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lCx]janse vi' wings : 'M mm. 

 1 f? from Dnibaii, Natal (G. F. Leigh). 



The costa of forewing has a short sharp shoulder at base : the pei.:tiiiations 

 of the anteuuae are decidedly longer ou the outer row than on the iuner. 



Rhodesia gen. nov. 



Forc/c/iii/ : au)i)le ; oosta somewhat curved; hiiidmaruiu couve.x ; anal angle 

 well marked. 



llhiihrii'y : broad ; hindmargiu well rounded : aual angle si^uared. 



Antennae of S bi)>eetiuate : of ? thick, snbserrate beneath : palpi well 

 developed, the third segment as long as second, decumbent, sjiatulute; tongue 

 slight ; thorax and abdomen stoutly built. 



Xeuratioii: forewing, cell nearly half as long as wing; discucellular vertical 

 in upper third, theu concave; tirst median nervule at three-fourths, second close 

 before third ; lower radial from upper third of discocelhilar, upper stalked with 

 lU, 7, ^, 'J ; 11 anastomosing with 12 : hindwing, costal and subcostal anastomosing 

 for some little distance; ti, 7 stalked; discocelhilar oblique, radial from uppc"!- 

 third ; medians as in forewing. 



Ty])e : Rhodesia viridalbata spec. nov. 



Comibaeiia ulbociiidata Saalm. also belongs here. 



15. Rhodesia viridalbata spec. nov. 



Fon'wiiig : deep green ; costa chalk-white, speckled with fuscous and reddish 

 scales, the edge remaining pure white : lines and markings white ; tirst line from 

 one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin, waved, roundly jirojeiting outwards 

 above and below median vein and again below submedian ; below. the middle 

 preceded by white scaling, which forms a grey speckled blotch on inner margin ; 

 outer line concisely Innulate-dentate from nearly three-fourths of costa to two-thirds 

 of inner margin ; snbraargiual line re].resented by two white blotches with angled 

 edges, one beyond cell, the other at anal angle, both spriidded with dark scales; 

 a pale dash on vein 3 between them : a marginal series of large white triaugnlar 

 spots at the vein-ends, laterally confluent above the middle; a black marginal 

 Hue interrupted at the veins ; fringe white, with grey mottlings beyond v^ins ; 

 discocellular marked by a white spot at eacli end, the" lower the plainer, tending 

 to form a tine line. 



Hindwing: the same, but the inner line represented by a white band, broadening 

 to middle of inner margin and marked with dark scales. 



Underside whitish green ; costa and marginal line of forewing greyish. 



Palpi and forelegs red above, whitish underneath ; face, thorax, and basal 

 segment of abdomen green ; vertex and antennae snow-white ; abdomen white, 

 thickly siJeckled with pink and grey scales on dorsum. 



Expanse of wings : ".'S'mm. 



1 ? from Durban, Natal (G. F. Leigh). 



I'i. Rhomborista intermaculata spec. nov. 



l-omciMj: grass-green, thickly riiijilcd svith whitish; co.slal area above 



subcostal vein brown varied witli paler, and along the costal edge snow-white, 



cln^e to the base red ; marginal line brown, thickened into triangles at the 



vein-ends, each marked with some blue-grey scales at the centre; from the aual 



