﻿genus 
  Xanthosjnlopteryx. 
  287 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  in. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  yellow 
  band 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  a 
  

   transverse 
  spot 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  long 
  subapical 
  spot, 
  the 
  

   lowest 
  part 
  nearly 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  nervure 
  ; 
  and 
  spot 
  No. 
  6 
  very 
  

   small 
  ; 
  fringes 
  white 
  at 
  tips 
  of 
  fore 
  wings. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  salmon- 
  

   red, 
  with 
  black 
  borders. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  greyish 
  brown, 
  with 
  narrow 
  white 
  rings. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  ?. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  species, 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  mistaken 
  for 
  any 
  

   other. 
  In 
  pattern 
  it 
  slightly 
  resembles 
  X. 
  tigrina, 
  

   Druce. 
  

  

  14. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  africana, 
  Butl. 
  

  

  Eusemia 
  africana, 
  Butl., 
  Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (4), 
  xv., 
  

   p. 
  142 
  (1875). 
  

  

  E. 
  meretrix, 
  Westw., 
  Gates' 
  Matabele-Land, 
  p. 
  355 
  

   (1881). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If— 
  2i 
  in. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  black 
  with 
  yellow 
  spots, 
  basal 
  spot 
  forming 
  a 
  short 
  

   band 
  from 
  the 
  subcostal 
  to 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  ; 
  spots 
  Nos. 
  2 
  

   and 
  3 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  size 
  ; 
  apical 
  spot 
  long, 
  deeply 
  indented 
  on 
  

   the 
  inside, 
  near 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  ; 
  spot 
  6 
  small. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  crimson, 
  

   with 
  black 
  borders 
  ; 
  fringes 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  wings. 
  

   Body 
  black 
  ; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  extreme 
  base 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  spotted 
  

   with 
  white 
  or 
  bluish 
  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  belted 
  with 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Natal, 
  Zulu. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  15. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  indecisa. 
  (PI. 
  XV., 
  fig. 
  1). 
  

  

  Eusemia 
  indecisa, 
  Butl., 
  Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (6), 
  vii., 
  p. 
  50 
  

   (1891). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2|— 
  21 
  m. 
  

  

  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  X. 
  africana 
  ; 
  the 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  are 
  of 
  

   a 
  more 
  ochreous 
  yellow, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  spot 
  is 
  not 
  indented 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  side. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Kandera, 
  Central 
  Africa. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  cc. 
  Spot 
  1 
  not 
  continued 
  much 
  helow 
  the 
  median 
  nervure. 
  

   d. 
  Apical 
  spot 
  ivith 
  the 
  loiver 
  end 
  cut 
  off 
  hy 
  a 
  nervure. 
  

  

  16. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  Geryon, 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  Noctua 
  Geryon, 
  Fabr., 
  Spec, 
  Ins., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  216, 
  n. 
  37 
  

   (1781), 
  

  

  