566 AGAEISTIDiE. 



and femora, and rings on tarsi white ; tibiae with orange patches ; 

 abdomen black, with orange bands above, white below, the anal tuft 

 •orange. Fore wing black ; four bluish-white spots below basal half 

 of costa, two below the cell, and some metallic blue scales above vein 

 1 ; a yellowish antemedial spot in cell and a streak on inner margin; 

 a somewhat triangular bar across extremity of cell, and a quadrate 

 spot below base of vein 2 ; spots beyond the cell between veins 8 

 and 6, and often a slight streak below G ; larger spots between veins 

 5 and 3 and a spot above tornus ; some silvery-blue scales in middle 

 of cell and on discocellulars ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing 

 scarlet ; a terminal black band with w-aved inner edge, expanding 

 on apical area and at vein 2, and running inwards on costa to before 

 middle, sometimes with a scarlet spot on termen below vein 2 ; the 

 cilia white at apex. 



The type is an aberration with the markings of fore wing orange; 

 hind wing orange with a slight red tinge. 



Hab. Old Calabak (Oocl-burn), 5 J; Cameroons, 1 $; Congo, 

 1 $; ?hab. 1 5 type. ^a^j*. 76 millim. Typef $ niveos2xirsa in 

 Mus. Ox on. 



Subsp. 1. dc-ficiens, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. clxxxiii ; id. Nov. Lep. 

 pi. 8. f. 4, k pi. 17. f. 1 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 899. 

 Xanthosfilofteryx minerva, Weymer, Stett. ent. Zeit. liii. p. 103 (1892). 



Fore wing with the elongate spot on inner margin replaced by 

 two small spots above vein 1, 



Hah. Gaboon, type f minerva in Coll. Weymer. 



69. Xanthospilopteryx terminatis. 



Eusemia terminatis, Wlk. vii. 1587 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 25. 

 Eusemia mecleba, Druce, Ent. Mo. Mag. xvi. p. 269 (1880) ; Waterh. Aid, 

 ii. pi. 172. f. 4; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 25. 



Head and thorax black ; sides of palpi and froris, back of head, 

 tegulae, and patagia with white spots : gulae, coxoe, streaks on 

 femora, and rings on tarsi black; tibine with orange patches; abdomen 

 black, with white segmen*^al bands tinged with ochreous on basal 

 half of dorsum ; anal tuit orange at extremity. Fore wing black ; 

 three bluish- white spots below basal part of costa, two below cell, and 

 some silvery blue followed by a bluish spot above vein 1 ; an ante- 

 medial triangular white spot in cell and a somewhat bar-shaped spot 

 across its extremity ; a quadrate spot below base of vein 2 ; elon- 

 gate spots beyond the cell above veins 7, 6, and 4, the last with a 

 more triangular spot below it ; a spot above tornus ; cilia white at 

 apex; some silvery blue in middle of cell and on discocellulars, and a 

 streak in middle of submedian fold. Hind wing orange, the base 

 black ; a terminal black band with sinuous inner edge running on 

 costa to base ; cilia white at apex ; underside with white spot on 

 termen towards tornus. 



Ab. 1. mecleba. Hind wing pale yellow. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, 2 c? , 3 $ , type : Lagos (SfraJian), 1 cS 

 Old Calabar. E.v^)., d 46, 5 54 millim.- 



