564 AGAEISTID^. 



nervure to vein 1 ; a broad bar across end of cell and quadrate 

 patch below base of vein 2 ; a broad band beyond the cell between 

 veins 8 and 3, and a spot above tornus : an oblique silvery-blue bar 

 in middle of cell and spot below it, a discoidal bar, and short post- 

 medial streaks on veins 2 and 1 ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing 

 deep crimson ; a broad black terminal band expanding below vein 3, 

 with a crimson spot on termen below vein 2, on costa not extending 

 to middle ; cilia yellowish and white at apex. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial band narrower, its inner 

 edge indented at vein 3. 



Hah. E. Afeica, typet 2 ^oa in Coll. Mabille, Mpwapwa; Br. C. 

 Africa, IS'yasa L. (Craiushai/), 1 $ ; Delagoa Bay, 1 cS , 1 5 . 

 Kvp. 70 millim. 



65. Xanthospilopteryx indecisa. (Plate LII. fig. 16.) 



Eusemia indecisa, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) vii. p. 50 (1891) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 29. 



(S . Head and thorax black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of 

 frons, back of head, tegulse, patagia, and thorax with yellowish- 

 white spots ; gulee yellowish ; spots on coxge, extremities of femora, 

 tibiae, and tarsal joints yellowish, the tibiae with orange patches ; 

 abdomen black, banded with orange. Fore wing black ; yellowish- 

 white points below costa at base and near base, and another 

 above vein 1 on a small orange spot ; an oblique antemedial orange 

 band from below costa to vein 1 ; a large spot in end of cell, and a 

 quadrate spot below base of vein 2 ; a broad oblique band with 

 slightly waved edges and rounded extremities from below costa to 

 vein 3, and a small spot above tornus ; some silvery-blue scales in 

 and below middle of cell and on discocellulars, and short streaks on 

 veins 2 and 1 towards tornus ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing 

 crimson-red, with a little black at base ; a terminal blue-black band, 

 expanding widely on apical area and on vein 2 ; the cilia ochreous 

 at apex. 



Hah. Br. E. Africa, Albert Nyanza {Emin), 2 S type. Exp. 70 

 millim. 



66. Xanthospilopteryx africana. (Plate LII. fig. 5.) 



Eusemia africana, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xv. p. 142 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. "29. 

 Eusemia meretrix, Westw. Gates' Matabeleland, p. 355 (1881). 

 Xanthospilopteryx fatima, Kirby, Trans. Eut. Soe. 1891, p. 288, pi. 15. 



f. 2 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 898. 



Head and thorax black ; palpi at sides, sides of frons, back of 

 head, tegulae, patagia, metathorax, pectus, and fore coxae with white 

 spots : gulae white ; tibiae with orange patches ; tarsi ringed with 

 white ; abdomen banded black and orange, the bands on ventral 

 surface white towards extremity. Fore wing black, with four bluish- 

 white spots on basal area below costa; an oblique orange antemedial 

 band with more or less irregular edges from submedian nervure to 

 vein 1 ; an oblique band across end of cell; a quadrate patch 



