MTHACOBIA. 513 



below base of costa ; a wedge-shaped silvery white patcl:; n base of 

 submedian interspace ; traces of a pale antemedial line, oblique from 

 costa to median nervuie, then erect ; an oblique pale pink bar at 

 end of cell from costa to postmedial line at vein 2 with a black 

 striga on it at lower angle of cell representing the reniform and a 

 small grey fiery red mark beyond it at middle ; postmedial line 

 brown slightly defined by white on inner side, bent outwards below 

 costa, oblique to vein 4, then incurved and again excurved to inner 

 margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; a coppery red patch 

 at apex ; subterminal line slight, whitish, excurved, angled inwards 

 in submedian fold, with silvery purple patches before it at discal 

 fold and beyond it at submedian fold ; cilia deep red tinged with 

 purple at base. Hind wing fiery red, paler at base ; cilia purplish 

 with a fine white line at base ; the underside yellowish, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with red, a small discoidal spot and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (^Cowan), 1 c? . Exp. 20 millim. 



5771. Lithacodia armilla. 



Anthophila armilla, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 361. f. 238 (1891). 



cJ . Head and thorax brown tinged with purple and mixed with 

 grey ; palpi purplish red, whitish in front at base ; antennas red ; 

 pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi slightly ringed with white ; abdo- 

 men greyish brown, the crest on 3rd segment purplish red. Fore 

 wing with the costal area to near apex and the terminal area except 

 at apex yellow suffused with purplish red, the basal inner area, 

 the medial area below the cell, and an oblique fascia from apex to 

 lower angle of cell dark brown ; antemedial line represented by an 

 oblique white band from origin of vein 2 to vein 1 along which it is 

 bent inwards to near base ; reniform small, white with black centres 

 to upper and lower parts, figure-of-eight-shaped ; postmedial lino 

 blackish slightly defined by white on inner side, excurved below 

 costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3, 

 some white points beyond it on costa ; the termen purplish and 

 white except towards apex, expanding into patches at discal and 

 submedian folds ; cilia purplish red. Hind wing purplish red, 

 the costal area yellow to beyond middle ; the underside uniform red. 



Ab, 1. Hind wing golden yellow, the terminal area sufl^used with 

 red ; the underside with the costal area suffused with red, the 

 termen irrorated with red, a slight discoidal point and punctiform 

 postmedial line from costa to vein 3, excurved below costa. 



Bab. Madagascar, Betsileo (Coivan), 2 c? . Exp. 22 millim. 



5772. Lithacodia metachrysa, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 9.) 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish sufi\ised with rufous, 



tarsi blackish ringed with yellowish. Fore wing yellowish suffused 



and irrorated with rufous, the medial area suffused with darker 



brown ; subbasal line represented by a blackish point on costa, the 



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