oblique yellowish-white striga before it from siibmedian fold to 

 vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform defined by yellowish white, the former 

 narrow and somewhat constricted at middle, the latter a narrow 

 oblique lunule with small white spot beyond its lower extremity ; 

 postmedial line double, black filled in with yellowish white, bent 

 outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at 

 discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on 

 costa ; subterminal line with oblique white bar from costa and oblique 

 streak above vein 6, then yellowish, angled inwards above vein 5 

 and outwards to termen at vein 4, then almost obsolete, incurved 

 and with white spot between veins 3 and 2 ; a series of white striae 

 just before termen ; cilia black-brown with yellowish line at base. 

 Hind wing dark reddish brown, the cilia with yellowish-white 

 line at base ; the underside white thickly irrorated with darlc 

 brown, a black diseoidal lunule, postmedial line rather diffused, 

 curved and slightly waved, a diffused subterminal shade and 

 terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2. 



Hah. S. N'iGEKrA, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 2 '■, CojSTGO, Ogowe E, 

 Ewj}. 36 millim. 



Mid and hind femora of male with fringes of long hair ; 

 abdomen with ventral corneous hook on preanal segment 

 projecting backwards. 

 a'-. Fore wing with the claviform filled in with silvery 

 white. 

 «2. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with brown ... monetifera. 



h". Hind wing deep red-brown corclata. 



y^. Fore wing with the claviform not filled in with 



silvery white argentilinea. 



Ei-iopus monetifera, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 295, pi. 14. f. 4 (1852) ; Smith 

 Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 308. 



3444. Eriopus monetifera. 



z, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 295, pi. 1 

 m. p. 308. 



Head and thorax yellowish suffused with fiery red and mixed 

 with deep red ; palpi with the 3rd joint whitish ; the tufts of hair 

 from mid and hind femora of male blackish ; abdomen yellowish 

 white with brownish dorsal bands, the crest on 3rd segment rufous 

 at tip. Pore wing yellow mostly suffused with fiery red, the costal 

 area yellow ; subbasal line silvery white slightly defined by black 

 on inner side, angled inwards in cell and expanding into a spot 

 below the cell defined by black on outer side ; antemedial line 

 formed by silvery white obliquely placed points on costa and sub- 

 costal nervure, a bar-shaped spot in cell, a large rather triangular 

 spot in submedian interspace and oblique spot on inner margin, all 

 deKned by black ; orbicular represented by two silvery white points 

 defined by black ; reniform with two silvery white spots on inner 

 edge, a yellowish lunule in centre, an oblique silvery white spot at 

 upper extremity and large irregularly rounded spot at lower 

 extremity, all defined by black ; postmedial line yellow and strongly 



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