.EGOCERA. 601 



whitish stripes; tegulae at sides and middle, pjitagia, and thorax 

 with wliitish stripes, the patagia fringed with orange above : pectus 

 and legs orange, the tibi;^ and tarsi banded black and wliitish ; 

 abdomen orange, with slight segmental black lines, the ventral 

 surface whitish with sublateral black spots. Fore wing bright 

 rufous : the costal and inner areas thickly irrorated with creamy 

 white ; a spot below base of costa followed liy two, sometimes con- 

 joined, streaks in submedian interspace to well beyond middle, with 

 . a short carved line beyond its extremity and some irroration above 

 it ; a small antemedial spot in cell : a somewhat ([uudrate spot in 

 end of cell ; an oblique sinuous postmedial band from below costa 

 to below vein 3, with its lower end incurved and with a curved line 

 beyond it; a subterminal line incurved below vein 3; a leaden- 

 silvery streak above base of vein 1 ; a bar across middle of cell to 

 the submedian fascia; a discoidal bar with cream-coloured striga 

 before it, and a terminal series of small spots ; cilia yellow. Hind 

 wing orange, with discoidal rufous bar diffused outwards at lower 

 extremity ; a terminal band with sinuous inner edges, excised at 

 middle and angled inwards on vein 2. 



5 . Head, thorax, and fore wing much darker : hind wing with 

 the markings black. 



Hdh. Br. E. Africa, Machakos (CrawsJiai/), 1 5, Athi-ya-Ma\ve 

 ( Bfflon), 2 2 5 Uganda, Mnani (Anson/e), 1 (S type in Coll. Ilotli- 

 schild. Exj}. 4:^-48 millim. 



124. Mgoceva, fervida. 



JEgoccm fervida, Wlk. i. 57 (1854); Bull. 111. lleL. E. M. i. p. 12. pi. 5. 



f. 7 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 'Al. 

 .Effocera triphmnoidcs, Wllgrn. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 08 (ISGO). 

 .Kgocera fimbria, Mcischl. Siett. ent. Zeit. xxxiii. p. 354 (1872); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 37. 



S . Head and thorax black-brown ; palpi fringed with orange ; 

 extremity of 2nd joint and base of 3rd white ; frons, vertex of 

 head, teguUie, and tliora.v with broad whitish stripe; pectus and 

 legs orange, fore tibiae and tarsi with black langs ; abdomen orange, 

 with dorsal series of black spots. Fore A\ing deep chocolate-red, 

 sparsely irrorated with ochreous, especially on costal area ; a cream- 

 coloured fascia from base of costa to well beyond middle in sub- 

 median interspace ; an oblique fascia from costa beyond middle to 

 above vein 2 near termen ; a leaden spot below costa near base ; 

 an antemedial bar below the fascia and one ))eyoud the fascia ; a 

 bar in middle of cell and another on discocellulars ; cilia cream- 

 coloured. Hind wing orange, with red discoidal spot and terminal 

 band excised at middle and angled inwards at vein 2 ; cilia orange. 



$ . Fore wing and markings of hind wing blacker. 



U<(l>. X. Congo (Beritlei/), Coll. Kothschild ; 'Sxixh {Gacinzii(s\ 

 1 d, 1 $, Ycn\\iim(TA>nen), 1 J, Karkloof (Marshall), 1 d, 

 Muhevn (Marsh(iU), 1 d , Fstcourt (//('7t7<///.so<*). 1 $ ; C. Colony, 

 Fort I'itt (.J. ^mith), 1 d . Kq)., d 52, $ 58 millim. 



