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than in lahnenus. Palpi more robust and hairy and the terminal 

 joint shorter. Eyes smooth. 



Type, Thecla myrsilus Doubl. & Hew. 



Epamera sappirus, sp. n. (Plate XII. fig. 1.) 

 S . Upperside closely allied to E. bellina, hut slightly darker 

 blue, and the lower half of the lobe rather more distinctly white. 

 The anal black quadrate spot is large and distinct. 



On the underside this species is more nearly allied to E. mermis 

 mihi, and like it has linear dark bands crossing the wings beyond 

 the middle, but not so distinctly black as in that species. The 

 line at the end of the cell in fore wing is almost obsolete. The 

 reddish-orange anal patch is more extensive and reaches upwards 

 to the black line and outwardly to the red spot between the lower 

 median nei'vules. 



Along the centre of this red patch runs a broad line of metallic 

 scales, from the anal margin, zigzag to the red spot and downwards 

 towards the lobe. The apex of the fore wing is slightly brownish. 

 The tuft of hair on inner margin of fore wing below is black. 



Frons white ; body black above, buff-colour below. Legs white, 

 with black spots. Antenna? black, with small white spots. 

 Expanse IJ— If inch. 



Hab. Sierra Leone ; Addah {Mus. Druce). 



We Unave long possessed a specimen of this insect which I 

 thought was a variety of E. bellina, but the receipt of more 

 specimens has convinced me it is distinct. E. bellina has no dark 

 lines below. 



I take this opportunity of exhibiting figures of several beautiful 

 species of this group which have hitherto been known only from 

 descriptions; they are as follows : — 



E. mermis mihi (PI. XII. fig. 2), Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 



xvii. p. 285 (1896). 

 Argiokms silas, var. Mos mihi (PI. XII. figs. 3, 4), torn., cit. 



p. 286 (1896). 

 A. hokabas mihi (PI. XII. fig. 5), Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. 



(6) v. p. 30 (1890). 

 A. paneperata mihi (PI. XII. fig. 7), torn. cit. p. 30 (1890). 

 A. menas mihi (PI. XII. figs. 8, 9), tom. cit. p. 29 (1890). 

 A. Julius Stand. (PI. XII. fig. 6), Iris, iv. p. 146 (1891). 



Aphxiolaus, gen. nov. 



Allied to Epamera, and like that genus possessing four sub- 

 costal nervules to the primaries in both sexes. Differing, however, 

 by the inner margin of fore wing in c? being nearly straight, and 

 by the total absence of secondary sexual characters. 



Type, Myrina pallene Walleng. 



This genus, which contains only one species, appears to connect 

 the group of genera allied to lolaus with Ajjhneti^s. _ _ ^ 



Professor C. Aurivillius, in his ' Rhopalocera ^thiopica, 

 includes several structurally distinct groups under the genus 



