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" Ciipreous. Head beneath and sides of the pectus gilded yellow. 

 Abdomen gilded yellow ; tip partly black. Hind wings gilded 

 tip and exterior part of the fringe gilded. Length of the body, 

 2'j lines ; of the wings, 5^ hnes (= 12 mm.). 



" a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection." 

 Type, c? , B. M. 



[PL vi., fig. 13.] 



dorsistrigata, n. s. 



Capite bruuneo. Palpis subflavidis. Antennis violaceo-fuscis. 

 Thorace bruuneo. Alis anticis brunneis, subaenescentibus, lunula 

 dorsali ante medium, maculisque duabus post medium oppositis, 

 flavidis ; ciliis fuscis. Alis posticis dilute brunneis, aenescentibus, 

 in basi subflavidis ; ciliis aurantiacis apud apicem fuscis. Abdo- 

 mine aurantiaco, in basi flavo, macula prope basim purpureo, 

 vittaque anali purpureo apicem non attingente. Tibiis purpureo 

 fuscis. 



Antennte purplish fuscous. Palpi pale yellowish above, brownish 

 fuscous beneath, except on the basal one-third. Head bronzy 

 brown, a few pale yellow scales separating it from the thorax at 

 the sides. Thorax bronzy brown. Fore wings bronzy brown, 

 with a pale, oblique, dorsal patch at the basal third, reaching 

 nearly to the middle of the wing, and two opposite on the outer 

 third about equal in size, the first on the costa, the second at 

 the anal angle, all pale lemon-yellow ; cilia fuscous. Under side 

 bronzy brown, the extreme costal margin very pale ochreous, a 

 line of orange scales extending from the middle of the base to the 

 anal angle. Hind wings golden brown, tending to pale yellowish 

 on the upper part of the costal half, costal cilia pale yellow to 

 beyond the middle ; orange-yellow on the dorsal margin for the 

 same distance, thence fuscous around the apex. Under side 

 orange-yellow, thickly sprinkled with vermilion scales ; cilia 

 orange-yellow to beyond the base, thence fuscous. Abdomen 

 bright yellow at the base, near which is a deep purple bar, not 

 reaching to the sides ; below this bar the abdomen is orange, with 

 a wide purplish fuscous band crossing the anal segment, which 

 leaves the anal tuft pale ochreous. Under side whitish. Legs 

 purplish fuscous, femora whitish, some wide pale ochreous bands 

 across the tibite and tarsi beneath. Exp. al. 15 mm. 



Hah. Zanzibar {Mr. F. J. Jackson). 



Type, <? , Mus. Wlsm. 



This species is apparently allied to limifcra, Z., figured 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, PL XIIL, 41. It difiers 



