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and reaches the discal cell and vein 6. The under surface is distinguished by the veins in the marginal part 
and the internerval folds being broadly bordered with black or accompanied by black streaks and spots. The 
$ is unknown. Sierra Leone and Gabun (?). 
Second Group of Species. 
It only comprises a single, very well distinguished species, the sexes of which are quite different above. 
E. honorius has a very peculiar, somewhat Planema -like under surface; forewing beneath blackish, 
at the apex yellowish, in the <§ with white discal spots in 3 to 6 and 9, and similar spots at the margin in 1 b 
and 2 and with small blue spots at the apex of the cell and in the basal part of 4 and 5, in the $ instead of 
the spots with a broad, white discal band. Hindwing beneath as far as the apex of the discal cell brownish- 
yellow with 11 black dots (3 after each other in 1 c, 2 in the cell, 2 on the terminal vein, 2 in 7, and 2 in 8), 
then greyish-brown with black veins and black longitudinal rays between the veins; from the costal margin, 
a little behind the middle, a whitish transverse band of 1 mm width extends to vein 4 and is then obliquely 
continued in the area 3 to the margin. In the $ the forewing above is black, whilst the discal cell, the areas 
1 a and 2 almost as far as the margin of the basal half of 3 and small spots in the middle of the areas 
4 to 6 and 9 are of a bright blue; the base of the areas 5, 6 and 9 is filled up as far as the blue discal spots 
by a very large, blackish-grey discal spot; the hindwing from vein 1 b at least to vein 6 of a bright blue 
with a very fine black marginal line. In the $ the forewing is above black with a blue longitudinal streak at 
the base in 1 b and a broad, white discal band, and the hindwing blackish-brown, with a light bluish 
discal cell and base of the areas 1 a and 2. — honorius F. (64 e). In the the blue discal spots of the forewing 
are larger in 5, 6 and 9, and the mealy spot somewhat smaller; in the $ the white discal band of the forewing 
ends in area 2, and the hindwing above shows a large, white spot in 3 to 5, approximating the blue basal 
area. Cameroon to Congo and Bangasso on the Upper Ubangi. — divisa Btlr. deviates only by the showing 
a larger mealy spot on the forewing and smaller blue discal spots of the areas 5, 6 and 9, whilst in the $ 
the white discal band of the forewing reaches vein 1 and the white area of the hindwing is absent. Sierra Leone 
— Ashanti. 
Third Group of Species. 
This group also comprises large or medium-sized species particularly distinguished by the metallic 
lustrous under surface decorated with large, light spots. 
Review of the Species. 
A. The whole discal cell and in the $ also the basal part of the areas 4 to 6, 9 and 10 of the forewing above 
broadly blue, with an intense metallic lustre. The apex of the forewing broad and obtusely extended; 
its margin in the middle deeply emarginated. -— <$: The hair-comb of the forewing lies close at vein 1 and sepa¬ 
rates from it only near the base. E. posthumus. 
E. urania. 
B. The discal cell at least partly and the areas 4 to 6 on the forewing above quite black. The apex of the 
forewing not or scarcely extended and its margin straight or only little concave. Hindwing beneath with 
white markings. — The hair-comb of the forewing runs only for a short distance close at vein 1 and 
then gradually separates from it towards the base. 
a. Larger species, 48 to 52 mm. Wings beneath with a dark violet lustre and white spots. In the $ the 
blue colour of the forewing above covers also the posterior margin of the discal cell and the base 
of area 3; forewing above without a mealy spot. E. crowleyi. 
p. Smaller species, 40 to 46 mm. Hindwing beneath with a yellowish metallic lustre. The discal cell and 
the base of the area 3 on the forewing above is black. Forewing in the above with a small mealy 
spot before the middle of vein 3. E. cera%inia. 
E. posthumus F. (64 e). <$. Both wings above beautifully blue, with a greyish reflection; the apex of 
the forewing about 10 mm broad black; the black marginal band posteriorly rapidly grows narrower and ends 
honorius. 
divisa. 
posthumus. 
