.">2N T.miosiAD.t:. 



crimson and black ; irons and vertex of head with Mack points ; 

 tegulse dorsally and at sides, the patagia at base, extremities and 

 shoulders with black spots, the pro- and metathorax each with two 

 pairs of black spots; legs crimson above; abdomen crimson with 

 lateral and sul (lateral series of black spots Fore wing red-brown, 

 the apical area darker ; a black point at base of costa and two in 

 cell ; the end of cell and the area below and beyond it semihyaline, 

 the outer edge of the semihyaline area sinuous and below vein 4 

 extending to near termen. Hind wing semihyaline whitish slightly 

 tinged with red-brown, the termen red-brown from apex to vein 2 ; 

 the underside with the costal area tinged with red-brown. 



Hah. Natal (Spiller), type f J in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 oti millim. 



*2120 d. Rhodogastria saalmulleri. 



Pelocltyta vidua, Saalm. Lep. Madag. i. p. 150, pi. 5. f. 52 (1884), nee 



Cram. 

 Rhodogastria saalmulleri, Eoths. A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 235 (1911). 



<5 . Head and thorax white tinged with reddish brown ; palpi 

 crimson, whitish in front, the basal joint with black spot, the 2nd 

 and 3rd joints black at extremities ; antennae brownish crimson, 

 the basal joint with black spot ; 'frons above and vertex of head 

 with black points ; tegulse and patagia dorsally and at sides, the 

 pro-, meso-, and metathorax with paired black spots ; legs striped 

 crimson and whitish; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface 

 whitish, lateral and sublateral series of black points. Fore wing 

 whitish faintly tinged with reddish brown, the cell and area below 

 and beyond it semihyaline, the outer edge of the hyaline area 

 sinuous and edged with fuscous ; two black points at base of cell ; 

 a brownish white discoidal bar. Hind wing semihyaline white, 

 the inner and terminal areas more thickly scaled and tinged with 

 brownish; a slight fuscous discoidal lunule ; the underside with 

 the costal area tinged with brownish. 



Hal). Madagascae, Morondava, tj-pef 6 in Coll. Rothschild. 

 JExp. 50 millim. 



2120 e. Rhodogastria rhodopa. (Plate LXIX. fig. IS.) 



Amerila rhodopa, Wlk. xxxi. 305 (1864). 



J. Head and thorax brownish white; palpi crimson above, the 

 extremities of the joints blackish ; antenna' brown ; frons and 

 vertex of head with black points ; tegulse dorsally and at sides and 

 the meso- and metathorax with paired black points; legs tinged 

 with crimson; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface brownish 

 white. Fore wing white tinged with brown especially on apical 

 area ; a black point at base of costa and two in cell ; the cell from 

 before middle, the disk beyond it, and the area below it semi- 

 hyaline, the outer edge of tin- hyaline area waved and extending to 

 termen below vein 3. Hind wing semihyaline white, the veins, 

 lennen. and inner area tinged with brown. 



Huh. I\m\, 1 J; Madras, Shevarov Hills, 1 <3 , Coimbatore, 

 I Walhouse), 1 6 type. Exp. 10-52 millim. 



