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57. Rhodog^astria aflSnis spec. nov. 



6. Differs from roseomaryinata by its duller brown colour, in the disc being 

 semihyaline and not having the part beyond the cell vitreons, in the absence of 

 the nniforiuly wide rose margin to the hindwinj:, whicli has a broad brown apical 

 palcli and a narrow grey-browu margin. The fore wing is also much wider. 

 Abdomen brownish rose. 

 Ilab. South Africa. 



Sir George Hampson has united under Rhodogastria astreas (Drury) a very 

 heterogeneous mass of sjiecies, both African and Asiati<-. He afterwards reinstated 

 bauri Mpsciil. as a species, Init quite failed to see that none of the African Rhodo- 

 gastria of this group were synonymous with astreas or any of the other Asiatic 

 forms. The African forms are as follows : 

 Rh. bauri Milschl., South Africa. 



„ madagascariensis Boisd., Madagascar. 



„ „ titrea Plotz, Niger to Natal. 



„ roseomarginata spec, nov., Nigeria and East Africa. 



„ affinis spec, nov., South Africa. 



58. Rhodogastria crokeri novobritannica snbspee. nov. 



^$. Differs from c. crokeri by its more dusky and darker forewings, by the 

 entire absence of the hyaline spot in cell, by the semihyaline, aot hyaline, disc 

 beyond cell, and by the semihyaline white hindwings margined with clay-brown, 

 not entirely clay-grey hindwings. The black spots on tegulae are much larger, 

 occupying one-third of each tegnla ; the whole basal third of the patagia is black, 

 and the black spots on thorax are much larger. 



Hab. New Britain. 



1 (J, 1 ?. 



59. Rhodogastria crokeri salomonis snbspee. nov. 



?. Differs from c. crokrri in the basal fourth of the antennae being crimson, 

 the black spot on frons almost occupying the whole frons, the black spot on tegulae 

 enlarged to half the size of tegulae, the patagia being black margined outwardly 

 with white, and the six black spots on thorax much enlarged. The ground-colour 

 of fore wing is also much darker. 



llab. Solomon Islands: Gnadalcanar (Woodford); Gnadalcanar, May 1!»()1 

 (A, S. Meek); Florida, January lOill, Isabel, June— July 1901, Gnizo, November 

 1903 (A. S. Meek); Tulagi (S.'m. Woodford). 



6 <J<J,4 ??. 



Isabel specimens seem to have a more magenta-coloured abdomen and tarsi. 



6i.». Rhodogastria omissa spec. nov. 



This species seems to have been completely overlooked. 



$. Coloured as in astreas Drury, but the forewing broad and rounded as in 

 roseibarba Druce. Hindwing tailed as in artkus-brrtrand, but the tuft on inner 

 area is smaller and narrower and i)ale bull-primrose in colour. Abdomen, first 

 segment dull pink, second segment wiiite, three following segments primrose buff, 

 last two segments crimson. 



