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  Mr. 
  William 
  F. 
  Kirby 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  Noctua 
  Euphemia, 
  Stoll, 
  Pap. 
  Exot., 
  iv., 
  pi. 
  345, 
  fig. 
  a 
  

  

  (1782). 
  

   Eusemia 
  Euphemia, 
  Butl., 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag., 
  xii., 
  p. 
  120 
  

  

  (1875). 
  

   E. 
  xanthopyga, 
  Mab., 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France 
  (6), 
  x., 
  

  

  p. 
  cxxiv. 
  (1890). 
  

   E. 
  nugatrix, 
  Westw., 
  Gates' 
  Matabele-Land, 
  p. 
  356 
  

  

  (1881). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2— 
  2| 
  in. 
  

  

  Fore 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  6 
  oehreous 
  spots 
  rather 
  large, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  one 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  and 
  indented 
  within 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  

   extremity 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  frequently 
  several 
  smaller 
  ones 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  costa. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  red, 
  with 
  black 
  borders 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  

   all 
  the 
  wings 
  with 
  white 
  fringes. 
  Body 
  black 
  ; 
  head 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  belted 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  thorax 
  with 
  a 
  collar 
  of 
  4 
  

   yellow 
  tufts 
  in 
  front. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ashanti, 
  Guinea, 
  White 
  Nile. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  The 
  oldest 
  known 
  species, 
  well-characterised 
  by 
  the 
  

   yellow 
  collar, 
  which 
  is 
  indicated 
  in 
  Stoll's 
  figure. 
  The 
  

   locality 
  he 
  gives 
  is 
  Amboina, 
  which, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  an 
  

   error. 
  The 
  specimens 
  from 
  Sierra 
  Leone 
  and 
  the 
  White 
  

   Nile 
  agree 
  best 
  with 
  his 
  figure 
  ; 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Gambia 
  

   and 
  Ashanti 
  are 
  smaller, 
  and 
  agree 
  better 
  with 
  the 
  

   description 
  of 
  X. 
  nugatrix, 
  Westw., 
  which 
  hardly 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  

  

  17. 
  Xantliospilopteryx 
  Fatinia, 
  sp.n. 
  (PI. 
  XV., 
  fig. 
  2). 
  

  

  Eusemia 
  Euphemia, 
  Mab., 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France 
  (2), 
  

   x., 
  p. 
  cxxiv. 
  (1890). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2| 
  in. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Intermediate 
  between 
  X. 
  Geryon 
  and 
  X. 
  siiperha. 
  Fore 
  

   wings 
  black, 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  spots 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  species, 
  except 
  

   towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Spot 
  1 
  forms 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  4, 
  the 
  3rd 
  

   and 
  4th 
  linear, 
  running 
  obliquely 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  the 
  4th 
  

   nearly 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  is 
  marked 
  with 
  3 
  small 
  

   bluish 
  white 
  spots, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  streak 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  

   another 
  small 
  bluish 
  spot 
  stands 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  below 
  the 
  subcostal 
  

   nervure 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  2 
  small 
  ochraceous 
  spots 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  

   the 
  oblique 
  series. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  red, 
  with 
  black 
  border. 
  Under 
  

   side 
  similar, 
  but 
  fewer 
  small 
  basal 
  spots, 
  and 
  spots 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  united 
  

   into 
  one 
  continuous 
  band. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   white 
  ; 
  no 
  yellow 
  collar 
  ; 
  yellow 
  tufts 
  above 
  base 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

  

  