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EPITOLA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
hewitsoni. 
miranda. 
The veins 10 and 11 of the forewing normally rise from the costal margin of the cell and run quite 
separately; in some species, such as honorius, carcina, leonina and zelza vein 10, however, rises from the footstalk 
of 7 to 9 or from the same place as this footstalk, and sometimes vein 11 touches vein 12 in one place 
(posthumus-doleta, leonensis). 
The deviations in the neuration make it difficult to divide the species in natural groups. The grouping 
of the species, however, according to the marking beneath, the shape of the wings and the mealy spots of the 
3 A seems to me to render a better result. 
Review of the Groups of Species. 
A. Hindwing beneath at the base with black punctiform spots in the discal cell and in the areas 1 c, 7 
(and 8). -—- Hindwing above in area 1 a or on vein 1 with a longitudinal row of black hair turned back¬ 
ward. 
a. Margin of the hindwing at the end of vein 3 obtusely lobated. Hindwing beneath at the base dark violettish- 
grey. ■— A'- forewing above without a mealy spot in the areas 5, 6 and 9. First group of species. 
8. Hindwing completely margined with a very much bent margin, beneath at the base brownish-yellow. 
Vein 10 of the forewing rises from the footstalk of 7 to 9 far away from the cell. — forewing above 
with a large, blackish-grey mealy spot covering the base of the areas 5, 6 and 9. -—- Subgenus: Aethio- 
pana Bak. Second group of species. 
B. Hindwing beneath without black basal dots. ' 
a. Under surface of hindwings with a metallic (golden or violet) lustre, with or without large white spots. 
Costal margin of the forewing beneath at the base with a golden or brass lustre. — <$. Forewing above in 1 a 
along vein 1 with a row of long hair turned backward. Third group of species. 
(3. Wings beneath whitish-grey — dark brown ■—- blackish, with or without spots, but always without a 
metallic lustre. — forewing without a hair-comb. 
1. Forewing above with a large, dark mealy spot. Fourth group of species. 
2. Forewing without a special mealy spot. 
a) <$. The submedian or the median of the forewing or both above at the base thickened and densely 
clad with black scales. Fifth group of species. 
b) None of the veins on the forewing thickened at the base. Sixth group of species. 
First Group of Species. 
The two species of this small group deviate from all the others and at any rate from all the Liptenins 
known by the shape of the wings. The margin of the forewing is quite straight between the apex and vein 5, 
forms a sharp angle at vein 5 and is then deeply emarginated between 5 and 3. The margin of the hindwing 
is somewhat irregular and forms an obtuse tooth or short lobe at vein 3. The hindwing is beneath dark violettish- 
grey, with several large, black dots in the discal cell and in the areas 1 c and 7 and sometimes also in 8. 
E. hewitsoni Mob. (65 d). In the $ both wings are above bright blue from the base to far beyond 
the middle, without black spots; the costal margin of the forewing is narrowly (only to vein 12) black; the black 
marginal band of the forewing is 5 to 8 mm, that of the hindwing about 3 mm broad. Forewing beneath 
blackish violettish-brown, at the proximal margin lighter, before the apex with a straight, oblique transverse 
row of 5 whitish spots in 3 to 6 and 9, and some indistinct light spots nearer at the apex. Hindwing beneath 
dark violettish-brown with 12 to 14 black dots in the basal half and two transverse rows of black streaks or 
spots in the marginal half. The $ unknown to me probably shows a white subapical band on the forewing above. 
Expanse of wings: about 50 mm. This rare species was hitherto only taken at the northern side of the mouth 
of the Congo near Chinchoxo and Landana. 
E. miranda Stgr. (64 e) deviates from hewitsoni by the blue colour above being beautifully violettish- 
blue and covering only the base of the areas 1 b and 2 on the forewing and forming separate spots in 3 to 6 
and 9; the discal cell is almost entirely black; on the hindwing the black costal-marginal band is very broad 
