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M.fo/ixilm /nurclli's var. a. Dril. ,,.. var. mirlhig, Kirby, ('«/. /.-■/-. I/, I. i. ii. (il'iO. sub ii. I (ln'.l:i). 

 Lkili'iihUa pitrctlliis var. ot ab. ■•<urUii>', Bartel, in Riihl, Gromxchin. ii. p. 127 (I'.MIO). 

 .\[t'topsiliisj>(inrlliiK var. .smcKk.?, Staudinger & Rebel, Gil. Lep. ed. iii. p. 104. n. 7Gla (I'.IOI) (Pout.; 

 Arm. ; Ferg. m.). 



c? ? . Proiiotnm edged with grey as in askoldcnsiis, but not qnite so distinctly ; 

 tergites 5 and 6 of abdomen with yellowisli lateral apical sjiot. Body and wings 

 cinnamon, with very little red colour. A i)romincnt olivaceous median band on 

 forewing. Costal margin of forewiug below grey, irrorated with brown. Pale lateral 

 border of mesothoracic tegnla continued to frons, more' or less distinct, on |)r()i)otum. 



Early stages not known. 



llab. Transcaucasia ; Asia Minor. 



In the Tring Museum 2 c?c?, 3 ? ? from : Fxirsliom. 



().s!). Pergesa askoldensis. 



*Si„criiil!,iis iislMhlciisis Oborthur, Dhiijii. Lep. Ad-, p. .5 (187'J) : ill,, El. Enl. v. p. -1:,. ii. 04. t. 1. 



f. 3 (18W) (Askold ;— coll. Oberthiir). 

 'Ciiioijuii cingiiliilinii Butler, Tram. Eiit. Soc. Loml. p. 2 (1881) (Japan ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 Diilephila uxbi/ilnisis, Graeser, 7jVc/. Eiit. Zeihchi: xxxii. p. 105. n. 184 (1888) (AmurlaiKl) ; Staud., 



in Rom,, .)/<7/,. Up. vi. p. 2;i(). n. 217 (1892) (Amurld.) ; Bartel, in Riihl, Gmss.srhm. ii. p. 128 



(1900). 

 CiiKKjim afikoldenxh, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. G39. n. 1 (1892) ; Leech, Proc. Zool. Hoc. Loud. 



p. 584. n. 18 (1888) (= cingulatiim ; Oiwake ; Hakodate) ; Staud. & Reb., Cat. Lep. ed. iii. 



p. 104. n. 764 (1901). 



S ¥. Abdomiual segments with white fringe all round. Wings more distinctly 

 dentate than in the two jireceding sjjecies. Pale side-stripe of head and thorax 

 distinct on prothorax ; pale fringe of the latter also distinct. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Aniurland ; Jaj)an. 



In the Tring Museum ^ c? c? from : Sidemi ; Japan. 



CLVII. RHODAFRA gen. nov.— Typus : opheltcs. 



Sphbue, Cramer {uon Linne, 1758), Pap. E.tot. iii. p. 164 (1780). 

 Ili/les Hiibner, Verz. belc. Sclim. p. 137 (1822) (partim ; type : finllH). 

 beilephila. Walker (nun Laspeyres, 1809), Lht Lep. /»,v. B. M. viii. p. 173 (1856). 



<S ? . Antennae less clubbed than in Ce/en'o. Second segment of palpus 

 peculiar : scales mesially short, long right and left, the lateral ones especially long 

 and hair-like, forming a kind of crest ajipearing as a continuation of the eye-lashes, 

 the segment looking as if it were shorn mesially. Spines of abdomen weak as in 

 Ferffesa. 



S. Friction-scales small and numerous, process of harpe liroad, rounded at end, 

 hollowed out on the upperside (PI. LII. f. Hi), reseml)ling the process oi Fergcm. 

 Penis-sheath with incrassate dentate apical edge ending at both sides in a short 

 jirocess. 



Early stages not known. 



Hah. South Africa. 



As distinct from Celerio as is Feiy/c-sn. 



Two species : 



Forewing with broad creamy buff l>anil irom 



aj>ex to hinder margin iK'ar l)ase . . (iOO. F. ophclti's. 



Forewing without this band .... (U)l. F. marshalli. 



