hitherto referred to the Genus lolaus. 141 



Epamera, gen. nov. 



Allied to lolam ; smaller. Venation the same. Fore 

 wing below without the thick patch of scales above the tuft 

 of hairs on the inner margin. Head broader ; antenna 

 shorter, stouter, and less distinctly clavate. 



Type E. sidus, Trimen. 



Epamera sidus. 



lolaus sidus, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1864, p. 176; Rhop. Afr. Aust. 

 ii. p. 224, pi. iv. figs. 5, 6 (1866) ; South Afr. Butt. ii. p. 130 (1887) ; 

 Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep., p. 41, pi. xx. fig. 25 (1865). 



Hah. Cape Colony, KafFraria, Natal, Zululand, Lake 

 Nyassa : Hew. Coll. 



Mr. Trimen gives a further list of localities for this species 

 on page 123 of his S. Afr. Butt. It seems to be a well- 

 known South-African butterfly. 



The type ( (J ) is in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collec- 

 tion. 



Epamera (?) ceres. 



Myrina ceres, Hew. 111. D. Lep. p. 39, pi. xvii. fig. 63 (1865), 

 lolaus ceres, Trimen, S. Afr. Butt, vol, ii. p. 134 (1887). 



Hah. Zululand, Delagoa Bay {Hew.). 



I have placed this and the following species in this genus 

 with considerable doubt, as we have no specimens for exam- 

 ination. 



The only specimen I have seen is the one in the Hevvitson 

 Collection, which, as noted by Mr. Trimen, is in very poor 

 condition. 



Epamera (?) mimosce. 



lolaus mimosce, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 330, pi. ii. figs. 1, 2 ; 

 S. Afr. Butt. vol. ii. p. 135 (1887). 



Hah. S. Africa. 



I have not seen this species, which is probably a rare one, 

 as it is not represented in any collections to which I have 

 access. 



Mr. Trimen {loc. cit. p. 137) gives a long list of localities 

 from which this insect has been obtained. 



Epamera (?) aphneoides. 



lolaus aphneoides, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 110 ; S. Afr. Butt, 

 vol. ii. p. 137 (1887). 



