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yellowish, and the costal area above subcostal vein between the 

 lines concisely yellow ; lines slightly darker, but indistinct ; the 

 inner outcurved at costa and oblique outwards, the outer incurved 

 at costa and sinuous inwards ; both plainer at inner margin where 

 they approximate to each other ; cellspot blackish ; terminal line 

 and fringe blackish. 



Hindwing : Gilded yellow, deeper along termen ; terminal line 

 black, the fringe whitish. 



Underside brighter and deeper yellow ; the costal areas fulvous 

 orange; apex of fore wing speckled with blackish, of hindwing 

 sparingly with brown ; terminal lines and fringes blackish ; cellspot 

 of forewing, and outer line of both wings towards costa indicated. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish yellow ; palpi fulvous brown ; 

 venter and legs greyish fulvous brown. 



Expanse of wings : 33 mm. 



1 5 from Knysna, Cape, October, 1858. 



Closely allied to B. rufimarginata, Hmps. 



62. BOSTRA CARNICOLOR, spec. nov. 

 (Plate XLL, fig. 19.) 



Forewing : Deep flesh-colour ; the median area slightly darker ; 

 outer line at f, starting from a deeper costal spot and incurved 

 parallel to termen ; the inner line at |-, visible only below middle, 

 running parallel to outer; fringe concolorous. 



Hindwing : Rather paler. 



Underside deeper red. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen above and beneath concolorous. 



Expanse of wings : 30 mm. 



1 $ from Durban, Natal, February 1894. (Butler.) 



GEN. CONSTANTIA, Eag. 



63. CONSTANTIA PALLIDICARNEA, spec. nov. 



(Plate XLL, fig. 15.) 



Forewing : Pale pink, the terminal area mixed with yellowish ; 

 inner line pale yellow, outwardly oblique ; outer line deeper pink, 

 edged with shining white, oblique and straight from costa before 

 apex to vein 6, then irregular and slightly projecting to vein 3, 

 where it is curved inwards to below end of cell and again oblique 

 to inner margin ; termen, especially at apex, flushed with pink ; 

 fringe yellow. 



