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  (African). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  VII. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  EPITOLA. 
  (II.) 
  

   Epitola, 
  Westw. 
  {anted, 
  p. 
  23). 
  

  

  III.— 
  EPITOLA 
  DUNLV. 
  g 
  . 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Ditnia, 
  Kirby, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  ser. 
  5, 
  

   vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  443 
  (June, 
  1887). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Wings 
  broad 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  ai"ched, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  nearly 
  straight; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  moderately 
  rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle 
  only 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  off. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  purplish-blue 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   at 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  ceasing 
  before 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  and 
  continued 
  

   upwards 
  into 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  is 
  slightly 
  dusted 
  

   witli 
  blue. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  purplish-blue, 
  the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin 
  black, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  more 
  narrowly 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  discocellular 
  marked 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  light 
  brown 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  whitish 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  hind 
  wings 
  with 
  scattered 
  white 
  scales, 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  form 
  rows. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  E. 
  Cerccne, 
  Hew., 
  but 
  less 
  blue 
  above, 
  and 
  with 
  uo 
  distinct 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  

   underside. 
  

  

  IV.-EPITOLA 
  MAEGINATA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  ManjIiMla, 
  Kirby, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  5, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  443 
  (June, 
  1887). 
  

  

  VOL. 
  I., 
  JA?rUAEY, 
  1889. 
  Q 
  

  

  