. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 29 Palpi densely scaled, third joint much reduced, subconic, barely one-fourth the length of second joint ; antennae with 32 segments, the club large and flattened. Wing venation (see van Son, 1959. Soros lava ent. 16 : tig. 3)- vein n of fore wing arises much nearer to the origin of vein 10 than to the base of the wing. Hind wing cell much shorter than in Durbaniella and with a small precostal vein. Male genitalia (Text-fig. 20). Uncus crescent-shaped with rounded apex and straight sides, fused to the
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. GENERA OF AFRICAN LYCAENIDAE 29 Palpi densely scaled, third joint much reduced, subconic, barely one-fourth the length of second joint ; antennae with 32 segments, the club large and flattened. Wing venation (see van Son, 1959. Soros lava ent. 16 : tig. 3)- vein n of fore wing arises much nearer to the origin of vein 10 than to the base of the wing. Hind wing cell much shorter than in Durbaniella and with a small precostal vein. Male genitalia (Text-fig. 20). Uncus crescent-shaped with rounded apex and straight sides, fused to the subtriangular tegumen. Subunci very long, slender, curved near their base ; shown spread out in the illustration, in their normal position they lie folded under the tegumen. Vinculum narrow, prolonged in a triangular saccus. Valves oblong, the apex rounded, not divided. Penis like that of Durbania and Durbaniella. Incus and distal part of the valves covered with line hair. The simple symmetrical genitalia of Durbania, Durbaniella and Durbaniopsis show- common characters, although subunci are lacking in Durbania. Tiny are very far removed from those of Telipna, Pentila and Ornipholi&okos. In spite of the presence of a precostal vein on the hind wings in both these groups of genera, I consider they are not truly related. List of Species of Durbaniopsis *Durbaniopsis saga (Trimen), 1883. Fig. Aurivillius in Seitz, 1914. Genus M1MACRAEA Butler MimacraeaButler, 1872, : 104 ; Aurivillius, 1898 265 [918 J« ; Knhey, 1949 : 97 Type-species : Mimacraea darwinii Butler, 1872, by original designation. / yes smooth ; palpi moderately long, clothed below with black scales, the third segment ing a few white scales at the apex ; antennae about hall as long as the costa, club elongated and progressively swollen ; thorax rather slender ; abdomen long, reaching slightly beyond the anal angle ; legs robust, black, white-annulated, fore tarsi of j ansegmented and finely spinose below.
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