Mr. II. H. C. J. Dru 



ce oti new 



Iloh. Benin City, 6th May, 1902 [C. J. M. Gordon). 

 T} pe in Mus. Hope, Oxford. 



Professor Poulton has asked Dr. Dixey to look at this 

 butterfly, in order, if possible, to arrive at an opinion as to 

 the existence of any special Pierine model. He says : — " The 

 Lycfenid bears an undoubted general resemblance to a number 

 of the Pierine subfamily, but I do not know of any Pierine 

 form specially corresponding to it. Perhaps the nearest to it 

 are the W.-African members of the genus Phrissura, which 

 are no doubt convergent with Mylothis. Submarginal spots 

 on the underside of hind wing are found in W.-African species 

 of Pinaco])teryx and also in Behnois calypso^ 



I have named it hrenda on account of its close resemblance 

 to Terias brenda, D. & H., ? . 



In addition to the above Mr. Gordon has also sent a Larino- 

 pcda from Benin which is identical with L. aspidos, mihi, 

 from Lagos. Mr. Grose Smith has described one from 

 Benin * the type of which I have not seen, but which 

 Professor Aurivillius thinks probably =:L. asjndos (lihop.- 

 ^thiop. p. 273, no. 4, 1898). 



Epitola Gordoni, sp. n. 



S . Allied to E. Staudingeri, Kirby, from which it differs 

 on the underside by both wings being crossed by bands of 

 pale crescent-shaped lunules. On the fore wing there is a 

 narrow whitish band placed beyond the cell, reaching to a 

 rather broad whitish patch near the inner margin beyond the 

 middle; beyond this band a pale, indistinct, much broken, 

 linear band commencing on the costa and ending before the 

 middle; beyond this and close to the outer margin a double 

 row of pale crescent-shaped markings, forming two linear 

 bands. Hind wings with an indistinct, much broken, linear 

 band at the end of the cell ; beyond that, about halfway to 

 the margin, a still more broken linear band, followed by a 

 double row of submarginal markings, as in the fore wing. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



J lab. Bonny, 6th May, 1902 {C. J. M. Gordon). Type 

 in Mus. Hope, Oxford. 



Possibly this insect may turn out to be a form of E. Staudin- 

 gerij which I know only from the figure and description, as 

 it appears to be the same on the upperside ; but on the under- 

 side Mr. Kirby's species is described as being without 

 markings. 



* Lnrinopoda lutimaryinatd, Grose Smith, Nov. Zoul. v. p. 3o4 (1898). 



