1873.] 151 



Under-side : pale rufous-brown. Anterior wing as above, except 

 tbat the band of spots is longer, and that there is a sub-marginal, 

 indistinct, white band. Posterior wing with three or four minute 

 pale spots near the middle. 



Exp. 1^ inch. Ral. : "West Africa (Old Calabar). 



This is possibly the female of the last described. The only 

 resemblance which they bear to each other is the band of spots on 

 the anterior wing. 



Epitola Zelza, sp. n. 



JJpper-side : cerulean blue. Anterior wing with the costal mar- 

 gin and the apical half nearly, dark brown. Posterior wing with the 

 costal and outer margins dark brown. 



Under-side : pale brown. Both wings crossed by four bands of 

 paler colour, curved as the outer margin is curved. 



Exp. lira inch. Hob. : West Africa (Old Calabar). 



Epitola Cephena, sp. n. 



Upper-side : $ . Dark brown. Anterior wing with a band of 

 cerulean blue near the inner margin, commencing near the base and 

 ending near the outer margin ; two white spots placed obliquely near 

 the middle of the costal margin. Posterior wing with a central 

 longitudinal band of blue. 



Under-side : stone colour. Anterior wing dark brown, from the 

 middle to the inner margin marked by a large spot of white ; four 

 spots (where there are two above) from the costal margin. Posterior 

 wing with very slight indications of white spots. 



Exp. Ito inch. Sab. : "West Africa (Graboon ; Rogers). 



Oatlands, Weybridge : 



October, 1873. 



DESCEIPTIONS of NEW SPECIES of AFRICAN DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY CHEISTOPHER WAED, F.L.S. 



{continued from p. 60). 



Papilio Colonna, n. sp. 



Upper-side: deep black. Fore-wing: the cell crossed by four white bands, 

 the first near the base extending downwards to centre of lower wing, the second to 

 extremity of hinder margin of fore-wing ; a small white spot at the end of the cell 

 beyond, a double line of white, elongated, detached spots following the outer margin. 

 Hind-wing with four narrow lunular white spots on the outer margin, two red spots 

 at the anal angle ; tails long, narrow, and white at the extremities. 



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