EPITOLA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
355 
omacu- 
laia. 
blue with a black marginal band growing broader anteriorly and gradually passing over into the black costal 
margin. Under surface yellowish-brown with indistinct, small white discal dots. $ unknown. North Nigeria 
near Afikpo. 
E. cercene Hew. (65 f). The large, blue spot, of the posterior margin on the forewing covers the whole 
cell, reaches the footstalk of the veins 7 to 9 and then extends in a slight bow almost to the posterior angle; 
hindwing above between the veins 1 b and 6 and as far as the margin blue; wings beneath greyish-brown with 
transverse rows of bluish-white spots; the discal and submarginal rows of the forewing are posteriorly, in the 
areas 2 and 1 a, united into large, conical spots proximally bordered by black. $ unknown. Cameroon to Angola. 
E. albomaculata Baker (65 e) is above quite similar to cercene and deviates beneath only by the numerous, alb 
light transverse streaks and transverse lines which, however, are not flown together in the areas 1 b and 2 on 
the forewing. In the $ the blue colour of the forewing is lighter and less extensive, in the area 4 a white sub- 
apical spot; hindwing above with a very broad, dark marginal band; under surface as in the <$. Sierra Leone. 
E. badura Ky. (64 g as badwia). The $ only deviates from cercene -<$ by the marks mentioned in the badura. 
review of the species. In the $ the blue colour of the forewing only reaches vein 5. and the hinclwing has a 
black marginal band of 4 mm width. Cameroon to Gabun. 
E. badia Ky. (64 g) is somewhat smaller than badura, but otherwise only different by the marks badia. 
mentioned above; the light macular rows beneath are larger and more distinct than in badura. Cameroon. 
E. zelza Here. (65 e) is obviously figured and described according to a damaged specimen; the marks zelza. 
are therefore scarcely reliable. The forewing, according to the figure *), deviates from all the other species 
by being above black with two blue longitudinal rays, one of which comes from the base, covering area 1 b 
and almost reaching the margin; the other covers the discal cell and is much shorter; the areas 2 and 3 are 
quite black and form a deep indentation between the rays. The under surface is alternately indistinctly banded 
brown and grey. Old Calabar. 
E. leonina Stgr. (65 e) <$. Forewing above with a blue spot of the posterior margin, covering the leonina. 
cell, almost reaching the cell and being anteriorly bordered by vein 5; small bluish spots near the middle of 
the areas 5 and 6; a black transverse streak at the cell-end; hindwing above between the veins 1 b and 6 as 
far as the margin light blue; a fine black marginal line. Both wings beneath dark greyish-brown with 
indistinct antemarginal spots. -—- In the $ the forewing shows a white median transverse band, being about 
6 mm broad in area 2, only 2 mm broad in area 9, and extending from the posterior margin to vein 10; within 
this band the areas la, lb, and the discal cell are scaled greenish; a triangular, black spot at the end 
of the cell; hindwing above blackish-brown, suffused with green in the discal cell end at the base; under surface 
as in the but with a white transverse band shaped almost as above, but being broader and reaching the anal 
angle. Sierra Leone. 
E. khalifa Baker is allied to the preceding species, but it deviates by the more expanded blue colour khalifa. 
of the forewing as well as by the median vein of the being very much inflated at its base. Under surface 
greyish-brown with indistinct grey markings. In the $ the forewing is at the base light blue; the blue colour, 
however, does not fill up the cell and is behind the cell accompanied by 4 white spots; the hindwing has a very 
broad, dark marginal band; the under surface is almost without markings; on the forewing, however, the white 
spots of the upper surface show through beneath. Sierra Leone. 
E. moyambina Baker is unknown to me and described as follows: forewing black, from the posterior moyambina. 
margin to the subcostal vein and almost to the anal angle of a lustrous azure-blue; at the end of the discal 
cell the black colour forms a triangular indentation; hindwing greyish-black, between the veins 1 b and 6 
blue with a rather broad, black marginal band. Both wings beneath greyish-brown with numerous, whitish- 
grey markings almost to the base. Sierra Leone. 
E. uniformis Ky. (64 h). Under surface dark brown without markings. The only differs from uniformis. 
leonina-^ by the marks mentioned in the review. In the $ the blue areas are light violettish-blue; the spot 
of the posterior margin on the forewing only reaches vein 5 and is at least 2 mm distant from the anal angle; 
the marginal band of the hindwing is 2 mm broad. The species is smaller than the two preceding species and 
has an expanse of wings of 32 to 33 mm. Cameroon. 
E. umbratilis Holl. The short description says: ,,Allied with E. marginata, but lighter blue and with umbratilis. 
completely margined, not white-spotted fringes. The under surface is likewise different; the ground-colour 
is the same, but the irregular, zigzag-shaped markings are more numerous and more distinct and arranged 
in well defined transverse rows, whereby the wings look like banded. Ogowe River“. These marks are not 
sufficient for ascertaining the species. 
E. cercenoides Holl. is likewise unknown to me. <$. Both wings are above intensely dark blue with cercenoides. 
a green reflection; the costal margin of the forewing is narrowly and the apical third broadly black; a somewhat 
*) Hewitson’s figures are copied here. 
