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AGARISTID^. 



125. ^gocera obliqua. 



JEgocera ohliqua, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxvii. p. 56(1893); id. Nov. 

 Lep. pi. xxii. f. 1. 



(S . Head and thorax deep chocolate-red ; palpi with the fringe 

 mixed with orange, the 3rd joint white, black at tip ; a medial 

 white stripe on head and thorax ; antennae with the shaft white 

 above except towards base ; pectus and legs orange, the fore and 

 mid tibiae and the tarsi banded with black and white ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal series of black spots. Fore wing deep chocolate- 

 red ; a yellowish-white stripe from base of costa to near termen in 

 submedian inters])ace, interrupted at middle and with a small 

 rounded spot separated off at extremity; an oblique band from 

 below costa beyond middle to near termen above vein 3 ; a few 

 bluish-silvery scales below costa before middle and others near 

 termen ; cilia orange. Hind wing orange, with deep red discoidal 

 spot ; a broad terminal red band, expanding widely on apical area 

 and again in submedian interspace ; cilia orange, brownish towards 

 apex. Underside of fore wing with the costa and inner area orange, 

 the oblique band orange. 



Hab. W. Afeica, Niger R., Loko, 1 c? , S. Nigeria, Abutshi 

 (Neivman), 1 c5" , 1 $ . ^vp. 44 millim. 



126. ^gocera menete. 



Noctua menete, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 70, D (1775) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 37. 



Noct'ua formosa, Fabr. Mant. ii. p. 150 (1787). 



Mgocere boisduval, Cuvier, Regno Anira. ed. 2, iii. pi. 20. f. 3 (1830) ; 



Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 37. 

 Mgocera magna, Wlk. i. 56 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. B. M. i. p. 11, pi. 5. f. 8. 



S . Head and thorax bright rufous ; 2nd joint of palpi fringed 

 with orange, its extremity, the base of 3rd joint, and lateral stripes 

 on frons and vertex of head cream-coloured ; tegulse at sides and 

 middle, upper edges of patagia, and a stripe on vertex of thorax 

 cream-colour ; pectus and legs orange, the fore and mid tibiae and 



Fig. 1^'i.— Mgocera menete 



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

 spots. Fore wing bright rufous irrorated with yellow ; a pale 

 yellowish spot below base of costa, followed by two elongate spots, 

 then two rounded ones in submedian interspace ; a spot in end of 

 cell ; an oblique band formed of two conjoined spots from below 



