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grey dashes between the veins ; instead of a grey patch, there 

 is a snow-white spot near the anal angle placed upon a longi- 

 tudinal black dash *. 



AgaristidsB. 



19. Rothia micropales, sp. n. 



R. pali affinis, multo minor, nigro-fusca ; alae anticae fascia obliqua 

 pallide flava pone medium sita, costam angulumve externum 

 hand attingente ; posticae plaga media rotundata flava cyaneo 

 zonata, oculis flavo cinctis : abdomen lateribus croceis. Ala3 

 subtus paulo pallidiorcs ; anticae nigro-fusca?, basi crocea, fascia 

 superna flavida, ciliis apicalibus albis ; posticae croceae areis 

 apicali et externa nigro-fuscis : corpus sordide croceum, palpis 

 nigro-fuscis albo maculatis, pedibus supra fuscis. Alar. exp. 

 unc. 1, lin. 8. 



Antananarivo (Kingdon). 



Professor Westwoocl places R. pales first in his list of the 

 species of Rothia j yet he refers to this genus two Eusemia; 

 (E. agrius and pedasus of Herrich-Schaffer). In this matter 

 lie is manifestly in error, E. agrius being closely allied to 

 E. zea of the same author, and E. pedasus being allied to E. 

 hypopyrrha. 



In the British Museum we have specimens of E. zea and 

 E. hypopyrrlia. They both have the greater part of the secon- 

 daries carmine upon the under surface, and form a group, 

 with E. agrius and pedasus, which cannot be separated gene- 

 rically from Eusemia, unless, indeed, the more robust body of 

 E. hypopyrrlia, and its slightly more pointed primaries in the 

 male, should be considered sufficient reasons for regarding it 

 alone as the type of a new genus. 



20. Rothia Westiooodii, sp. n. 



Nigra ; aloe anticae fasciola pono medium abbreviata flava, antice 

 coarctata ; posticae plaga permagna dimidium basale fere im- 

 plente flava ; abdominis lateribus ochreis. Alae subtus ad basin 

 ochreae ; corpus ochreum, palpis nigris flavo punctatis. Alar, 

 exp. unc. 1, lin. 5. 



Antananarivo (Kingdon) . 



This seems to be a common species. 



The female of Eusemia hypopyrrlia, obtained by Mr. Shaw 

 at Fianarantsoa, only differs from the male in its browner 

 ground-colour and rather broader wings. 



* The t} T pe being slightly rubbed, I have corrected one or two points 

 in the original description. 



