. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. 15° H. STEMPFFER Dr. A. S. Corbet, of the British Museum, for the loan of the slide of the male genitalia of the holotype and the gift of a photograph of its venation. Other characters are derived from the descriptions of H. H. Druce and Aurivillius. Head broad ; eyes large ; antennae long, with a well differentiated, elongate club. Wing shape. Fore wing with costa very convex at its base, then almost straight, outer margin straight, slightly scalloped at the ends of the veins, inner margin straight, with a fringe of long black hai
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. 15° H. STEMPFFER Dr. A. S. Corbet, of the British Museum, for the loan of the slide of the male genitalia of the holotype and the gift of a photograph of its venation. Other characters are derived from the descriptions of H. H. Druce and Aurivillius. Head broad ; eyes large ; antennae long, with a well differentiated, elongate club. Wing shape. Fore wing with costa very convex at its base, then almost straight, outer margin straight, slightly scalloped at the ends of the veins, inner margin straight, with a fringe of long black hairs below from near the base to the inner angle ; hind wing almost circular, not produced at the anal angle, two short, fine tails at the ends of veins 2 and ib respectively. No secondary o* sexual characters. Wing venation (Text-fig. 298). Fore wing with 11 veins. Male genitalia (Text-fig. 134). Uncus composed of two lobes with rounded apices which are slightly folded over inwards, one on either side of the deep indentation of the posterior margin of the tegumen ; subunci with massive bases, bent in an acute angle, the free portion tapering regularly to the apex, the lower edge bearing at the bend a short, pointed apophysis ; tegumen large ; vinculum narrow, with a poorly marked saccus ; lower fultura with strong valves oblong, deeply notched at the apices ; penis elongate, with a vesica bearing many cornuti which give it a shagreened appearance ; uncus bears many long hairs, a few short hairs on the apices of the valves. List of Species of Iolaus (Sukidion) *Iolaus (Sukidion) inores Hewitson, 1872. Fig. Hewitson, 1878. IOLAUS Species incertae sedis Iolaus bilineata Bethune Baker, 1908, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1908: 113. Described from a unique female in a private collection, which I have been unable to examine, belongs. The description does not enable one to decide to which subgenus it. Fig. 134. Iolaus {Sukidion) inores Hewitson, <J genitalia of Please note that the
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