-s:gocera. 



603 



costa beyond middle to just below vein 3 ; some leaden scales below 

 costa iieai- base, antemedial spots in cell and above vein i and a dis- 

 coidal bar ; cilia yellow. Hind witij? orange ; some rufous suffusion 

 on inner area near base ; a broad discoidal bar ; a broad terminal 

 band with sinuous inner edge, incurved at vein 2, 



2 . Tlie rufous rcj)laced l)y black-brown ; the markings of head, 

 thorax, and fore wing whiter : hind wing with the discoidal bar 

 often reduced to a spot. 



Ilah. Sierra Leone {Morgan), 2 d" , 4 J , type magna ; Niger II., 

 Onitsha, 1 J ; Uganda Prot., Wadelai (/^Jmin), 2 5 . Exi^. 46-58 

 millim. 



127. iEgocera latreilli. 



^^(/occra latreilHi, Hen: -SchiiS. Aussereiir. Schmett. f. 19(1853); Kirby, 

 Oat. Het. p. 37. 



c? . Bright rufous ; palpi fringed with orange ; the estremit}' of 

 2nd joint, base of 3rd, and lateral stripes on sides of f'rons and 

 vertex of head cream-colour ; tegular at sides and middle, streaks 

 on patagia, and a stripe on vertex of thorax cream-colour ; pectus 

 and legs orange, the tibiae and tarsi with black bands ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal black spots at base and bands towards extremity. 

 Fore wing with yellow spot below base of costa, followed by an 

 elongate spot, then a quadrate, then a rounded, and finally a tri- 

 angular spot in submedian interspace ; a round spot in end of cell ; 

 a slightly obli(iue band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 3, 

 constricted at middle and rounded below ; a purplish-silvery point 

 below base of costa, and antemedial points in cell and above vein 1 ; 

 a discoidal bar : a postmedial line oblique from below costa to 

 vein 4, then strongly incurved ; a terminal maculate band ; cilia 

 yellow. Hind wing orange, with red discoidal spot and broad 

 terminal band, strongly incurved at vein 2 ; cilia orange. 



2 . Black-brown instead of rufous ; the markings of head, thorax, 

 and abdomen whiter. 



Hah. Senegambia, Casamanca ; Br. C. Africa, Zomba (Johnston), 

 2^,2$, (Crawshag) 1 cT , 1 ? : Matabelelaxd, Umfuli K. 

 (Marshall), 1 J . Kv^'- '^*-* millim. 



128. .ffigocera obliquisigua, n. sp. (Plate LIV. fig. 13.) 



(5 . Bright rufous ; palpi fringed with yellow, the extremity of 

 2nd joint, the base of 3rd, and a broad stripe on frons and vertex 

 of head cream-colour ; tegulie and vertex of thorax with cream- 

 coloured stripe ; pectus and legs orange, the fore and mid tibia) and 

 tarsi with dark bands; abdomen orange, with slight dorsal and 

 lateral segmental black lines. Fore wing with obli(pie white fascia 

 from base of costa to beyond middle in submedian interspace, 

 folloued by a round spot, then a wedge-shaped spot; a round spot 

 in end of cell; an oblique irregular postmedial band from below 

 costa to below vein 3, with its lower extremity iiieurved ; a leaden 

 point below costa near base, another in middle of cell, a discoidal 



