review of the Species. 
A. Hindwing above only in area 2 with a small yellow sub marginal spot or without any yellow markings. 
Forewing above without any reddish-yellow, lustrous coppery scaling. C. messapus. 
