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costal patch is less extensive than on the upper side, and split up into streaks 

 and spots. Hind-wing- pale bntf, overlaid with creamy-white scales, with a 

 number of black clearly defined spots scattered over the basal and discal areas. 

 The lilaek terminal border supports a marginal row of yellow hmules, and a 

 submarginal row of white crescent-shaped lunules placed betAveen the veins. 

 Cilia of fore-wing, black ; of hind- wing, chequered. Thorax, palpi, and antennse 

 black. Eyes inwardly bordered with a white line. Abdomen yellow, with the 

 base of each segment black, and a white spot on each segment below. Legs 

 black, with some yellow scales and hairs. Kxpanse, 47-50 mm. 



Hah. : G-ERMAN East Africa, Ulielie District, 3000-3500 ft. 

 (*S^. A. Neave). 



Type : British Miiseum. Co-types : Mus. Hope, Oxford, and 

 Mus. Druce. 



Described from 6 (^ (^ , all captured by Mr. Neave on Nov. 22nd, 

 1910. The specimen figured is in the Hope Museum. I can find no 

 Acrasa exactly like it, but it seems nearest to A. anemosa, Hew., on the 

 upper side, but quite different below. 



Epamera uazei, sp. uov. 

 (? Upper side shining cserulean-blue ; costa of fore-wing narrowly, apex 

 broadly, black ; dorsum of hind-wing white, becoming grey towards the lobe, 

 which supports a deep black spot crowned with cannine and overlaid with a 

 few metallic greenish scales. A black marginal spot in cell 1. The hind-wing 

 bears a large shining grey costal patch centred with straw-coloured scales, 

 which the convex dorsvun of the fore-wing completely hides. Underside : fore- 

 wing pure white without markings, but with a large shining central patch on 

 the dorsum, to whose edge is attached a tuft of long straw-colotu-ed hairs. 

 Hind-wing pure white, with a subterminal black line angled towards the 

 dorsum. Lobe black, crowned with carmine and metallic scales below. A faint 

 black marginal spot in cell 1, and another more prominent in cell 2. Head 

 yellow, white between the eyes, with a central yellow spot. Legs white, with 

 black spots. Cilia black and white above, white below. Antennae black, white- 

 ringed. Palpi white, black topped. There is an indication of a faint red line 

 near the apex of the hind-wing below. 



V . Ujjper side white, the basal areas of both wings pale cserulean-bhie ; 

 fore-wing with costa and apical third, dvdl black. Hind-wing with an ante- 

 ciliary brown line, a terminal row and a subterminal band composed of more or 

 less crescent-shaped brown limiUes. Lobe as in J , but the carmine more 

 extensive. Under side as in S , but with a faint subterminal line to fore-wing. 

 Expanse, J 9 . 41 mm. 



Hah. : S. Nigeria, Lagos. Types : Mus. Hope, Oxford. 



Captured by J. A. de Glaze, Esq., F.L.S., of King's College, Lagos. 



This is an interesting insect, as although it is much like Argiolans 

 mevas, H. H. D., especially as regards the $ , both sexes have but four 

 subcostal nervules. 



