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  LYC^NID^ 
  (aFKICAN). 
  EPITOLA. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1| 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Wings 
  with 
  the 
  fringes 
  denticulated 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  broad, 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  rounded 
  off 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  rather 
  short, 
  the 
  

   hind 
  margin 
  gradually 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  : 
  anterior 
  wings 
  blue, 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  above 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  hind 
  margin, 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  angle, 
  and 
  the 
  disco- 
  

   cellular 
  also 
  marked 
  with 
  black. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  blue, 
  the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  

   the 
  hind 
  margin 
  narrowly, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  moderately 
  bordered 
  with 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  incisions 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  wings 
  diasted 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Underside 
  brown, 
  dusted 
  with 
  white 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  irregular 
  

   obsolete 
  zigzag 
  lines 
  and 
  blotches, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   fore 
  wings 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Henley 
  Gtrose 
  Smitli. 
  

   Allied 
  to 
  E. 
  Dunia, 
  Eirb. 
  

  

  v.— 
  EPITOLA 
  VEESICOLOR. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  ? 
  . 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Versicolor, 
  Kirby, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natm-al 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  5, 
  vol. 
  19, 
  p. 
  444 
  (June, 
  1887). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  from 
  1^ 
  to 
  over 
  1-| 
  inches. 
  

  

  3Iah\ 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  rather 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  hind 
  margin 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  

   slightly 
  rounded 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  moderately 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  : 
  anterior 
  wings 
  brown, 
  darkest 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  pale 
  blue 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  discocellular 
  is 
  conspicuously 
  black 
  ; 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  curved 
  white 
  band, 
  narrowing 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   nearly 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  quite 
  reach. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  brown, 
  pale 
  

   blue 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  below 
  ; 
  hind 
  margin 
  shading 
  into 
  darker 
  brown. 
  

  

  Underside 
  light 
  brown, 
  with 
  numerous 
  traces 
  of 
  irregular 
  transverse 
  pale 
  

   lines 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  transverse 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  as 
  above, 
  

   except 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  yellowish-white 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  

   costa. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  similar, 
  but 
  larger 
  and 
  paler. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  

   white 
  band 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  uniform 
  pale 
  

   brown. 
  

  

  Underside 
  light 
  greyish-brown, 
  with 
  no 
  yellow 
  shade 
  in 
  the 
  white 
  band, 
  

  

  