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2120/. Rhodogastria eugenia. (Plate LXIX. fig. 19.) 



Noctua eugenia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. (3) ii. p. 19 (1791)). 

 Rhodogastria fraterna, Moore, Trans. Ent. Sue. 1884, p. 35G. 



Head and thorax white, the tips of tegulae and base of patagia 

 slightly tinged with brown; palpi crimson above, with black spots 

 at extremities of joints; antennae brown, the basal joint crimson 

 with black point above; irons and vertex of head with black 

 points ; tegulae and patagia dorsally and at outer edge, pro- and 

 metathorax with paired black points; legs brownish above, crimson 

 below ; abdomen dorsally crimson, ventrally white and with lateral 

 and sublateral series of small black spots. Fore wing white with 

 a very slight brownish tinge ; 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 semihyaline, the outer edge of the hyaline area 

 waved and extending to near termen below vein 3. Hind wing 

 white with a faint brownish tinge, semihyaline except the termen 

 and inner area. 



Hab. Punjab {Home), 1 J; Bombay (Leith), 1 6 , 1? type 

 fraterna. Exp. 52-56 millim. 



*2120y. Rhodogastria lactea. (Plate LXIX. fig. 20.) 



Rhodogastria lactea, Eoths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 185 (1910). 



$ . Head and thorax white faintly tinged with ochreous ; palpi 

 crimson, white in front and with black spots at extremities of 2nd 

 and 3rd joints; antenna brown, the basal joint crimson with black 

 spot ; vertex of head with black point ; tegulae and patagia dorsally 

 and at sides, the pro-, meso-, and metathorax with paired black 

 points ; pectus at sides and fore coxaj with black spots ; legs 

 striped crimson and white, the fore tibiae brown in front; abdomen 

 crimson, the basal joint and ventral surface white, lateral and sub- 

 lateral series of black points. Fore wing white; a black point at 

 base of costa and two in cell ; the end of cell and area below and 

 beyond it semihyaline, the semihyaline area extending below vein 5 

 to towards termen. Hind wing white, the end of cell and area 

 beyond it slightly semihyaline. 



Hab. Buhma, Minbu, type f 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 

 ■1G millim. 



2120 h. Rhodogastria aldabrensis. 



Rhodogastria aldabrensis, Fryer, Trans. Linn. Sue., Zool. xv. p. 6, pi. 1. 

 f. 5 (1912). 



Head and thorax chalky white tinged with rufous ; antenna? 

 rufous; the basal joint of antennae, vertex of bead, tegulae near 

 dorsum and outer edge, shoulders and patagia with small black 

 spots; palpi tinged with crimson at sides and with small black spots 

 near the extremities of the joints; Eore legs tinged with crimson; 



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