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lines absent ; orbicular oblique elliptical, deep red defined by black 

 and with slight black striga in centre ; reniform a rather V-shaped 

 lunule, defined by black except above and on upper part of inner 

 side -where it is defined by red ; a large triangular -white patch in, 

 below, and beyond cell, extending belo-\v end of cell to submedian 

 fold, its outer edge running obliquely to costa to-\vards apex ; 

 a broad terminal white bond with black-irrorated lunulate band on 

 it before termen, with a red patch on it on inner area and red patch 

 on inner edge of the white band on costal area ; a terminal series 

 of black lunnles ; cilia black and whitish with slight yellowish line 

 at base. Hind wing orange-yellow with subterminal series of 

 small round black spots interrujjted at submedian fold. Underside 

 of fore wing yellow, the reniform and small orbicular black, a 

 curved subterminal series of rather triangular black spots except 

 towards tornus, diffused towards apex ; hind wnng with black 

 discoidal point. 



llah. Mashonaland (Dobbie), 1 $ type. Ea^^. 60 millim. 



Genus LEUCOVIS. 



Type. 



Leucovis, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Plial. B.M. rii. p. S (1908) afha. 



Perimagia, Strand, Deutsch. Ent. Zeit. 19U9, p. 536 alba. 



Proboscis fiillj develojiecl ; palpi porrect, sliort, moderately fringed witli 

 hair below ; irons with large truncate conical prominence -with rai.sed edges and 

 corneous plate below it ; eyes large, round ; antenna of male minutely ciliated ; 

 thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ; tibije moderately fringed 

 with hair, the fore tarsi with tnfts of hair on the joints above ; abdomen with 

 some rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex lounded, 

 the termen evenly curved and iiardly crenulale ; veins 3 and 5 from near 

 angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 obso- 

 lescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only. 



4901. Leucovis alba. 

 Pristoceraa alba, Eoths. Nov. Zool. iv. p. 183 (1897). 

 Head orange ; palpi black, the extremities of 1st and 2nd joints 



Fig. 205. — Leucovis alba, J . \. 



yellow ; lower part of frons and antennae black ; neck and shoulders 

 black ; thorax yellowish white ; pectus orange, the fore and mid 

 libiffi and the tarsi black ; abdomen orange, the base yellowish 



