302 CATALOGUE OF 



duabus Jlavis latis incisis ; alee anticce vitta costali strigaque 

 basali furcata flavis ; posticce dimidio basali roseo. 



Male. Deep black. Vertex of the head yellowish. Palpi 

 porreel, pilose, extending: rather beyond the head ; third joint very 

 short. Antennae serrated. Thorax with two yellowish stripes ; 

 tegulse with yellowish borders. Abdomen with two broad yellow 

 lateral stripes, which are notched on the fore borders of most of the 

 segments and are narrower towards the tip. Wings with a yellowish 

 fringe. Fore wings with a slender yellow costal stripe, which 

 extends from the base along nearly two-thirds of the length; a yel- 

 low streak extending from the base in the disk to nearly one-third 

 of the length, forked at the tip. Hind wings rosy red on somewhat 

 less than half the surface from the base ; the outline of this hue very 

 irregular, prominent in the middle. Length of the body 7 lines; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Aloa scita. 



Mas. Pallide straminea; caput hirsutum ; palpi porrecti, caput 

 superantes, articulo So conico ; antenna nigra?, subpectinatce ; 

 thorax nigro vittatus ; abdomen luteum, vitta guttulari nigra; 

 pedes nigrijfemoribus supra luteis ; alee antica? vitta strigaque 

 apicali nig r is. 



Male. Pale straw-colour. Head clothed with erect hairs. 

 Palpi porrect, rather smooth and slender, black above, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennas black, slightly pectin- 

 ated. Thorax with a black stripe, which does not extend to the 

 fore part. Abdomen luteous, not extending beyond the hind wings, 

 with a stripe of black dots. Legs black ; femora luteous above ; 

 spurs short. Fore wings with a black stripe, which is attenuated at 

 each end and especially towards the base, and extends nearly to the 

 middle of the exterior border ; a black longitudinal apical streak, 

 which is divided into speckles towards the base. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Aloa bhodoph^ea. 



Foeiri. Cinereo-fusca; palpi supra nigri, basi rosei ; thorax mar- 

 gine vittisque duabus roseis, guttis quatuor nigris ; abdomen 



