506 ARCTIADJi;. 



2122. Rhodogastria leucoptera, n. sp. (Plate L. fig. 4.) 



2 . Head, thorax, and base of abdomen white ; palpi crimson 

 with black spots ; antennae blackish, the basal joint crimson and 

 black; frons and vertex of head with black points; tegulae, shoulders, 

 pro- meso- and metathorax with black points ; legs striped crimson 

 and white, fore and mid tibiae striped with fuscous; abdomen dorsally 

 crimson, the ventral surface white, two lateral series of black 

 points ; wings semihyaline white ; fore wing with two black spots 

 at base. 



Bab. Sierra Leone (Mitford), 1 $ type. E.tjq. 56 millim. 



2123. Rhodogastria albivitrea, n. sp. (Plate L. fig. 19.) 



J. White; palpi crimson above, banded with black ; antenna) 

 yellow, the basal joint with crimson and black spots ; tegulae, pa- 

 tagia, pro- meso- and metathorax with black points ; coxae at sides 

 and fore and mid femora in front crimson ; abdomen crimson above, 

 with lateral series of black spots ; wings almost hyaline. 



JIab. Loyalty Is., Lifu, 1 d type. E.vji. 48 millim. 



Genus MIGOPLASTIS. 



Type. 



Migoplastis, Feld. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xviii. p. 285 (1868). correcta. 



Fachyphilona, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. '62b correcta. 



Dondera, Moore, A. M. IS. H. (4) xx. p. 344 (1877) alha. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint upturned to vertex of 

 head, the 3rd porrect; Irons with tuft of scales; antennae bipectinate in both 

 sexes ; tibiae with the spurs short. Fore wing with vein 3 from well before 

 angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper augle ; 9 from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form a long areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 

 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. {Dondera). Hind wing of male with the termen strongly excised between 

 vein 4 and tornus ; antennai with the branches moderate. 



2124. Migoplastis alba. 



Dondera alba, Moore, A.M. N.H. (4) xx. p. 344 (1877) ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii. 

 p. 48, pi. 98. f. 3 ; Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. p. 79, pi. 157- f. 25 ; id. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 45 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 423. 



Fig. 226. — Migoplastis alha, (^ . \. 



White ; head and front of thorax tinged with yellow ; palpi black 

 at tips ; antennae with the branches black ; frons, vertex of head, 

 tegulae, shoulders, patagia, pro- meso- and metathorax, and fore 



