new Spé¥ies of Lycenide. 289 
Epitola divisa, sp. n. 
Nearly related to EH. honorius (teresa, Hewits.), but the 
male above with narrower subapical blue bar and more 
extended dull brand on the primaries; secondaries shorter, 
more rounded; under surface rather paler; the white macular 
band beyond cell narrow and not continued to outer margin, 
the last two spots being thrown outward to the margin and 
conical in shape; in the secondaries the basal orange suffusion 
is brighter and more extended. ‘The female differs notably 
from that sex of . honortus, the oblique white belt of that 
species being continued across the wing to the submedian 
vein, its outer margin regularly arched, its inner margin 
acutely angled; the blue-green submedian 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 submedian 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, 9 52-56 millim. 
3, Sierra Leone (W. 2. Woods); ¢, Bandajuma (May to 
November 1898), wet season (G. J. Arnold); 9 , Cape Coast 
Castle. B. M. 
Virachola zeloides, sp. n. 
Rapala zela, Butler (not Hewitson), P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 832. 
3. 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 besprinkled with silvery-blue scales than in 
R. zela. 
Expanse of wings 35 millim. 
Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, 5345 feet, Feb. 29th, 1896. 
We have V. zela from Sierra Leone collected by Mr. E. E. 
Austen. 
Spindasis minima, sp. n. 
¢@. Probably nearest to S. llactna; but very distinct from 
all known species. Upper surface greyish brown, faintly 
