﻿LYCJ^NID.E 
  (African). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  XX. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  EPITOLA. 
  

   Epitohi, 
  "Westw. 
  {'Ultra, 
  pp. 
  23, 
  27, 
  53, 
  69). 
  

  

  XX.— 
  EPITOLA 
  PINODOIDES. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  brow 
  aisli 
  black. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  blue 
  spot 
  below 
  

   the 
  costa, 
  at 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  its 
  length, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  placed 
  obliquely 
  below 
  

   and 
  beyond 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  sulimedian 
  nervures 
  is 
  

   mied 
  up 
  with 
  blue, 
  extending 
  to 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   lowest 
  median 
  nervule 
  : 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  

   the 
  middle 
  and 
  lower 
  median 
  nervules 
  is 
  also 
  filled 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  blue 
  patch, 
  

   narrower 
  above 
  than 
  below. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  brownish 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  whole 
  

   of 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  subcostal 
  and 
  submedian 
  nervures 
  blue, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  

   margins. 
  Fringes 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  wings 
  narrowly 
  buff, 
  most 
  distinctly 
  so 
  on 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Underside 
  light 
  brown, 
  fringes 
  edged 
  by 
  a 
  rather 
  darker 
  line, 
  anterior 
  

   wings 
  witli 
  a 
  silky 
  blackish-brown 
  patch 
  covering 
  about 
  as 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  as 
  

   is 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  blue 
  space 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  subcostal 
  spots 
  not 
  visible. 
  

  

  Body 
  light 
  brown 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  whitish 
  ; 
  antennse 
  blackish, 
  ringed 
  with 
  

   white, 
  most 
  distinctly 
  below. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  our 
  figures 
  of 
  Epitola 
  Pinadis, 
  but 
  the 
  black 
  mark- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  continued 
  in 
  a 
  festooned 
  line 
  

   along 
  the 
  adjoining 
  nervures 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  A 
  slight 
  trace 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  

   likewise 
  visible 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  some 
  lights. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  In 
  tlio 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  E. 
  rinodes, 
  Druce 
  {aiiiea,\o]. 
  i. 
  p. 
  53, 
  pi. 
  xiii. 
  fE. 
  1, 
  2), 
  but 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  

   blue 
  above, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  is 
  distinctly 
  curved. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II., 
  JANUAET, 
  1893. 
  M 
  

  

  