106 Miss E. M. Sharpe on new African Lycaenidse. 
The underside is white, with markings of pale brownish 
yellow over the wings ; on the hind wing are two yellow spots 
situated one on the submedian nervure and the other between 
the second and first median nervures. 
Exp. 33 millim. 
Hab. Volta River. 
Genus Epitola. 
Epitola Crowley i , sp. n. 
£ . Nearest to E. Dewitzi , Kirby, but larger and with the 
blue of a much deeper colour, having more of a purple tint. 
The blue patch on the fore wing extends a little into the 
discoidal cell, there being no spots of any kind on the upper- 
side. 
The hind wing resembles the fore wing in having the large 
blue patch and the black border round the hind margin. 
The underside is different in having no spots near the dis- 
coidal cell of the fore wing ; there is, however, an uneven row 
of white spots near the apical portion of the wing. The 
costal margin has a line of dull metallic golden colour. 
The hind wing has a purple ground relieved by a number 
of white silver streaks and spots. There is a broad stripe of 
silver-white extending for some distance along the costa. 
Exp. $ 50 millim. 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
The female differs considerably from that of E. Dewitzi in 
having only a very faint indication of the pale blue patch on 
the fore wing. There are three white spots placed obliquely 
near the apex of the fore wing, a larger spot between the second 
and third median nervules, with a faint blue spot nearly at 
the end of the first median nervule. 
The hind wing has the blue paler, but it is strongly marked 
between the lower radial and the first median nervule, leaving 
the margin and the base of the wing black. 
The underside differs in having the four white spots from 
the costal margin to the discoidal nervules, and another large 
white spot between the second and third median nervules of 
the fore wing. 
The hind wing is entirely silver-white, with the spots and 
streaks of purple-bronze. The silver-white near the costa is 
very large and spreads almost to the subcostal nervure. 
Exp. ? 52 millim. 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
