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ASTYLONEURA. By M. Gaede. 
clialconota. S. chalconota Hmps. Head, thorax, and abdomen lustrous blue. Metathorax and chest with coppery 
spots. Wings lustrous blue, at the cell-end and behind it violet. Hindwing below the cell as far as vein 2 hyaline 
and there thinly scaled blackish. Expanse 3G mm. Uganda. Perhaps identical with meruana. 
homochroa. S. homochroa Holl. Very similar. Forewing bluish-green, hindwing bluish-black. Somaliland, 
Uganda. 
metacyanea. S. metacyanea Hmps. Thorax golden brown. Head and abdomen lustrous blue. Forewing dark ferru¬ 
ginous brown. Hindwing black, lustrous blue, at and below the cell as far as vein 4 hyaline. Expanse 
38 mm. East Africa. 
aenescens. S. aenescens Hmps. Head and thorax golden brown, abdomen with a bronze-brown (<d) or blue gloss 
(£). Wings bronze-brown. Hindwing at and below the cell thinly scaled, no hyaline area. Expanse 28 to 30 mm. 
Uganda, East Africa. 
mimctica. S. niimetica Jord. (= nkolentangensis Strd.) (2 g). Similar to Netr. setioides ( 1 g); head, thorax, and 
forewing ochreous-brown. Forewing at the distal margin broadly black. Abdomen and hindwing black. The 
latter with a small hyaline area below the cell. Expanse 32 mm. Niger, Congo, Spanish Guinea. 
kamUila. S. kamilila B.-Bak. Head and tegulae orange. Thorax and abdomen bronze-green. Forewing yel¬ 
lowish brown. Costal margin darker, reddish brown, with a broad curved reddish-brown band from the cell- 
end to the distal margin at veins 2 to 4. Hindwing violettish-grey, somewhat hyaline at and below the cell. 
Expanse 28 mm. Nandi Land. 
egeria. S. egeria B.-Bak. Black, only patagia nut-brown., Forewing nut-brown. In the submedian fold and 
at the distal margin darker. A long, dark triangular spot between veins 5 and 8, rapidly tapering towards 
the cell. Hindwing sooty brown. Expanse 28 mm. Sesse Island. 
ignicinda. S. ignicincta Joan. Tegulae, patagia, and abdomen above beginning from the 2 nd segment fiery red. 
Forewing lustrous blue. Hindwing brownish-violet. Below the cell hyaline. Expanse 31 mm. Eritrea. 
rubriveniris. S. rubriventris Holl. Head black, thorax lustrous blue. Abdomen beginning from the 2nd segment 
above and beneath fiery red, with a fine black lateral line. Forewing with a slight blue gloss. Hindwing below 
the cell hyaline. Expanse 31 mm. Congo. 
6. Genus: Astylonciira Gaede. 
Distinguished from Saliunca only in the hindwing. Vein 8 forms the costal margin of the cell, and 
the cross-vein ist straight between the veins 0 and 8, not flawed. The $$ of this genus exhibit white spots 
on the forewing on the cross-vein and above vein 2, whilst in the $$ they are more or less absent. Type: tre- 
jurthi Gaede. 
trefurthi. A. trefurthi Gaede (= cyanopsis Hmps.) (2 g). $ wings blackish-brown. Forewing lustrous green. 
A thick white stripe below the cell, a circular spot on the cross-vein, and 6 submarginal spots. On the 
hindwing a round spot on the cross-vein. At the base distantly white. Abdomen with white lateral and 
sublateral spots. $ forewing lustrous bluish-green, with a white discoidal spot. Hindwing bluish-green. Below 
the cell from near the base to near the distal margin hyaline. Otherwise nothing white. Expanse 38 to 40 mm. 
East Africa, Rhodesia. 
meridiona- A. meridionalis Hmps. (2 h). frons and patagia with white spots. Abdomen with white dorsal spots 
1>s ‘ and 2 rows of lateral spots. Wings black, with a bluish-green gloss. Forewing in the submedian fold as far 
as the centre white. A round discoidal spot and one above vein 2. Hindwing with a short band below the 
cell and an elliptic discoidal spot. $ on forewing with a white discal spot, on hindwing only with obsolete 
band, body not white. Expanse 30 to 38 mm. Central and East Africa. 
difformis. A. difformis Jord. (2 h). Body lustrous bluish-green. On the patagia and the sides of the abdomen 
dingy white. Forewing bronze-green. A feeble basal streak, a spot at the cell-end and one above vein 2 are dingy- 
white. Hindwing bluish black with a hyaline spot at the hind-margin and behind the cell. A white spot at 
the cell-end. The £ lacks the white spots on the body and wings. East Africa. Expanse 24 to 28 mm. 
cupreitincta. A. cupreitincta Hmps. (2 h) may be a form of difformis. Forewing blackish-brown. At the cell-end 
lustrous coppery, behind it bluish-green. The white spots of the wings are faded. Hindwing not hyaline. $ 
without white spots. Expanse 28 to 40 mm. East Africa. 
esmeralda. A. esmeralda Hmps. (2 h). Both sexes are the same. The whole body with a bluish-green lustre. Ab¬ 
domen with sublateral white spots. Forewing lustrous bluish-green, with a round white discoidal spot and 
mostly with a spot above vein 2. Hindwing bluish-green with a faded discoidal spot. Below the cell hyaline 
streaks. Expanse 40 mm. Nigeria, Uganda. Specimens from Cameroon (2 i) often are not hyaline on the 
hindwing. 
glennia. A. glennia Jord. Body dark bluish-green, laterally (^) with a series of white spots. Forewing bluish- 
green with a white spot at the cell- end (in the $ small). Hindwing dark bluish-green with a white spot (<J). 
Beneath blue, the white spots larger. Mashona Land. 
