442 Mr. W. F. Kirby on new Species of Epitola. 



costa black as far as the subcostal nervure, but the blue 

 extending nearly to its edge for about the middle third of its 

 length ; apical third of costa black, its boundary, except that 

 the blue projects slightly into it beyond the cell, falling nearly 

 straight to the extremity of the hind margin, where the black 

 border narrows and disappears. Hind wings with a narrow black 

 border, extending round the hind and inner margins, narrowest 

 on the lower half of the hind margin. Underside : fore wings 

 light brown, varied with grey, and, towards the tips, with 

 purplish and bronzed reflections ; extremity of the cell with two 

 whitish spots, the largest within the cell, the other forming the 

 middle of a curved series of five spots, the four outermost being 

 bright blue; beyond tliese is another row of five whitish spots, 

 two near the costa and three towards the hind margin, the series 

 being interrupted between ; but between this empty space and 

 the hind margin are four more whitish spots, arranged in pairs. 

 Hind wings iridescent purple and yellow, the costa bright 

 golden yellow above the subcostal nervure to nearly half its 

 length ; between the median nervules near their origin are 

 two whitish spots. 



Hah. Cameroons. 



Allied to E. elion^ Doubl. & Hew. 



This beautiful species is one of the largest of the Lycieuidte. 



Epitola Dewitzi. 



Expands from If to nearly 2 inches. 



Male. — Fore wings triangular ; costa arched at the base, 

 tip projected; hind margin slightly emarginate about the 

 middle and sloped gradually to the anal angle. Hind wings 

 rounded, curved outwards ; anal angle very slightly rounded 

 off. Fore wings black, with a deep blue band extending from 

 the base between the median and submedian nervures nearly 

 to the extremity of the wing, and a curved row of four blue 

 spots above it, two at the end of the cell and two linear 

 between these and the larger blue space. Hind wings deep 

 blue, the costa and inner margin broadly and the hind margin 

 narrowly bordered with black. Underside : fore wings brown, 

 with two longitudinal spots at the end of the cell, and an 

 irregular curved row of white spots near the hind margin ; 

 underside yellowish brown, with a broad white subcostal 

 band ; a curved white band running from the base of the inner 

 margin round nearly to the tip, and an oval white spot 

 between. 



Female. — Wings longer, fore wings with the hind margin 

 oblique, hardly emarginate ; the markings similar, but the 



