396 SIR GEORGE P. HAMPSON on [Mar. 1, 



Xanthospilopteryx africana But]. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 142 

 (1875). 



N.E. Rhodesia, upper Luangwa valley, E. Luangwa clistr. 



[Xanthospilopteryx africana Butl.and allied species are common 

 everywhere during the wet season from October to April. They 

 are diurnal in their habits and have a rather powerful flight. 

 They are very conspicuous on the wing and almost certainly form 

 the models for butterflies such as Euphcedra crawshayi Birth and 

 allied species. — S. A. N.] 



Xanthospilopteryx superba Butl. A. M. X. H. (4)xv. p. 141, 

 pi. 13. f. 3 (1875). 



Congo, Katanga, Kambove. The form with yellow hind wing. 



X.E. Rhodesia, E. Luangwa distr., Luangwa valley, upper 

 Luangwa valley, Mpika, Bangweolo clistr. ; Portuguese E. 

 Africa, Makanga clistr. The form with crimson hind wing. 



Xanthospilopteryx atriventralis, sp. n. (PI. XXXVI. 

 fig. 13). 



c? . Head and thorax black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides 

 of frons, vertex of head and tegulas at middle and sides with 

 paired white points ; patagia with yellowish spots ; tibia? with 

 yellowish bands, the femoro-tibial joints and tarsi with white 

 points ; abdomen black with dorsal and lateral yellow bands, the 

 ventral surface black. Fore wing black with oblique silvery blue 

 bar in middle of cell with slight streaks above and below it, a 

 discoidal lunule and short streak on middle of vein 2 ; a subbasal 

 yellow spot below costa, elongate antemedial spot below costa and 

 small spot above vein 5, a spot in middle of cell and medial spot 

 above vein 1 ; an oblique yellow band from below middle of costa 

 to vein 1 towards tornus, dilated at vein 2 and ending in a point ; 

 an oblique subapical band from below costa to vein 3neartermen, 

 its extremities rounded, and a small subterminal spot above 

 vein 1 ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing scarlet with black terminal 

 band expanding somewhat towards apex and at vein 2 ; cilia 

 whitish at apex ; the underside with the costa narrowly black to 

 nea,r base. 



Hub. N.E. Rhodesia, Serenji distr. (Reave), 1 o" type. Exp. 

 56 mm. 



Xanthospilopteryx discosticta, sp. n. (PI. XXXVI. fig. 23.) 



(5 . Head and thorax black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides 

 of frons, and back of head with white points ; guhe white ; tegula?, 

 shoulders, and patagia with yellowish white points, the last with 

 some yellowish at tips; tibia? with yellow bands, the base and 

 extremities of tibia? and the tarsi with white points ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow tinged with fuscous, the extremity and ventral 

 surface black, sublateral and vential series of small yellow spots. 



