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  LYC^NID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  EPITOLA. 
  

  

  lowest 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  nervure. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  blue, 
  with 
  the 
  costa, 
  

   inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  fringes 
  black. 
  

  

  "Underside 
  imiform 
  greyish-brown, 
  without 
  markings. 
  Legs 
  l)rown, 
  

   ringed 
  with 
  grey." 
  (Kirby, 
  loc. 
  cii.) 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  (Preuss). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collect 
  idus 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staiidiriger 
  and 
  of 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  Crowley. 
  

   A 
  large 
  and 
  handsome 
  species, 
  with 
  no 
  very 
  near 
  ally. 
  

  

  X.— 
  EPITOLA 
  ZELICA. 
  ? 
  , 
  Figs, 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Zdira, 
  Kirby, 
  " 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  ser. 
  G, 
  

   vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  27'J 
  (September, 
  1890). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  lj-l| 
  inches. 
  

  

  " 
  IJppERsiDE 
  light 
  blue, 
  with 
  a 
  purplish 
  shade 
  in 
  some 
  lights. 
  Anterior 
  

   wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  broadly 
  blackish-brown, 
  the 
  

   dark 
  colour 
  diminishing 
  triangularly 
  to 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  (narrowly) 
  

   lilackish-brown. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside 
  white, 
  with 
  an 
  obsolete 
  straight 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  line, 
  and 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  obsolete 
  zigzag 
  lines 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  cell. 
  In 
  the 
  female 
  

   these 
  indistinct 
  markings 
  are 
  wanting, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  blackish 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  

   liase 
  of 
  the 
  fringes 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  male." 
  

   (Kirby, 
  loc. 
  cit.) 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barombi, 
  Cameroous 
  (Preuss). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  E. 
  Zerina, 
  Hew. 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  that 
  species 
  the 
  iipperside 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  deeper 
  blue, 
  and 
  the 
  

   underside 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  heavily 
  marked. 
  

  

  XL— 
  EPITOLA 
  DUNIA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Dunia, 
  Kirby 
  {antea, 
  p. 
  27, 
  pi. 
  vii. 
  tigs. 
  1, 
  2) 
  ( 
  s 
  ). 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Lconina, 
  pi. 
  xiii. 
  figs. 
  7, 
  8 
  (sec 
  Staudinger). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Fcmah'. 
  Upperside 
  piu'plish-blue, 
  with 
  very 
  broad 
  dark 
  brown 
  borders, 
  

   the 
  blue 
  colouring 
  only 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  at 
  their 
  bases, 
  

   and 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  