﻿LYC.ENID.E 
  (aFIUCAn). 
  — 
  EPITOLA. 
  87 
  

  

  above 
  the 
  subinediau 
  nervure, 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  

   two 
  lowest 
  submedian 
  nervulcs, 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  violet-blue. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  the 
  centre 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  violet-blue. 
  

  

  Underside 
  purplish 
  grey, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  darker, 
  

   the 
  darkest 
  portion 
  bordered 
  outside 
  by 
  a 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  ill-defined 
  greyish 
  

   spots, 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  greyish 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Fciiialc. 
  Upperside 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  witli 
  a 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  

   six 
  purplish-blue 
  spots 
  at 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  their 
  length, 
  the 
  lowest 
  and 
  largest 
  

   above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure. 
  In 
  the 
  cell 
  are 
  two 
  blue 
  spots, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  

   and 
  below 
  the 
  cell 
  is 
  dusted 
  with 
  blue. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  si)ace 
  from 
  the 
  subcostal 
  to 
  below 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  tilled 
  up 
  with 
  

   purplish 
  bhie 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin, 
  but 
  jjroken 
  into 
  spots 
  by 
  the 
  nervures, 
  

   which 
  are 
  rather 
  broadly 
  black. 
  

  

  Underside 
  purplish 
  grey. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  darker 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  a 
  

   dusky 
  spot 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  bordered 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  grey 
  patch. 
  

   At 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  grey 
  spots 
  and 
  l)lotches, 
  

   ending 
  in 
  large 
  grey 
  spaces 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons 
  ? 
  : 
  (typf) 
  Gaboon 
  { 
  $ 
  ). 
  

  

  Ill 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Staudinger. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  so 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  an 
  E. 
  Catuna 
  (anteci, 
  vol. 
  i. 
  p. 
  72, 
  j)l. 
  xvii. 
  

   ft'. 
  11, 
  12) 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  inclined 
  to 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  

   that 
  s]>ecies, 
  and 
  agrees 
  with 
  a 
  male 
  from 
  the 
  Gaboon 
  (inter 
  alia) 
  in 
  wanting 
  the 
  submarginal 
  

   markings 
  of 
  the 
  underside. 
  We 
  believe 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Holland 
  considers 
  the 
  specimen 
  figured 
  to 
  be 
  

   his 
  Epifola 
  Benitenais 
  (Psyche, 
  vol. 
  v. 
  p. 
  42-5), 
  but 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  do 
  not 
  

   exhibit 
  the 
  peculiar 
  falcate 
  form 
  which 
  he 
  describes. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  discriminate 
  between 
  and 
  correctly 
  assign 
  the 
  sexes 
  of 
  these 
  closely-allied 
  

   species 
  of 
  Epitola 
  without 
  a 
  longer 
  series 
  than 
  is 
  usually 
  at 
  our 
  disposal. 
  

  

  XXIIL— 
  EPITOLA 
  MIEANDA. 
  $ 
  . 
  FiCxS. 
  9, 
  10. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  Miranda, 
  Staudinger, 
  " 
  Entomologische 
  Nachrichten," 
  vol. 
  15, 
  

   p. 
  17G 
  (1889). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  about 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Ji/alc. 
  Upperside 
  black, 
  with 
  rich 
  violet-blue 
  markings. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  traces 
  of 
  blue 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  below 
  the 
  subcostal 
  nervure. 
  Below 
  the 
  median 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  blue 
  space 
  (enclosing 
  a 
  long 
  black 
  triangle, 
  with 
  its 
  point 
  

   directed 
  towards 
  the 
  base), 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  blue 
  space 
  which 
  fills 
  up 
  the 
  basal 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  fork 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  median 
  uervules 
  ; 
  and 
  between 
  this 
  

  

  