412 Sir G. F. Hampson on new 



paired spots on pro-, meso-, and metathorax black ; slioulders 

 with black spots ; pectus and legs whitish,, crimson streaks 

 below the wings, femora above, the tibise and base of tarsi 

 streaked with crimson, tlie fore tibise and the tarsi red- 

 brown ; abdomen crimson, with the five basal segments pale 

 llesh-colour on dorsum, the ventral surface brown. Fore 

 wing pale red-brown, the cell and area just below and beyond 

 it semihyaline ; a small black spot at base. Hind wing pale 

 red-brown, the inner area paler. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Aro (C. M. Graij), 1 S type. Ea^p. 

 50 mm. 



2115 a. Rliodogastria metasarca, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax pale red-brown ; palpi pink, the 

 first joint with black mark at side, the second and third 

 joints black except at base; antennae black except basal 

 joint ; f rons and vertex of head with black points, the tegulee 

 dorsally and at sides, patagia, pro- and metathorax with 

 paired black points ; pectus and legs pink, the fore coxae with 

 black spots, the extremities of femora, the tibiae, and tarsi 

 streaked with black ; abdomen pink with lateral and sub- 

 lateral series of small black spots. Fore wings pale red- 

 brown ; a black point at base of costa and two in cell ; a 

 semihyaline patch beyond and below end of cell between 

 veins 7 and 2, edged with darker brown on discocellulars and 

 outer edge, and the veins on it red-brown. Hind wing pale 

 flesh-pink, with a semihyaline patch in, beyond, and below 

 end of cell, the veins crossing it pinkish ; the apex tinged 

 with brown ; the underside with the costal area slightly 

 tinged with brown. 



Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 <^ type. Exp. 

 54 mm. 



Subsp. 1. Fore wing with the semihyaline patch beyond 

 and below end of cell very indistinct and ill defined, much 

 narrower beyond the cell ; hind wing without semihyaline 

 patch on disk. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Accra, 1 cJ . Exp. 50 mm. 



2116 a. Rhodogastria castanea, sp. n. 



S . Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi pink with black 

 mark at side of first joint, the second and third joints black 

 except at base ; frons with black points at sides and above ; 

 vertex of head with black spot ; tegulae dorsally and at sides, 

 patagia, meso- and metathorax with paired black spots ; 

 pectus and legs pink, the fore coxae with black spots, the legs 



