﻿genus 
  Xanthospilopteryx, 
  291 
  

  

  23. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  Butleri, 
  Walk. 
  (PI. 
  XV., 
  fig. 
  4). 
  

   EusemiaButleri, 
  Walk., 
  Char. 
  Lep. 
  Het., 
  p. 
  Ill 
  (1869)- 
  

  

  Exp. 
  H 
  in. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  fore 
  wings, 
  with 
  small 
  white 
  

   spots 
  ; 
  spot 
  1 
  well-marked, 
  spot 
  2 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  3, 
  running 
  

   to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  ; 
  apical 
  spot 
  subparallel, 
  hardly 
  indented, 
  spot 
  

   6 
  of 
  moderate 
  size. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  crimson, 
  with 
  black 
  borders 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  belted 
  with 
  orange. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  24. 
  Xanthospilopteryx 
  Aisha, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  (PI. 
  XV., 
  fig. 
  3). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  nearly 
  2i 
  in. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  black, 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   shade 
  as 
  in 
  JE. 
  sujperba, 
  Butl. 
  ; 
  3 
  small 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   costa, 
  and 
  2 
  below 
  the 
  median 
  nervure 
  ; 
  just 
  beyond 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   quadrate 
  spot 
  (No. 
  1) 
  crossing 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  extending 
  just 
  above 
  

   the 
  subcostal 
  nervure 
  ; 
  and 
  2 
  smaller 
  ones, 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  nervure 
  ; 
  beyond 
  these 
  are 
  3 
  more 
  spots 
  (3 
  — 
  5), 
  larger 
  and 
  

   oblong, 
  one 
  crossing 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  extending 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  nervure 
  ; 
  another 
  placed 
  obliquely, 
  and 
  rather 
  beyond 
  it, 
  

   above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  one, 
  nearly 
  below 
  the 
  

   first, 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  Nearer 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  oblique 
  band 
  

   (5), 
  not 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  nervures, 
  but 
  constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   and 
  near 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  is 
  a 
  pentagonal 
  spot 
  (6), 
  with 
  the 
  point 
  

   projecting 
  outwards. 
  Scattered 
  pale 
  blue 
  scales 
  form 
  rather 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  spots 
  and 
  lines 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  

   large 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  streak 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  resting 
  on 
  

   the 
  submedian 
  nervure, 
  and 
  another 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   median 
  nervures, 
  beyond 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  spots 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  latter. 
  

   Fringes 
  black, 
  shghtly 
  shading 
  into 
  grey 
  beneath, 
  with 
  a 
  buff 
  line 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  crimson, 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad 
  

   black 
  border, 
  slightly 
  sinuated 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  and 
  projecting 
  

   into 
  the 
  wing 
  before 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  fringes 
  ochraceous 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  

   Body 
  black 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   banded 
  and 
  tufted 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  legs 
  yellow, 
  spotted 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  

   tarsi 
  ringed 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  white. 
  Under 
  side 
  of 
  fore 
  wings 
  with 
  

   an 
  ochraceous 
  dash 
  above 
  the 
  submedian 
  nervure 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   '2 
  spots 
  beyond 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  another 
  

   below, 
  meeting 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  point 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  subapical 
  band 
  and 
  spot 
  at 
  

   the 
  anal 
  angle 
  nearly 
  as 
  above, 
  but 
  rather 
  larger. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Masai 
  Land 
  {H. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Hunter). 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  PAET 
  II. 
  (jUNE,) 
  X 
  

  

  