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



the inner margin of the fore wings and the hind margin of 

 the hind wings. 



Hab, Caraeroons. 



Allied to E. dunia. 



Epitola versicolor. 



Expands from 1^ to over 1^ inch. 



Male. — Fore wings rather short and broad, hind margin 

 nearly straight, slightly rounded above the anal angle ; hind 

 wings moderately rounded : fore wings brown, darkest on the 

 hind margin, pale blue at the base in the cell and below ; the 

 discocellular is conspicuously black ; beyond the cell is a 

 broad, curved, white band, narrowing from the inner margin 

 nearly to the costa, before which it ceases : hind wings brown, 

 pale blue in the cell and below ; hind margin shading into 

 darker brown. Under surface light brown, with numerous 

 traces of irregular transverse pale lines ; the white transverse 

 band in the middle of tlie fore wings as above, except that it 

 is of a more yellowish white beyond the cell and towards the 

 costa. 



Female similar, but larger and paler. Fore wings with the 

 white band not extending to the inner margin : hind wings 

 uniform pale brown. The underside is of a light greyish 

 brown, with no yellow shade in the Avhite band ; the disco- 

 cellular is nearly surrounded with white, and there are a few 

 other indistinct whitish markings. 



Bah. Cameroons. 



An aberrant species of the E. cercene group. 



Epitola badia. 



Expands 1^ inch, 



Male. — Wings short, moderately broad ; hind margin of 

 fore wings gradually curved ; wings blue, fore wings with the 

 costa above the cell and the tip and hind margin black, nar- 

 rowing to the anal angle ; no mark on the discocellular, but 

 the median nervure with a thick blackish streak at the base : 

 hind wings with the costa above the cell, the inner margin, 

 and the upper part of the hind margin with a moderately 

 broad black border ; the lower part of the hind margin nar- 

 rowly edged with black. Underside greyish brown, paler on 

 the inner margin of the fore wings, and with very slight 

 traces of obsolete zigzag markings. 



Ilab. Cameroons. 



Allied to E. zelza, Hew. 



