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  Mr. 
  William 
  F. 
  Kirby 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  After 
  these 
  preliminaries, 
  I 
  will 
  enumerate 
  the 
  known 
  

   species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  adding 
  a 
  short 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  each. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Xanthospilopteryx, 
  Wallengr. 
  

   WaUengren, 
  (Efv. 
  Vet. 
  Akad. 
  Forh., 
  xv., 
  83 
  (1858). 
  

   Eusemia, 
  p. 
  auct. 
  

  

  A. 
  Species 
  ivith 
  white 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  ivings. 
  

  

  1. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  Hornimani, 
  Druce. 
  

  

  Eusemia 
  Hornimani, 
  Druce, 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag., 
  xvi., 
  

   p. 
  269 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  Waterh., 
  Aid, 
  ii., 
  pi. 
  civ., 
  fig. 
  5 
  

   (1885). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2f— 
  3 
  in. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  creamy 
  white 
  markings. 
  Spot 
  1 
  ex- 
  

   panded 
  below 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  snbmedian 
  nervure 
  ; 
  spots 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  large, 
  

   sometimes 
  connected 
  with 
  No. 
  1 
  by 
  lines 
  above 
  the 
  subcostal 
  and 
  

   submedian 
  nervures 
  ; 
  spot 
  4 
  wanting, 
  spot 
  5 
  subparallel, 
  hardly 
  

   divided 
  by 
  the 
  nerviu'es 
  ; 
  spot 
  6 
  small. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  creamy 
  white, 
  

   with 
  black 
  borders 
  ; 
  fringes 
  concolorous 
  ; 
  body 
  black, 
  dotted 
  with 
  

   white 
  ; 
  anal 
  tuft 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mongo-ma-Lobah 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Cameroons 
  and 
  

   Isubu. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  known 
  species 
  with 
  white 
  hind 
  wings. 
  

  

  2. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  (?) 
  tigrina, 
  Druce. 
  

  

  Hespagarista 
  tiqrina, 
  Druce, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

  

  1882, 
  p. 
  778, 
  pi. 
  Ix., 
  f. 
  4. 
  

   Metagarista 
  (?) 
  tigrina, 
  Kirb., 
  Cat. 
  Lep. 
  Het., 
  i., 
  p. 
  41, 
  

   n. 
  2 
  (ined.). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2f 
  in. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  black, 
  the 
  4 
  first 
  spots 
  replaced 
  by 
  3 
  oblique 
  stripes, 
  

   the 
  2nd 
  largest, 
  the 
  2 
  basal 
  ones 
  inclining 
  to 
  buff; 
  sp6t 
  5 
  divided 
  

   below 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  nervure 
  which 
  intersects 
  it 
  ; 
  spot 
  6 
  small 
  ; 
  a 
  dull 
  

   red 
  suffused 
  band 
  before 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  fulvous, 
  with 
  

   black 
  borders, 
  and 
  white-spotted 
  fringes 
  ; 
  body 
  black, 
  sides 
  of 
  

   abdomen 
  tawny 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  ; 
  apical 
  half 
  belted 
  with 
  white 
  

   anal 
  tuft 
  black. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Cameroons 
  and 
  Old 
  Calabar 
  ; 
  Cameroons. 
  

   B. 
  M. 
  

  

  