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area whitish ; some whitish on termen towards tornns ; cilia red- 

 brown. Underside of fore wing Avith the costal area irrorated with 

 brown, some red suffusion below postmedial part of costa and a grey 

 apical patch, the rest of wing fuscous brown with the inner area 

 whitish ; hind wing pale grej' irrorated with brown, a double diirk 

 discoidal striga and indistinct double sinuous subterminal line except 

 towards costa. 



Hah. Gambia (Malonei/), type J in Coll. Druce ; N. Nigeeia, 

 Punguma {Anderson), 1 5 type. Exp. 30 millim. 



B. Fore wing with the termen slightly excurved at vein 6, angled at vein 4, 

 then oblique. 



6283. Phlegetonia holocausta. 



Eutelia hohcausta, Hrapsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 379 (1905). 



2 . Head, thorax, and base of abdomen fiery rufous ; tegulae with 

 blackish patches at base ; palpi long ; abdomen rufous tinged with 

 gre}^ with small lateral chocolate-red spots on 3rd and 4th segments. 

 Fore wing fiery rufous slightly tinged with grey and irrorated with 

 fuscous ; traces of an antemedial red line, oblique below the cell ; 

 a fiery red spot in middle of cell ; a faint pale discoidal lunule ; 



Fig. 28. — Phlegetonia holocmtsta, § . \. 



traces of a double postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 6 and 

 below vein 4; a chocolate-red patch on costa before apex outwardly 

 defined by an oblique white line with some fuscous beyond it ; 

 traces of a subterminal line excurved at middle, then strongly 

 incurved, wdth minute dentate chocolate marks before it above and 

 below vein 5 and slight rufous marks above and below 2; termen 

 angled at vein 4, then oblique. Hind wing fiery rufous with small 

 chocolate-red spots on inner margin towards tornus ; the Underside 

 with chocolate discoidal spot and minutely waved medial, post- 

 medial, and subterminal lines, obsolescent on costal half. 



Hab. S. NiGEPaA, Sapele {Say^ipson), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim. 



0. {Phlegetoiiio). Fore wing with the termen oblique and 

 crenulate below vein 3. 



a. Hind wing white with dark terminal band caiephioides, 



h, Hind wing fuscous brown with the basal area whitish, 

 fti. Fore wing with black spot on outer edge of post- 

 medial line in submedian interspace porphyriota. 



