RTTODOGASTRIA. ■')-■'> 



at side of 1st joint, the 2nd and 3rd joints black exeepl at base ; 

 frons with black points at sides and above; vertex of head with 

 black spot; tegulse dorsally and at sides, patagia, meso- and meta- 

 thorax with paired black spots ; pectus and legs pink, the fore 

 coxa? with black spots, the legs streaked with fuscous; abdomen 

 pink with lateral and sublateral series of small black spots. Fore 

 wing red-brown, the cell and the disk beyond and below it semi- 

 hyaline, a black point at base of costa and two in cell. Hind 

 wing semihyaline, the veins, costal and terminal areas pale reddish 

 brown, the inner margin pale pinkish; cilia pale. 



Huh. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Grompton), 1 S type. Exp. 

 54 millini. 



211(1. del. Noctua vidua, Cram. & Noctua puella, Fabr. The 

 species will stand as Rhodogastria mauritia. 



2116 a. Rhodogastria vidua. 



Noctua vidua, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. p. 127, pi. 204. f. C (1779). 

 Bombyx puella, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. 1. p. 474 (1793). 



Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi crimson, the 1st joint 

 with black spot, the 2nd and 3rd joints black at extremities ; 

 antenna 1 blackish, the basal joint crimson with black spot above ; 

 frons above and vertex of head with black spots ; tegulse and 

 patagia dorsally and at sides, the pro-, meso-, and metathorax with 

 paired black spots; femora striped crimson and brownish, the tibiae 

 and tarsi striped crimson and blackish, the fore coxa? with black 

 spots ; abdomen pale reddish brown, crimson towards extremity 

 above, lateral and sublateral series of black spots. Fore wing- 

 narrow, pale reddish brown, the cell and area below and bej'ond it 

 semihyaline, the outer edge of the hyaline area sinuous and extend- 

 ing below vein 5 to near termen ; a black point at base of costa 

 and two in base of cell. Hind wing pale brownish ochreous, the 

 cell and area below and beyond it somewhat semihyaline. 



Sab. Sierra Leone (Austen), 5^,1$; Gold Coast, Aburi 

 (Johnston), 2d; S. Nigeria, Lagos (Strahan, Boat/), 4 J • 

 Jijp. 48 millim. 



2116 b. Rhodogastria thermochroa. (Plate LXIX. fig. 11.) 



Rhodogastria thermochroa, Hmpsn. Nov. Zool. xxiii. p. 239 (1916). 



c? . Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi with the basal joint 

 pale crimson with two black spots, the 2nd and 3rd black, pale 

 crimson at base ; frons pale crimson with black spot above ; 

 antennas black, the basal joint pale crimson, black in front ; vertex 

 of head with black spot ; tegulse with black spots at middle and 

 sides ; shoulders with two black spots ; tegulse at base, pro-, meso-, 

 and metathorax with paired black spots; pectus and legs pale 



