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pectus with some scarlet below the wings ; abdomen scarlet with dorsal and lateral 



series of small black spots, the ventral surface reddish brown. Forewing brownish 



grey, the costal edge white, the cilia white at tips. Hindwing white, the veins 



and inner and terminal areas more or less strongly tinged with brown ; the under- 

 side white, the costal area gre} T -brown. 



?. Hindwing uniform brownish grey. 



Hab. U.S.A. Arizona, Oracle (Oslar), 2 c?<?, 2 ? ? type. Exp. 32 mill. 



2070 a. Carcinarctia laeliodes n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax scarlet mixed with some brown ; antennae with the shaft 

 whitish ; palpi black ; fore and mid tibiae suffused with black ; the tarsi black ; 



abdomen scarlet with blackish bands except at base. Forewing scarlet irrorated 



with brown ; an obscure blackish snbterminal spot at discal fold. Hindwing 



paler scarlet ; a black discoidal spot and a slight subterminal spot at discal fold. 

 Underside scarlet ; forewing with the costa irrorated with brown, a slight blackish 

 discoidal spot ; hindwing with black discoidal luuule. 



Fore tibiae with the claws small. 



Hab. British E. Africa, Aberdare Mts., 10,000 ft. (Woosnam), 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 40 mill. 



2115 d. Rhodogastria cameola n. sp. 



Head and thorax ochreous flesh-colour, the basal joint of antennae and neck 

 crimson, the basal joint of antennae, vertex of head, tegulae and patagia with black 

 spots, the pro-, meso- and metathorax with paired black spots ; antennae pale 

 crimson ringed with brownish ; frons with black spots at middle and sides ; palpi 

 crimson with black bands at extremities of second and third joints ; legs crimson 

 with black spots at sides of fore coxae ; abdomen crimson, the ventral surface pale 

 flesh pink, lateral and sublateral series of black spots. — —Forewing ochreous flesh- 

 coloar ; a diffused fuscous-brown medial line ; a large semihyaline patch beyond the 



cell between veins 7 and 2 ; its outer edge excurved between veins 5 and 2. 



Hindwing pale flesh-pink, semihyaline except the veins and margins. Underside 

 of forewing with the cell and area below it also semihyaline, defining a flesh-pink 

 discoidal bar. 



Hab. German E. Africa, Moschi, 1 ? ; British C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 

 1 c? type. Exp. 54 mill. 



2116 5. Rhodogastria thermochroa n. sp. 



S. Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi with the basal joint pale crimson with 

 two black spots, the second and third black, pale crimson at base; frons pale 

 crimson with black spot above ; antennae black, the basal joint pale crimson, black 

 in front ; vertex of head with black spot ; tegulae with black spots at middle and 

 sides ; shoulders with two black spots ; tegulae at base, pro-, meso- and metathorax 

 with paired black spots ; pectus and legs pale crimson, the forelegs above and the 

 mid tibiae and tarsi streaked with fuscous ; abdomen yellow with lateral and sub- 

 lateral series of small black spots. Forewing pale rufous ; three minute black 



spots at base ; an oblicme postmedial semihyaline band from below costa to 



