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above and bi-low uii I lie preanal spoiiiciil lilark or ncarlv f^o, as well as tlip last 

 abdoininal segment on iipperside. 



K\]iansp : forewing AM 111 nini. ; IvM 17 nun.; I'.M '/,'.'> nun. 

 hindwing .. 'S.'t ., ; ., 1 H ., ; ,. l.j ., 



Ilah. ;\Ioiondava, iSladagascar (l^ist) ; 2 ?. 



Differs from R. pales (Boisd.), R. epipalen (Mab.), and R. nilcropnles Kutl. in 

 the large creamy discal patch on hindwings and the longer terminal joint of palpi. 

 P>om R. ai/rhis (If.S.) it is distinguished especially by the much larger creamy area 

 to the hindwings and the entirely yellow upperside of the abdomen. W. K. 



20. Rothia lasti Iiolhsch. sp. nov. 



]Male. — Uppernklc: forewings black, with one white dot at the liase and two 

 in the cell. From the .snbco.sta to the lower median vein, a millimetre beyond the 

 cell, is an oblique transverse white iiafch, the anterior half much narrower than tlie 

 lower half. At tlie base of the wings are indications of the u.sual bine spots. Hind- 

 winirs black, with a more or less rounded white discal patch lietween the subcostal 

 and .submedian veins, greatest width of which is about 5 millimetres. This patch is 

 often indented along the veins. 



Underside as above. 



Palpi, head, and thorax lilack, with two, four, and eight wliite spots respectively. 

 Black liaira of thorax slightly intermixed with orange on e.s ; abdomen black. Hairs 

 of thorax below and legs orange. 



Ivxpanse : (brewing A]\I 19 mm. : KM 1 1 mm. ; P.M \.') mm. 

 hindwing ,, 15 ,, ; ,, 13 ., ; „ 10 ,. 



Hah. Morondava, :\Iadagascar (Last) ; 10 cJ, 3 ?. 



All the white markings vary much in size in the inilividual specimens. W. R. 



21. Rotliia eriopis H.S. ab. carminata Itothseh. ab. nov. 



The yellow disc of hindwings of eriopis is in this aberration bright carmine-red. 

 This is neither a local nor a .sexual variation, as I have one male and six femalen of 

 canninata, as well as two males and three females of typical eriopis, all from 

 Morondava, Madagascar. W. H. 



22. Rothia nigrescens Kotlisch. sp. nov. 



Mai.K. — Vpperside : forewings black and shaped and marked as in R. siniyra 

 Westw., bnl till' indentations of white band at the veins are deeper, and llicn" are one 

 or two small creamy dots in cell. Hindwings black, the fringe spotted with white, 

 as in R. sea (H.."^.). 



Underside as above, bnl distinguishcil at once from all other Rothia by the 

 entirely black hindwings. 



Pali)i, head, and tlionix lilack, spotted as in other Rothia. IIppersidi> of 

 abdomen black. Underside of body and legs orange; tarsi above black. 

 Expanse: forewing AM 27 mm.; KM IG mm.; PM 18 nun. 

 „ hindwing ,.18 ,, ; ., la ,, ; ,, 12 ,. 



[lab. .Morondava, .Madagascar (i,asl) ; 3 (J. W. K. 



