576 AGARISTIDiE. 



inwards to near middle ; underside with black spot at base of costa, 

 the basal area tinged with pink. 



Hah. SoMALiLAND (Thvjpp), 1 2 type ; Br. E. Africa, Makin- 

 dos R. Eccj). 88 millim. 



84. Rothia aisha. 



Xanthospilopteryx akha, Kirby, Trans, Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 291, pi. 15. f. 3; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 898. 

 Xanthoi^pUopteryx catarhodia, HoU. in Donaldson Smith's ' Unknown 



African Countries,' p. 409, f. 7 (1898). 



$ . Head and thorax black ; palpi at sides, sides of fro as, back 

 of head, tegulae, patagia, mcso- and metathorax with ochreous spots; 

 coxae, tibiae, and tarsi with orange bands ; abdomen black, with 

 dorsal and lateral orange bands and the extremity orange. Fore 

 wing black ; three orange points below basal part of costa, two 

 below the cell, and one above vein 1 ; antemedial spots in cell and 

 above vein 1 ; a large spot in eud of cell, a quadrate spot below 

 base of vein 2, and a small spot on middle of inner margin ; an 

 oblique band beyond the cell between veins 8 and 3, constricted at 

 middle and with rounded extremities ; a spot above tornus ; some 

 silvery blue in and below cell near base, a bar in middle of cell and 

 another on discocellulars, a streak below middle of cell, and post- 

 medial spots on veins 2 and 1 ; cilia yellowish at apex. Hind wing 

 scarlet ; a little black at base of inner margin ; a terminal black 

 band with sinuous inner edge, angled inwards at vein 2 and on 

 costa running inwards to near middle ; cilia orange at apex. 

 Hah. Br. E. Africa, Masailand, 1 $ type. Exp. 60 millim. 



85. Rothia butleri. (Plate LIII. fig. 13.) 



Eusemia hutleri, Wlk. Char. Lep. Het. p. Ill (1869) ; Kirbv, Cat. Het. 

 p. 30. 



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

 tegulse, patagia, and thorax with white spots ; gulae yellow ; coxae 

 and the greater part of tibiae orange; tarsi with yellowish rings; abdo- 

 men black, with dorsal orange bands and the extremity of anal tuft 

 orange, a slight sublateral series of white points. Eore wing black; 

 two yellowish points below base of costa and two below the cell ; 

 an antemedial spot in cell and slight spot above vein 1 ; a quadrate 

 spot in end of cell, conjoined to a spot below the cell ; an oblique 

 band beyond the cell between veins 8 and 3, with rounded extre- 

 mities and a spot above tornus ; some silvery blue in and below cell 

 near base, in and below middle of cell and above vein 1, a discoidal 

 bar, and spots on veins 2 and 1 ; cilia yellow at apex. Hind wing 

 crimson-red, with black terminal band, angled inwards on vein 2, 

 expanding on apical area and on costa not reaching middle ; cilia 

 orange-tipped at apex in male. 



Hah. Natal, 2 $ , Maritzburg {Miss C. Heaton, Dohree), 1 6 , 

 1 $ . Exp., d 50, 2 62 millim. 



