55G iMiAr.rvoiDTD.T:. 



apical area and a subterminal spot in submedial fold; oblique 

 silvery blue lines in and below middle of cell and on discocellulars ; 

 • •ilia with a series of white spots. Hind wing- scarlet with a black 

 discoidal striga and terminal hand slightly angled inwards at 

 vein 2; the cilia with a series of white spots. Underside of fore 

 wing with the yellow markings tinged with scarlet; hind win l;- 

 with small subapical patch of yellow scales. 



Rah. N.W. Rhodesia, Alala Plateau (Weave), 1 tf type. 

 'Exp. 64 millim. 



73. Heraclia longipennis, insert (syn.) : — 

 Xanthospilopteryx donitzi, Griinberg, S.B. Ges. Naturf. 1910. p. 176. i . 9, 

 and delete 

 Xanthospilopteryx abacata, Karsch. 



*73 a. Heraclia abacata. 



Xanthospilopterya i. Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xviii. p. 1S1 (1892); 



Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schm. xv. Afr. ii. p. 3, pi. 2 a. 

 Xanthospilopteryx lomata, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xviii. p. 182 i 



Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schm. xv. Afr. ii. p. 3, pi. 5 a. 



Head and thorax black with white points; abdomen yellow 

 irrorated with black, the base blackish. Fore wing black; an 

 oblique quadrate yellow patch in the cell towards extremity and 

 triangular patch below the cell ; an oblique postmedial hand of 

 spots, the spots below COSta linear, the four next elongate, and the 

 spot below vein 1 round and near termen ; a small suhterminal spot 

 in submedian fold; cilia white at apex. Hind wing orange ; the' 

 base blackish, emitting streaks on inner area ; the veins with some 

 blackish; the costal and terminal areas black, the latter expanding 

 towards apex and at middle and narrowing to tornus ; cilia white 

 at apex. 



ab. 1. lomata. Abdomen with dull yellow hair; lore wing 

 shorter, the yellow patch in cell angled inwards above, the spot 

 below the cell more tapering; hind wing ochreous yellow, the 

 terminal hand very broad, the cilia yellow at apex. 



Huh. Ca.mkkoons. i'..c/i. 96 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



7:', />. Heraclia atribasalis. I Plate LXX. fig. 20.) 



i [mpsn. A. M. X. II. (8) x. p. 610 (1912). 



c? . Head and thorax black; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of 

 IVons, vertex of head, tegulae at middle and sides, and patagia with 

 white points; genae white; femora streaked with whitish, the fore 

 tibia? with sonic orange, the mid and hind tibiae at extremities and 

 tin tarsi ringed with white; abdomen pale yellowish mixed with 



