558 PITALKNOIDIDJ;. 



above tornus ; a silvery blue striga in middle of cell and some 

 scales below the cell and on discocellulars ; cilia white at apex. 

 Hind wing crimson with a black terminal band somewhat angled 

 inwards at vein 2 ; the cilia white at apex ; the underside with the 

 black extending on costa to middle. 



Hal. KE. Rhodesia. Chinsali Distr. {Reave), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 72 millim. 



75 b. Heraclia signata. (Plate LXXI. fig. 1.) 



Xanthospilopteryx signata, Bartel, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, liii. p. 122 



(1903). 

 Xanthospilopteryx ruwensorica, Strand, Lep. Cat. v. p. 16 (1912). 



Head and thorax black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi and sides of 

 frons with white points; genae white; vertex of bead, tegular at 

 middle and sides, patagia, and mesothorax with pale yellow spots, 

 tbe metathorax with slight orange spots ; pectus, femora, and tibia} 

 orange and black, the tibiae at extremities and tarsi ringed with 

 white; abdomen dull yellow with some black towards extremity 

 and at sides except towards base, subventral tufts of dull red hair 

 at base. Fore wing black ; three small yellowish spots below 

 basal part of costa, and subbasal spots below tbe cell and above 

 vein 1 ; an oblique antemedial series of small yellowish spots below 

 costa, in cell, and above vein 1 and inner margin ; an oblique 

 quadrate yellow patch across end of cell and oblique patch below 

 the cell ; an oblique yellow band from below costa beyond middle to 

 below vein 3 towards termen, its inner edge indented at veins 1. .'{ 

 and its outer edge sinuous; a small spot above tornus; some silvery 

 Mm' marks on basal area, an oblique striga in middle of cell, streak 

 below middle of cell, and discoidal line; cilia yellow at apex. Hind 

 wing scarlet; some black at base; a terminal black band, rather 

 broad at costa, expanding at vein 2 and narrowing to tornus ; cilia 

 yellow at apex; the underside with tbe basal half of costa orange, 

 tbe black on costa extending to middle. 



ab. 1. Hind wing orange-red. 



Hal. Uganda, Unyoro, L. Kioga (Neave), 1 <$ , Mt. Elgon 

 ( Neave), 1 d\ L. George (Reave), 2 ?, N. Budu (Weave), I , 

 Exp. 00-80 millim. 



75 c. Heraclia flavipeimis. 



Xanthospilopteryx flavvpennis, Bartel, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. liii. 

 p. L21 (1903); Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Sclim. xv. Afr. ii. p, :'., pi. 2a. 



Head and tborax black; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of 

 frons, back of bead, tegulae, and patagia with paired white points; 

 gense white; pectus, coxae, tibiae, and tarsi with white spots and 

 points; abdomen yellow slightly tinged with black, two black 

 bands at base and the extremity black. Fore wing black ; an 

 oblique silvery blue bar a1 middle of cell with slight streaks above 

 md belowil and a discoidal lunule; a triangular yellow antemedial 



