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and figured it in his Symbolae, etc. In Ent. Monthly Mag. p. 26, 

 vol. vi, 1869, MacLachlan states that mozambica and rufostigma stand 

 in synonymy with variegafn. 



In my own collection I possess two specimens from Eritrea (G-unuar 

 Kristensen leg.), one specimen from Transvaal (cotype of maculata) , 

 and one specimen from Lorenzo Marques. My two specimens from 

 Eritrea agree in every respect with the description of zonata. I have 

 also seen one specimen in the Stockholm Museum from Caffraria 

 (J. Wahlberg leg.). 



The species is liable to vary. Frons and vertex shining, smooth and 

 sparsely punctate. The broad, yellowish prothorax has as a rule an 

 irregular, pm-ple-coloured spot towards each angle. The forewings 

 have sometimes small brownish black spots in the basal and hind 

 part. Pterostigma long and reddish, but very often much paler 

 (I think this is due to the lesser degree of maturity). The wings are 

 long and slender and with rather acute tip. In the forewing 21-25 

 costal cross-veins ; 12-15 cross-veins between R and Rs; 6-7 cross- veins 

 between Rs and Psm ; 6-7 cross-veins between Psm and Pscu, and 

 12-14 branches from Pscu to the hind margin, the 1-3 apical ones 

 forked. 



The species is closely allied to N. aequalis, Walker, from India. 



NOTHOCHKYSA. PERINGUETI, n. Sp. (Fig. 2.) 



Face yellowish red. Vertex and thorax red. Palpi reddish. Frons 

 and vertex rugose and coarsely punctate. Antennae brownish black; 

 the two basal joints yellowish red. Prothorax more than twice as 

 broad as long, with rounded front angles, and with a deep curved 

 transverse furrow one-third from base. The border of the hind margin 

 narrowly yellow, and on the front part of the disc two triangular more 

 or less distinct yellowish spots. Mesothorax red, with two yellowish spots 

 near the front margin and sometimes with a yellowish transversely 

 placed spot above the base of each wing. Metathorax red. Abdomen 

 reddish above with yellowish spots apically, paler ventrally. Legs 

 yellowish ; femora with a broad dark baud iii the middle ; claws brown, 

 rather broad basally. Wings with somewhat acute tip. Longitudinal 

 veins yellowish. Base of Sc, of Cu, of Rs and of I A in the forewing 

 often darker. In the forewing all the cross-veins except a few ones in 

 the apical part of the costal area blackish. The longitudinal veins 

 with a black spot at the junction with the cross-veins. The following 

 cross-veins are strongly blackish and narrowly shaded : cross-vein 

 between the stem of il/aud the furcation of Cu, cross-vein between M.-, 



