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  LYCiENID.E 
  (aFRICAN). 
  EPITOLA. 
  

  

  XXI.—EPITOLA 
  CONJUNCTA. 
  i 
  . 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
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  . 
  Fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  IJ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  with 
  buff 
  fringes. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  siibmedian 
  nervure 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  

   dark 
  blue, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  median 
  

   nervules. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  small 
  purplish 
  blue 
  spots 
  placed 
  obliquely 
  between 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  purplish 
  blue, 
  

   with 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  narrowly, 
  and 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  more 
  broadly, 
  

   blackish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Underside 
  rufous 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  purplish 
  flush 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  on 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  blackish 
  patch, 
  extending 
  from 
  

   the 
  base 
  over 
  a 
  great 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  On 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   is 
  a 
  large 
  greyish 
  patch, 
  but 
  above 
  it, 
  the 
  black 
  space 
  extends 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  

   hind 
  margin, 
  and 
  then 
  runs 
  almost 
  straight 
  upwards 
  until 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  

   median 
  nervule, 
  when 
  it 
  suddenly 
  turns 
  inwards, 
  and 
  ceases 
  in 
  a 
  black 
  space 
  

   opposite 
  the 
  light 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  which 
  is 
  marked 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  

   extremity 
  by 
  two 
  white 
  spots, 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  blue 
  ones 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  

   surface. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  brown, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  dai'ker 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   marked 
  at 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  by 
  three 
  white 
  spots, 
  running 
  obliquely 
  

   outwards. 
  

  

  Underside 
  rufous 
  brown, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  centre 
  

   blackish, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  dark, 
  or 
  so 
  sharply 
  defined 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  At 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  

   the 
  length, 
  the 
  three 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  form 
  the 
  three 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  curved 
  

   band 
  of 
  five, 
  the 
  lowermost 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  above 
  the 
  wliite 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin. 
  

  

  Anteniife 
  black, 
  ringed 
  with 
  white, 
  the 
  extreme 
  pomt 
  of 
  the 
  club 
  rufous. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  (Mocquerys). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudiuger. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  species, 
  bvit 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  E. 
  Pi?wdes. 
  Drute, 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  space 
  on 
  

   the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  XXII.— 
  EPITOLA 
  EEZIA. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  6. 
  

   Exp. 
  1} 
  inches. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside. 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  an 
  hour-glass 
  mark 
  

   in 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  rather 
  indistinct 
  spots 
  beyond, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  space 
  

  

  