﻿5G 
  LYC.ENIDJE 
  (AFRICAN). 
  EPITOLA. 
  

  

  XIII.— 
  EPITOLA 
  PERDITA. 
  $ 
  . 
  Figs. 
  11, 
  1:2. 
  

  

  Epifola 
  Perdita, 
  Kirby, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  ser. 
  (5, 
  

   vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  274 
  (September, 
  1890). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  rather 
  over 
  an 
  inch. 
  

  

  ''Male. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  rather 
  pointed, 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  oblique; 
  hind 
  

   wings 
  oblong, 
  nearly 
  rectangular. 
  

  

  " 
  Upperside 
  black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  rich 
  blue 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  to 
  the 
  

   inner 
  margin, 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  blue 
  

   patch, 
  filling 
  up 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  parL 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  but 
  nowhere 
  extending 
  

   to 
  the 
  margins. 
  

  

  " 
  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  slate-colour, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  grey 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  two 
  more, 
  nearly 
  connected, 
  near 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  ; 
  apex 
  reddish, 
  

   edged 
  by 
  a 
  submarginal 
  coppery-green 
  line 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  reddish, 
  shading 
  into 
  buff 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  

   with 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  silvery-green 
  lunules 
  edged 
  with 
  black 
  within, 
  and 
  

   (less 
  distinctly) 
  without. 
  A 
  Y-shaped 
  series 
  of 
  silvery-green 
  markings 
  edged 
  

   with 
  black 
  lines, 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  costa, 
  across 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing." 
  

   (Kirby, 
  lor. 
  cit.) 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collectiou 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Grose 
  Smith. 
  

  

  A 
  comparatively 
  small 
  insect, 
  differing 
  considerably 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  markings 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  not 
  a 
  true 
  Epitola. 
  

  

  