﻿LYaENID.E 
  (aFRICAn). 
  — 
  EPITOLA. 
  69 
  

  

  and 
  almost 
  the 
  apical 
  halt' 
  hlack. 
  the 
  dark 
  hordor 
  diminishini:,' 
  to 
  tlic 
  hinder 
  

   angle; 
  the 
  hlue 
  ground 
  colour 
  extends 
  slightly 
  outwards 
  o)ij)osite 
  the 
  cell. 
  

   Posterior 
  wings 
  blue, 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  moderately 
  broadly, 
  

   and 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  Idack 
  : 
  fringes 
  grey, 
  mot-t 
  distinctly 
  on 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  white, 
  with 
  three 
  festooned 
  light 
  brown 
  lines 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell, 
  

   two 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  submarginal. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  streak 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  streak 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  

   costa 
  above, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  three 
  within, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  dash 
  still 
  nearer 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Body 
  black 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  antenna? 
  black. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kangwe. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Rev. 
  \V. 
  J. 
  Holland. 
  

  

  Somewtat 
  resembles 
  E. 
  Zelica, 
  Kirb. 
  (antea, 
  \i. 
  54), 
  in 
  the 
  pale 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  imder- 
  

   surface. 
  

  

  XVIII.— 
  EPITOLA 
  BAEOMBIENSIS. 
  Figs. 
  9, 
  10. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Baromhiciisis, 
  Kirhy, 
  "Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History," 
  

   ser. 
  C, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  274 
  (Septeml)er. 
  1890). 
  

  

  Expands 
  rather 
  over 
  an 
  inch. 
  

  

  Female. 
  "Anterior 
  wings 
  obtusely 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margin 
  very 
  convex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  rounded. 
  

  

  " 
  Upperside 
  purplish-blue. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  costa, 
  apex, 
  hind 
  

   margin, 
  and 
  nervures 
  black 
  ; 
  cell 
  black, 
  with 
  irregular 
  purplish 
  markings 
  towards 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  inner 
  margin 
  but 
  thinly 
  scaled 
  with 
  purple. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  broadly, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  more 
  narrowdy 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  grey, 
  a 
  dark 
  lirown 
  cloud 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   innor 
  margin 
  ol)liquely 
  to 
  l)eyond 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  thence, 
  after 
  an 
  interruption, 
  it 
  

   s{)reads 
  more 
  broadly 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  apical 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  except 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  slightly 
  interrupted 
  towards 
  the 
  costa 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  speckled 
  with 
  smoky-brown, 
  darkest 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  where 
  it 
  shades 
  

   into 
  a 
  broad 
  border, 
  ill-deliued 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  

   angle." 
  (Kirby, 
  loc. 
  cit.) 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barombi, 
  Cameroons 
  (Preuss). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  