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4. 2EGOCERA FERVIDA. 



Nigro-fusca ; caput subtus, pectus, abdomen et pedes lutea ; caput 

 et thorax anticus albo univittata ; palpi basi albi ; abdomen 

 vittis duabus macularibus apiceque fuscis, subtus testaceum ; 

 alee anticce albo-pulverulentce et ciliatm, vitta una rubiginea 

 duabusque albis, subtus flavce nigro bimaculatce ; posticce flavce, 

 nigro marginatce et unimaculatce. 



Brownish black. Head and thorax beneath and legs luteous. 

 Head and fore part of thorax with a white stripe above. Palpi 

 white towards the base. Abdomen luteous above, brown at the tip, 

 with two rows of brown spots on each side, testaceous beneath. Fore 

 wings powdered with white, with a white fringe, with a deep red 

 stripe beneath the fore border and with two white stripes, the first 

 extending along two-thirds of the length from the base, nearly 

 parallel to the hind border ; second nearer the tip, much shorter, 

 very oblique ; uuder side yellow, with two black spots in the disk, 

 ferruginous towards the tip. Hind wings luteous-yellow, with a 

 broad black hind border, and with a black spot in the disk near the 

 fore border ; border reddish beneath. Legs luteous ; tibiae with 

 black spots ; tarsi black, with white rings. Length of the body 11 

 lines ; of the wings 23 — 25 lines. 



Var. /3. Abdomen with no lateral spots, but with a row of dorsal 

 spots. Spots above and beneath the wings and hind border of hind 

 wings reddish instead of blackish. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



5. iEGOCERA BIMACUI.A. 



Nigro-fusca; caput albo bivittatum, subtus albo-hirtum; palpi 

 basi albi ; thorax albo trivittatus, subtus luteus ; abdomen 

 luteum, vittis tribus macularibus nigris ; alee anticce albo 

 conspersce, rubido varia?, vitta indentata fasciaque albis, subtus 

 flava? fusco trimaculatce ferrugineo marginatce ; posticce nigro 

 marginata et bimaculatce. 



Brownish black. Head with while hairs beneath, and with 

 two stripes of white hairs above. Proboscis piceous. Palpi white 

 towards the base. Thorax with three white stripes, luteous beneath. 

 Abdomen luteous, with a dorsal stripe of black spots above, and with 

 a stripe of black spots on each side beneath. Fore wings powdered 



