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  AFRICAN 
  LYC^NID^. 
  

  

  XXIV.— 
  EPITOLA 
  ELISSA. 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  

  

  Epitola 
  ElUsa, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicse," 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  p. 
  354 
  

   (1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  11 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  dull 
  greyish-black, 
  centred 
  with 
  dull 
  blue, 
  the 
  

   veins 
  crossing 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  black. 
  On 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  extends 
  

   over 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  

   three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  disc 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  crossing 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  

   are 
  two 
  black 
  spots, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  discocellular 
  nervules. 
  On 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  so 
  closely 
  to 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  

   outer 
  margins 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  Catuna, 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Greyish-brown. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  disc 
  crossed 
  about 
  

   its 
  middle 
  by 
  two 
  obscure 
  irregular 
  grey 
  lines, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  obscure 
  streaks 
  beyond; 
  

   the 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  similarly 
  crossed 
  by 
  two 
  irregular 
  lines 
  

   following 
  the 
  contour 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  margin, 
  with 
  traces 
  of 
  a 
  third 
  before 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Warri, 
  Niger 
  Coast 
  Protectorate, 
  April, 
  1896 
  (Dr. 
  Roth). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collectiou 
  of 
  tlie 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  Nearest 
  to 
  E. 
  Catuna, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  broader 
  ; 
  the 
  blue 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  of 
  

   E. 
  Cahina 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  purple 
  in 
  colour. 
  

  

  XV.— 
  LAEINOPODA 
  LATIMAEGINATA. 
  Figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Larinopoda 
  Latimargiuata, 
  H.Grose-Smith, 
  "Novitates 
  Zoologicae," 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  

   p. 
  354 
  (1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Differs 
  from 
  L. 
  Varipcs, 
  Kirby, 
  in 
  the 
  much 
  greater 
  width 
  of 
  

   the 
  outer-marginal 
  greyish-brown 
  border 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  both 
  wings, 
  especially 
  

   on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings, 
  where 
  the 
  dark 
  border 
  is 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  in 
  

   L. 
  I'aripcs. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  UNDERSIDE 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  black 
  spot 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  L. 
  Varipfs 
  is 
  absent, 
  and 
  the 
  subapical 
  spot 
  merges 
  in 
  the 
  dark 
  

   outer 
  band. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Warri, 
  May, 
  1896 
  (Dr. 
  Eoth). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  