230 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker on neio 



any markings, except that in the primaries the whitish spots 

 beyond the cell show through slightly. 



Expanse, S 39-44, ? 44 ram. 



This species will come next to leonina, Stgr., but may be 

 known at once by the male sex-mark, viz. the swollen vein; 

 the blue colour is decidedly brighter, and below there are less 

 markings than in Staudingei^s species ; the fine postmedial 

 transverse line of the primaries is quite wanting in my 

 insect. 



The specimen I have described as the female was observed 

 by Mr. Cator to be flying with the male, the two insects 

 toying together, and he caught them at once with one sweep 

 of the net, though they were not actually " in copula." 



Epitola alhomaculata. 



Mr. Cator has brought home a series of this species, in- 

 cluding several females, and as this sex has not been described, 

 it will be well to do so now. 



? . Both wings azure-blue : primaries with costa blackish 

 brown to the cell, beyond which the dark area increases con- 

 siderably ; apical area for a third of the wing blackish 

 brown, in which (area) well beyond the cell there is a white 

 ovate spot between veins 4 and 5 ; termen broadly blackish 

 brown, increasing suddenly above vein 3 : secondaries with 

 costa brown to cell and up to vein 6 ; termen very broadly 

 brown. Under surface precisely like the male, but with the 

 whitish markings slightly accentuated. 



Epitola virginea, sp. n. 



? . Primaries dark brown, with pale azure-blue scales in 

 the cell, at the end of whicli and beyond is a whitish spot 

 with a few superimposed blue scales ; well beyond this is 

 another whitish spot ; the inner marginal area is covered for 

 two thirds of its length with similar pale azure scales 

 extending up to the cell and to vein 2, ending in a good- 

 sized whitish spot with a few superimposed blue scales ; 

 above it is another smaller white spot : secondaries with the 

 pale azure area confined between veins 1 b and 6, and with 

 a very broad brown termen. Under surface : both wings 

 whitish, with brownish-grey marks. Primaries with three 

 irregular spots in the cell with white centres ; an extremely 

 serrated and irregular postmedial line, with the serration on 

 vein 4 extended into the submarginal line, and that on vein 2 

 extended finely along the vein to the termen ; the area before 

 this line is whitish, whilst the area on the outside is pure 



