JEGOCERA. 603- 



costa beyond middle to just below vein 3 ; some leaden scales below 

 costa near base, antemedial spots in cell and above vein 1 and a dis- 

 coidal bar ; cilia yellow. Hind wing orange ; some rufous suffusion 

 on inner area near base ; a broad discoidal bar ; a broad terminal 

 band with sinuous inner edge, incurved at vein 2. 



5 . The rufous replaced by black-brown ; the markings of head, 

 thorax, and fore wing whiter ; hind wing with the discoidal bar 

 often reduced to a spot. 



Hah. Sierra Leone {Morgan)^ 2 c? , 4 $ , type magna ; Niger R., 

 Onitsha, 1 S ; Uganda Prot., Wadelai (Emin), 2 $ . Exp. 46-58 

 millim. 



127. ^gocera latreilli. 



^■Egocera latreillii, ILerr.SchsiK Aussereur. Schmett. f. 19(1853); Kirbv, 

 Oat. Het. p. 37. 



(S . Bright rufous ; palpi fringed with orange ; the extremity of 

 2nd joint, base of 3rd, and lateral stripes on sides of frons and 

 vertex of head cream-colour ; tegulse at sides and middle, streaks 

 on patagia, and a stripe on vertex of thorax cream-colour ; pectus 

 and legs orange, the tibise and tarsi with black bands ; abdomen 

 orange, with dorsal black spots at base and bands towards extremity. 

 Fore wing with yellow spot below base of costa, followed by an 

 elongate spot, then a quadrate, then a rounded, and finally a tri- 

 angular spot in submedian interspace ; a round spot in end of cell ; 

 a slightly oblique band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 3, 

 constricted at middle and rounded below ; a purplish-silvery point 

 below base of costa, and antemedial points in cell and above vein 1 ; 

 a discoidal bar ; a postmedial line oblique from below costa to 

 vein 4, then strongly incurved ; a terminal maculate band ; cilia 

 yellow. Hind wing orange, with red discoidal spot and broad 

 terminal band, strongly incurved at vein 2 ; cilia orange. 



5 . Black-brown instead of rufous ; the markings of head, thorax, 

 and abdomen whiter. 



Uab. Senegambia, Casamanca ; Br. C. Africa, Zomba (Johnston ), 

 2 c^ , 2 2 1 (Crawshay) 1 (5 , 1 $ ; Matabeleland, Umfuli li. 

 {Marshall)^ 1 S . Exp. 50 millim. 



128. ^gocera obliquisigna, n. sp. (Plate LIV. fig. 13.) 



d . Bright rufous ; palpi fringed with yellow, the extremity of 

 2nd joint, the base of 3rd, and a broad stripe on frons and vertex 

 of head cream-colour ; tegulse and vertex of thorax with cream- 

 coloured stripe ; pectus and legs orange, the fore and mid tibiae and 

 tarsi with dark bands; abdomen orange, with slight dorsal and 

 lateral segmental black lines. Fore wing with oblique white fascia 

 from base of costa to beyond middle in submedian interspace, 

 followed by a round spot, then a wedge-shaped spot ; a round spot 

 in end of cell ; an oblique irregular postmedial band from below 

 costa to below vein 3, with its lower extremity incurved ; a leaden 

 point below costa near base, another in middle of cell, a discoidal 



