new Species of Lyctenidte. 289 



Epitola di visit, sj). n. 



Nearly related t<i E. honoiius [teresa, Howits.), but the 

 mule above with narrower subapical blue bar and more 

 extended dull iirand on the ))riniaries; secondaries shorter, 

 more rounded; under surface rather jjaler; the white macular 

 band beyond cell narrow and not continued to outer mar"-in 

 the last two s])ots being thrown outward to the maro'in and 

 conical in shape; in the secondaries the basal orange suffusion 

 is brighter and niore extended. Tlie female differs notably 

 from that sex of J?, honoriiis, the oblique white belt of that 

 sjjecies being continued across the wing to the submcdian 

 vein, its outer margin regularly arched, its inner margin 

 acutely angled ; the blue-green subniedian streak is widened 

 and extended right up to the white belt ; the secondaries show 

 a more restricted green streak and no trace of white. On 

 the under surface the apex of primaries and whole surface of 

 secondaries are paler and more testaceous, the white belt on 

 the primaries extending inwards to submcdian vein as above; 

 the basal area of the secondaries is ochreous instead of reddish 

 clay-coloured, the transverse whitish stripe is sometimes 

 absent and the internervular streaks are thickened. 

 Expanse of wings, ^ 53, ? 52-56 millim. 

 cJ , Sierra Leone ( W. F. Woods) ; ? , liandajuma (May to 



November 1898), wet season {G. J. Arnold) ; $ Cape Coast 



Castle. 13. M. 



Virachola zeloides, sp. n. 



Bapala zela, Butler (uot Hewitson), P. Z. S. 1890, p. 832. 



J . Differs from V. zela in its fuller, broader wings, much 

 paler colouring above and paler much wider bands below : the 

 primaries above are dull greenish steel-blue, with dark brown 

 fringes ; the secondaries clear dead smalt-blue, with ashy- 

 brown abdominal border : the under surface is ashy brownish 

 (" dust-coloured "), with slightly darker whitish-edged bands, 

 much broader and rather more irregular than in R. zela ; the 

 usual subanal spots are smaller, more rounded, more clearly 

 defined, and more besi)rinkled with silvery-blue scales than in 

 li. zela. 



Expanse of wings 35 milliui. 



Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, 53-45 feet, Feb. 29th, 1896. 



"NVe have V. zela from Sierra Leone collected by Mr. E. E. 

 Austen. 



Spindasis minimaj sp. n. 



tJ . Probably nearest to -S. lilacina; but very distinct from 

 all known species. Upper surface greyish brown, faintly 



