HERACLIA. 559 



patch in cell and almost confluent fasciae below the cell above and 

 below submedian fold and above inner margin where the fascia, 

 extends from near base to well beyond middle; an oblique conical 

 yellow patch in end of cell and, an oblique patch below basal half 

 of vein 2; an oblique post medial patch from below costa to below 

 vein 3 near termen, its inner edge slightly irregular and Kent 

 inwards at lower extremity : a small subterminal spol below vein 2; 

 cilia white at apex. Hind wing orange witha black terminal hand 

 expanding somewhat towards apex and at vein 2; cilia white at 

 apex and tipped with white from vein 3 to tornns. 



ah. 1. Fore wing with the yellow fasciae above inner margin 

 much shorter and hardly extending to middle of wing. 



lli/h. X. Rhodesia, Kambove Distr. (Weave), 4 3,2 5. Exp. 

 (i t-88 millim. 



75 d. Heraclia perpallida. (Plate LXXI. fig. 2.) 



Xanthospilopteryx ssmulatrix, perpallida, Jord. Seitz, Gr.-Schm. xv. Afr. 

 ii. p. 4 (1913). 



Head and thorax black, the frons, head just behind antennae, 

 tegulae, and patagia with paired white points; palpi with white 

 points on each joint; gense white; pectus with white mixed; fore 

 tibiae with yellow hand ; mid and hind femora and tibiae with white 

 streaks, the tibiae at extremities and tarsi ringed with white ; 

 abdomen yellowish grey suffused with black, the ventral surface 

 and anal tuft at extremity below more orange-yellow. Fore wing 

 black ; some slight pale blue marks below basal part of costa ; an 

 oblique short silvery suhbasal streak above vein 1 ; a small yellow 

 antemedial spot in the cell, an oblique silvery line beyond it across 

 the cell and streak below middle of cell ; an elongate yellow spot 

 above inner margin before middle ; an oblique quadrate yellow 

 patch in the cell towards its extremity, somewhat constricted at 

 middle and an oblique quadrate patch below it below vein 2 ; a 

 curved silvery blue mark on the diseocellulars ; an oblique maculate 

 yellow postmedial band between veins 8 and 3, the spot above 

 vein 3 elongate with the spot below it below its extremity; a small 

 yellow subterminal spot in submedian fold ; cilia white at apex. 

 Hind wing pale yellow; some fuscous at base; the outer edge of 

 1 be yellow area obliquely curved from costa before middle to vein 4, 

 then incurved to inner margin near tornus; the rest of wing black ; 

 cilia white towards apex. Underside of fore wing with some white 

 marks in the cell towards base ; bind wing with the black continued 

 narrowly along the costa to base, the fuscous at base below the 

 cell only. 



ah. 1. Hind wing orange-3'ellow. 



Hab. Uganda (Jackson), type f 6 in Coll. Rothschild, Entebbe 

 (Weave), 1 §, Buddu (Weave), 1 tf.Tero Forest (Weave), 1 rf , 

 Toro, Dam Forest ( Weave), 3 c? , 1 $ , Lake George 1 Weave ), 3<3 , 

 1 $. 'Exp. 56 7i) millim. 



