RHODOGASTRIA. 



499 



2107. Rhodogastria bubo. 



Canojpus bubo, Wlk. iii. 747 (1855); Kirby, Gat. Ilet. p. 196. 



White ; palpi banded yellow and black ; antennae black except at 

 base of shaft; vertex of head, tegulae, patagia, shoulders, pro- 

 meso- and metathorax wdth black points, sometimes almost 

 obsolete ; legs yellow on inner side, fore femora black at extremity ; 



Fig. 222. — Ehodogastria bubo, (^ . \. 



abdomen dorsally tinged with yellow except towards base, a lateral 

 series of black points. Pore wing with the veins black clothed 

 with white scales ; the discal area somewhat semihyaline. 



Hah, Congo (Curror), 1 c? type; Brit. E. Africa, Ruwenzori 

 (Scott Elliot), 1 c?, N'gatana {Gregory), 1 S ', Be. C. Africa, 

 Stevenson Rd. (Ddwar), 1 S •, Zomba {Johnston), 1 5. Exp. 

 QS millim. 



2108. Ehodogastria rufifemur. (Plate L. fig. 21.) 



Campus rufifemur, Wlk. iii. 747 (1855) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 196. 



$. White; palpi with black spots on the joints above; fore 

 coxae on outer side and fore femora above crimson ; thorax, dorsal 

 surface of abdomen, and fore wing very slightly tinged with yellow ; 

 abdomen with two lateral series of black points. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline. 

 ' Hah. Congo {Curror), 1 $ type. Exp. 46 millim. 



2109. Rhodogastria lupia. (Plate L. fig. 3.) 



Pelochyta lupia, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 669 (1888) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 196. 

 Amerila nivaria, Weym. Stett. ent. Zeit. liii. p. 105 (1892). 



2 . White ; palpi tinged with crimson above and with black 

 spots on the joints, antennae with black spot on basal joint; tegulae, 

 patagia, shoulders, and mesothorax with pairs of black spots ; fore 

 coxae on outer side and femora and tibiae in front crimson ; 

 abdomen dorsally crimson from 2nd segment to near extremity and 

 with two lateral series of black spots. Fore wing with slight 

 fuscous streaks on subcostal nervure and vein 2 and slight discoidal 

 bar. Hind wing semihyaline. 



Hah. E. Africa, Saadani ; Delagoa Bay, type t in Coll. Druce ; 

 Natal (Gooch), 1 $ . Exjy. 50 millim. 



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