VEYMERIA. ARROTHIA. 585 



hair ; frons with white spots at sides and orange spot below frontal 

 prominence ; thorax orange, with black lateral spots on tegula) ; 

 pectus and legs black ; throat orange ; the coxae and spots on tibiae 

 and tarsi white ; abdomen orange, with dorsal series of black spots, 

 the last two segments and ventral surface banded black and white. 

 Pore wing orange, tinged with red on basal inner area ; the costal 



Fig. 250. — Veymeria athene, 5. \. 



and terminal areas black, the inner edge of latter running obliquely 

 from below middle of costa to submedian fold near termen, then 

 erect; a large somewhat quadrate pale orange postmedial spot 

 below costa, an oval spot between veins 3 and 5, and small spots 

 on veins 2 and 1 ; cilia white at apex. Hind wing orange, tinged 

 with red towards base ; a broad terminal black band with sinuous 

 inner edge, small subterminal pale orange spots on veins 6, 4, 2, 1 ; 

 cilia white at apex and towards tornus. 



Hah. Germ. E. Africa, Tanganyika, in Coll. llothschild. Exjp. 

 62 millim. 



Genus ARROTHIA. 



Type. 



Arrothia, Jord. Nov. Zool. hi. p. 46 (1896) bicolor. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with sparse 

 long hair in front, the 3rd long, naked, and somewhat porrect ; frons with long 

 corneous spine truncate at extremity ; antennce of female nearly simple, dis- 

 tinctly dilated towards extremity ; tibiae fringed with rough hair above. Fore 

 wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from iijoper angle ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the aerole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 

 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle- 



*106. Arrothia bicolor. 



Arrothia bicolor, Eoths. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 46, pi. 14. f. 20 (1896). 



$ . Head black; thorax orange fulvous ; abdomen orange ; pectus, 

 legs, last two segments of abdomen and ventral surface black. Fore 

 wing with the basal half orange, the basal area being black overlaid 



