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  lyc.5;nid.e 
  (african). 
  — 
  epitola. 
  

  

  Underside 
  : 
  anterior 
  wings 
  light 
  brown 
  varied 
  with 
  grey, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  

   tip, 
  with 
  purphsh 
  and 
  bronzed 
  reflections 
  ; 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  with 
  two 
  whitish 
  

   spots, 
  the 
  largest 
  within 
  the 
  cell, 
  the 
  smallest 
  forming 
  the 
  third 
  of 
  a 
  curved 
  

   series 
  of 
  five 
  spots, 
  the 
  other 
  spots 
  being 
  bright 
  blue 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  is 
  another 
  

   row 
  of 
  five 
  whitish 
  spots, 
  two 
  near 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  three 
  towards 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  

   the 
  series 
  being 
  interriipted 
  ; 
  but 
  between 
  the 
  vacant 
  space 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   are 
  four 
  more 
  whitish 
  spots, 
  arranged 
  in 
  pairs. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  iridescent- 
  

   purple 
  and 
  yellow, 
  the 
  costa 
  bright 
  golden-yellow 
  above 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  

   to 
  nearly 
  half 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  nervules 
  near 
  their 
  origin 
  are 
  

   two 
  whitish 
  spots. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  Lyccenidw, 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  Elion, 
  

   Westw. 
  

  

  II.-EPITOLA 
  DEWITZI. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Dewitzi, 
  Kirby, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  ser. 
  6, 
  

   vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  442 
  (June, 
  1887). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  to 
  nearly 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  triangular, 
  costa 
  arched 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  tip 
  produced, 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  about 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  sloped 
  gradually 
  to 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  rounded, 
  curved 
  outwards, 
  anal 
  angle 
  very 
  slightly 
  

   roimded 
  off. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  : 
  anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  blue 
  band 
  extending 
  from 
  

   the 
  base 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  submedian 
  nervures 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  extremity 
  

   of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  a 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  four 
  blue 
  spots 
  above 
  it, 
  two 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  and 
  two 
  linear 
  ones 
  between 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  blue 
  space. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  deep 
  blue, 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  broadly 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  nar- 
  

   rowly 
  bordered 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  : 
  anterior 
  wings 
  brown, 
  with 
  two 
  blue 
  longitudinal 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  an 
  irregular 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  near 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   posterior 
  wings 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  white 
  subcostal 
  band 
  ; 
  a 
  curved 
  white 
  band 
  

   running 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  nearly 
  round 
  to 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  an 
  oval 
  

   white 
  spot 
  between. 
  

  

  Female. 
  "Wings 
  longer, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  oblique, 
  

  

  