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66. Argiolaus silarus iturensis subsp. nov. 



Distinguished by the narrower dark margin on the hind wing and 

 smaller red anal spots ; on the underside by the distinct and yellow 

 postdiscal lines. 



? . Upperside of fore wing as in typical form but without white 

 discal scaling. Hind wing with narrower dark outer margin, extended 

 blue, and the postdiscal spots smaller and more broadly bordered with 

 blue outwardly. The two red anal spots much smaller. 



Underside of fore wing with thin yellow postdiscal line, slightly 

 curved. Hind wing with yellow postdiscal line thicker than on fore 

 wing, straight from costa to the red spot in 2, thence to the anal spot, 

 which is edged with black on the side of the lobe. 



Habitat. — Forest on watershed of Ituri and Lindi Kivers, S. W. of 

 Avakubi, April, 1920, T. A. Barns, one ? . 



67. Epamera fuscomarginata sp. nov. (pi. XV, figs. 70, 71). 



Allied to sappirus Druce, and agrees with this species in possessing 

 a buff-coloured patch of scales on the costal area of the hind wing 

 above. 



$ . Upperside of fore wing with pale-blue basal area of same shade 

 as sappirus, outer edge nearly straight, not entering cellule 3, and 

 angled along submedian. Hind wing as in sappirus but without a 

 black anal spot in lc, and with paler inner margin. 



Underside with broad postdiscal bands placed as in other forms. 

 Fore wing with distal area from costa to vein 2 fuscous-brown, leaving 

 a square white marginal patch in 3 and 4, bounded by the submarginal 

 line. A broad tuft of black hair arising on the edge of the inner 

 margin. Hind wing with fuscous-brown apical patch from vein 8 to 5. 

 Postdiscal band broader than on fore wing, orange-yellow, darker 

 anteriorly, edged with fuscous on the inside, not interrupted, and 

 bearing a thin line of metallic-blue scales from vein 4 to the sub- 

 median, and a similar line edged with white from below submedian to 

 inner margin. A black spot in 2 lying mostly in the orange-yellow 

 band. Anal spot as in sappirus. The inner edge of the postdiscal 

 band on both wings is much more proximal than the line in sappirus 

 or in any other species we have seen. 



Length of fore wing : 18 mm. 



Habitat.— Bafwaboli, Tshopo Biver, April, 1920, one $ , T. A, 

 Barns, "Taken in dense forest undergrowth." 



