RHODOGASTBIA. V_>] 



211 1 a. Rhodogastria serica, trans, from page 505. 



The male with fringe of dark brown hair on upperside of hind 

 wing. In Coll. Rothschild. 



*211-"> a. Rhodogastria roseomarginata. 



Bhodogastria irginata, Roths. Nov. ZooL xvii. p. 183 (1910), & 



xviii. pL t>. i. 35. 



d . Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi crimson with black 

 spots at extremities of the joints: antenna* black, the basal joint 

 crimson with Mark spot above; frons and vertex of head with 

 black points; tegular and patagia dorsally and at sides, the pro-, 

 meso-, and metathorax with paired black points; pectus whitish 

 tinged with rufous and with crimson and black spots below the 

 shoulders; leys crimson, the tibia and tarsi fuscous in front, 

 the fore coxaa with black spots; abdomen crimson, the base and 

 ventral surface pale rufous, lateral and sublateral series of small 

 black spots. Fore wing pale red-brown ; two black points in base 

 of cell ; the cell and area just below it and the disk beyond it semi- 

 hyaline, the outer edge of the semihyaline area sinuous, darker 

 above vein 5, and below it extending more towards termen. Hind 

 winy semihyaline slightly tinged with rufous, the termen pale 

 rufous, pink between veins 6 and 2 ; the underside with the costal 

 area pale rufous, the termen pink. 



ll,ih. S. Nigeria, Ogruga, typef 6 in Coll. Rothschild, 

 Kiongo. Exp. 52 millim. 



*2115 b. Rhodogastria rothi. 



Rhodo -'li. Roths. Xov. Zool. xvii. p. 1S3 (1910), & xviii. pi. G. 



f. 34. 



d" . Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi crimson with black spots 



at the extremities of the joints ; frons blackish at sides, antenna} 

 black, the basal joint crimson with black point above; frons and 

 vertex of bead with black points, the tegulai dorsally and at sides, 

 the patagia and meso- and metathorax with paired black points, the 

 tegulse crimson below; pectus and legs crimson, the latter fuscous 

 in front, the fore cox;e with black spots; abdomen crimson with 

 lateral and sublateral series of small black spots. Fore winy red- 

 brown with a fuscous tinge ; two black points at base of cell ; the 

 lower part of cell, the area just below it, and the disk beyond it 

 semihyaline. the semihyaline area extending below vein 5 to towards 

 termen. Hind wing semihyaline white slightly tinged with red- 

 brown, the inner area tinged with crimson; the apex and termen 

 to vein 4 and below vein 2 brown. Underside of fore winy with 

 some pink at base ; hind wing white tinged with pink, the costal 

 area pink towards base then brown, and the apical part of termen 

 brown. 



Rab. S.Nigeria, Warri R.\Both), typef ' in Toll. Roth- 

 schild. F.Xji. 50 millim. 



