LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 571 



9. Deiopeia OCELLINA. 



Lutea ; thorax nigro trimaculatus ; abdomen e maculis nigris tri- 

 vittatum; alee anticce e maculis nigris albo cinctis septem- 

 fasciatce ; posticce maculis una ant duabus discalibus mar- 

 gineque irregulari nigris. 



Luteous. Palpi with black tips. Antennae black, luteous at 

 the base. Thorax with a black spot on each shoulder and one on 

 the scutellum. Abdomen with three slripes of black spots. Legs 

 partly black, and with a black spot on each fore coxa. Fore wings 

 with seven bands composed of white-bordered black spots. Hind 

 wings with one or two black spots in the disk, and with an irregular 

 and interrupted black border. Length of the body 6—7 lines ; of 

 the wings lb* — 20 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



b. Zoolu Country, South Africa. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



c. d. Madagascar. From M. Becker's collection. 



10. Deiopeia lepida. 



Lutea ; cuput, pectus et abdomen subtus nigra ; ala nigro maculate 

 marginibus dentato vel ramoso nigris. 



Luteous. Head black, luteous in front. Palpi with black 

 tips. Antennae, proboscis and legs black. Thorax with a black 

 spot on each side. Abdomen with four rows of black spots which 

 towards the base are replaced by black bands ; under side black 

 with a row of luteous spots. Fore wings with four transverse black 

 spots along the costa, and four more of various size and shape 

 forming a curved stripe in the disk, and with two marginal rows of 

 spots which are united and form a black patch at the tip of the 

 costa. Hind wings with a discal stripe of black spots, and with a 

 black border which emits branches tow r ards the disk. Length of the 

 body 6^ lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 

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



11. Deiopeia Aegus. 



Luteo-fulva aut rosea; caput et thorax nigro maculata; abdomen c 

 maculis nigris triviltatum ; aloe anticce guttis nigris albido 

 cinctis sexfasciatce, subtus maculis rufis ; poslicce nigra 

 maculate. 



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