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EPITOLA. By Dr. C. Auriyillius. 
dorothea. 
oniensis. 
batesi. 
zelica. 
nitida. 
virginea. 
concepcion. 
bent, black spot at the apex of the cliscal cell; the median and submedian at the base scaled black. The costal 
margin of the hindwing broadly and the distal margin very narrowly black. Both wings beneath dark lead- 
coloured grey with numerous transverse rows of light blue, undulate lines and sagittate spots, those at the 
anal angle of the forewing being the largest. Ogowe River. 
E. dorothea Baker is obviously closely allied with cercenoides. According to the description the 
wings are blue in the J above ; the costal margin of the forewing as far as vein 12 black, a large, black transverse 
spot at the end of the cell; the submedian at the base thickened and everywhere scaled black; the blue colour 
distally at the veins deeply indented; fringes whitish. Hindwing: the costal margin as far as vein 6 black, but 
in the area 6 strewn with some blue scales; margin narrowly black. Wings beneath brownish-grey with numerous 
whitish markings beginning almost from the base. In the $ the forewing above is blackish, with a white median 
band between the veins 1 and 11; area 1 a and the discal cell strewn with blue scales; hindwings above monoto¬ 
nously blackish-brown with some blue scales at the end of the cell; under surface as in the the wings, 
however, as above with a white median band reaching the posterior margin. Sierra Leone. 
E. oniensis Baker is a species described of late, the pupae of which were found near a nest of the 
ant Cremastogaster bucheri v. alligatrix. both wings above of a bright, lustrous blue; the forewing at the 
apex of the discal cell with a wedge-shaped, black spot; costal and distal margins very broad black; the margin 
towards the anal angle gradually narrower; both the median and submedian at the bases thickened and scaled 
black; hindwing at the costal margin as far as vein 6 black and with a very broad, black marginal band. Both 
wings beneath reddish-brown with whitish markings; forewing with few whitish scales in the cell and at the 
base of the veins 6 and 3; directly behind the cell a fine, bent irregular line between the veins 2 and 
10; a more distinct, postmedian, dentate transverse line from vein 1 b to 10; an indistinct, somewhat broader 
submarginal line and a marginal line. Hindwing almost similarly marked, but without the extreme line near 
the margin. Expanse of wings: 36 mm. Nigeria near Oni, in the neighbourhood of Lagos. 
E. batesi Ham. Druce (64h), as we see from the figures, is very much like the two last species and perhaps 
only different by the absence of the black streak at the end of the discal cell in the forewing; the submedian 
is said to be only little thickened. The under surface is about the same as that of E. cercene. Cameroon. 
E. zelica Ky. (64 h) is distinguished by the purely white under surface being unmarked in the $, 
only indistinctly spotted in the <$. The blue colour of the upper surface is light violettish-blue and covers a 
smaller part of the areas 2 to 6 on the forewing than it usually does; no black streak at the end of the cell; hind¬ 
wing with a black marginal band of 1 mm width. Cameroon. 
E. nitida Ham. Druce (64 h). Owing to the excellent figure, a detailed description is superfluous. 
It deviates from zelica by the darker and more extensive blue colour above and by the distinct marking beneath. 
In the both the submedian and median are thickened at the bases and scaled black. $ unknown. Cameroon. 
Druce denominates the species ,,nitide"' which, however, is French and not Latin. 
E. virginea Baker. <$ unknown. In the $ the forewing above is dark brown with light blue scales 
in the cell and at the posterior margin in 1 a and 1 b as far as beyond the middle of the wing; at the end of 
the cell and before the apex, as well as at the end of the blue stripe of the posterior margin, there is a 
white spot. Hindwing above between the veins 1 b and 6 light azure-blue with a very broad, dark marginal 
band. Beneath both wings are whitish with brownish-grey markings. Expanse of wings: 40 to 41 mm. 
Sierra Leone. 
E. concepcion Sujf. (65 a). The sex is not stated; presumably a $. Wings above one-coloured brownish- 
grey without markings. Under surface whitish with almost the same markings as in nitida. Cameroon. 
Sixth Group of Species. 
In the the mealy spots of the forewings are absent, and neither of the veins is thickened at the base. 
Besides they differ from species of the preceding groups with respect of the blue colour of the forewing above, 
which does not cover the base of the areas 3 to 6, but forms separate spots about in the middle of these areas, 
and the discal cell is more or less spotted black or sometimes almost quite black. Sometimes also the is 
entirely without the blue colour above. 
The numerous species are still very rarely met with in the collections and quite insufficiently known. 
