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2115 c. Rhodogastria metasarca. (Plate LXIX. fig. 8.) 

 Rhodoga8tria metasarca, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 412 (1911). 



<$. Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi pink, the 1st joint 

 with black mark at side, the 2nd and :3rd joints black except at 

 base ; antenna* black except basal joint ; frons and vertex of head 

 with black points, the tegulse dorsally and at sides, patagia, pro- 

 and metathorax with paired black points ; pectus and legs pink, 

 the for* coxae with black spots, the extremities of femora, the 

 tibiae and tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen pink with lateral 

 and sublateral series of small black spots. Fore wing pale red- 

 brown ; a black point at base of costa and two in cell ; a semi- 

 hyaline patch beyond and below end of cell between veins 7 and 2, 

 edged with darker brown on discocellulars and outer edge, and 

 the veins on it red-brown. Hind wing pale flesh-pink with a 

 semihyaline patch in, beyond, and below end of cell, the veins 

 crossing it pinkish ; the apex tinged with brown ; the underside 

 with the costal area slightly tinged with brown. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 6 type. Exp. 

 54 millim. 



subsp. 1. Fore wing with the semihyaline patch beyond and 

 below end of cell very indistinct and ill-defined, much narrower 

 beyond the cell ; hind wing without semihyaline patch on disk. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Accra, 1 6 . Exp. 50 millim. 



2115 d. Rhodogastria caraeola. (Plate LXIX. fig. 9.) 



Rhodegaatria carneola, Hmpsn. Nov. Zool. xxiii. p. 239 (1916). 



Head and thorax ochreous flesh-colour, the basal joint of 

 antennae and neck crimson, the basal joint of antennae, vertex of 

 head, tegulae, and patagia with black spots, the pro-, meso-, and 

 metathorax with paired black spots ; antennae pale crimson ringed 

 with brownish ; frons with black spots at middle and sides ; palpi 

 crimson with black bands at extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints ; 

 legs crimson with black spots at sides of fore coxae ; abdomen 

 crimson, the ventral surface pale flesh-pink, lateral and sublateral 

 series of black spots. Fore wing ochreous flesh-colour; a diffused 

 fuscous brown medial line ; a large semihyaline patch beyond the 

 cell between veins 7 and 2, its outer edge excurved between veins 5 

 and 2. Hind wing pale flesh-pink, semihyaline except the veins 

 and margins. Underside of fore wing with the cell and ana below 

 it also semihyaline defining a flesh-pink discoidal bar. 



Hab. "(!khm., E. Africa," Moschi, 1 5 ; Be. C. Aikh \. 

 Mt. Mlanji (Neave), 1 d type. Exp. 54 millim. 



2115 e. Rhodogastria castanea. (Plate LXIX. fig. 10.) 

 Ehodoga8tria castanea, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 412 (1911). 



j. Head and thorax red-brown; palpi pink with black marks 



