LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 701 



ty occupy more than half the length from the base, and are succeeded 

 by an undulating slender black band ; under side bright red along 

 most of the length of the costa, and especially so towards the hase, 

 with a black spot near the fore border at much beyond half the 

 length. Hind wings yellow, with a black discal spot, and with 

 several black spots of various size near the hind border. Length of 

 the body 9 — 12 lines ; of the wings 24—32 lines. 



Var. 3. Fore wings without a black band near the hind border. 

 Hind wings with only two black spots. 



Var. y like var. /3. Fore wings without a rosy tinge. Hind 

 wings with no black spots near the hind border. 



Var. 8. Fore wings wholly white, with the exception of a few 

 black dots towards the base. Abdomen wholly red above, with the 

 exception of one or two black dots. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 

 b — e. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 

 /.South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

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

 h. ? 



4. Aloa marginalis. 



Albus ; palpi et antenna nigra ; thorax fascia lutea guttisque sex 

 nigris ; abdomen supra luteum, e guttis nigris trivittatum; 

 pedes nigri, luteo-alboque fasciati ; ala? antica? maculis margi- 

 nalibus albis ; postica? maculis submarginalibus fuscis. 



White. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi and antennae black. 

 Thorax with a slender luteous band a little in front of the fore 

 wings, and in front of it a brown mark, with a black dot on each 

 side ; two larger black dots near the base of each fore wing. Ab- 

 domen above luteous, with three rows of black dots; under side with 

 two rows of black dots. Legs black ; coxae luteous, with a brown 

 spot ; femora with a luteous band ; hind femora, tibiae and tarsi 

 with white bands. Fore wings brown, with large marginal white 

 spots, which are smallest at the base and at the tips, and are accom- 

 panied by a few submarginal spots. Hind wings with a few large 

 submarginal brown spots. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Asia. 



A. Alae anticae albae. 



A. Alae anticae ad costam rufae. 



