KorniA. 579 



Hind wing scarlet, with a terminal blaek-browii band rather broad 

 at costa, narrowing to a point at tornus. 



Uah. Madagascar, Fianarantsoa {Joij, Shaw), I d , 1 $ typo. 

 Exp. 84 millim. 



*91. Rothia simyra. (Plate LIII. fig. 12.) 



Rothia simijra, Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. (2) i. p. 20i (1877) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 25. 



c? . Black-brown : 2nd and ;3rd joints of palpi and back of head 

 with yellow spots ; sides of froris and gulte yellow ; tegulae, 

 shoulders, and patagia with yellow spots : pectus and legs orange ; 

 abdomen with orange lateral bands becoming slight segmental lines 

 on dorsum, the ventral surface orange. Fore wing with slightly 

 oblique orange-yellow medial baud from just below costa to above 

 inner margin, expanding towards lower extremity and with irregular 

 edges; cilia white at apex of both wings. Underside of fore wing 

 with the base orange, emitting short streaks on subcostal and 

 median nervures and a streak to the medial band on inner margin. 

 Hind wing with a scarlet patch becoming orange on costal area and 

 at base, and extending from costa before middle to inner margin 

 just above tornus, its outer edge strongly curved. 



Hah. Madagascae, type t <3 in Mus. Oxon. E.vp. 72 millim. 



92. Rothia zea. 



Agarista zca, Herr.-Sehiiff. Aussereur. Schmett. ff. .j4, 35 (185o); Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 24. 



Elack ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of frons, back of head, 

 tegulse, and patagia with small pale yellow spots ; antennaj annu- 

 lated with white ; pectus and legs orange, the tibiae and tarsi 

 irrorated with black ; abdomen dorsally black, ventrally orange, 

 black lateral bands meeting ventrally on terminal segments. Fore 

 wing with two small pale yellow spots beloAv base of costa, an 

 antcmedial spot in cell, a spot in end of cell, a spot beyond upper 

 angle, and a spot beyond lower angle between veins 5 and 2 ; some 

 silvery -blue scales above base of vein 1, below costa before middle, 

 in middle of cell, and on discocellulars ; cilia white at apex and 

 iibove tornus, and with white points between. Hind wing with 

 the cilia chequered white and black. Underside of fore wing with 

 vsome orange at base ; hind wing crimson, with terminal black band 

 very broad at costa, narrowing to u point at tornus. 



Hah. Madagascar, Eetsilco, Morondava, 5 c? , 1 $ . Exp. 60-68 

 millim. 



*93. Rothia distigma. (Plate LIII. fig. 1 2.) 

 Agarista distigma, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1897, p. 219. 



2 . Black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of frons, back of 

 head, tegulae, patagia, and mesothorax with pale yellow points; 



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