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albidis ; alis posticis sanguineis, limbo nigro ; abdomine luteo, nigro- 

 annulato. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 2$. 



Habitat prope Tati et Gwailo fluv.; mense Octobre capta. 1 



Family Saturniid.e. 



This splendid family is well represented in Africa, particularly in 

 the south-eastern portion, where a number of beautiful species have 

 been found, especially in Natal. A monograph of these insects, so 



1 The following descriptions of several other allied African species of this beautiful genus 

 may be given here : — 



Eusemia pallida, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., i. p. 52 (1854) ; Butler, 111. Lep. 

 Het. Brit. Mus., i. p. 10, pi. 5, f. 3 (1877). 



Eusemia niveosparsa, Westwood in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 355 (1881). 



Corpore tenui, abdomine nigro, fulvo - annulate ; alis anticis nigris maculis 7 parvis 

 niveis, — ima. parva in medio cellulas ; 2da. obliqua cellulam terminante ; 3tia. ovali inter 

 cellulam et apicem alas ; 4ta. elongata ante medium marginis interni ; 5ta. pone maculam 

 2am ; 6ta. bipartita inter 3am et 7am prope angulum posticum ; alis posticis sanguineis, limbo 

 nigro. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 3. 



Habitat in Montibus Cameroons, Afric. occid. In Mus. Hopeiano. 



The type of E. pallida is a faded specimen. 



Eusemia .-emulatrix, Westwood in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 355 (1881). 



Mediocriter angusta, alis anticis angustis, nigris, albido-maculatis, — macula parva rotunda 

 in medio cellulas ; 2da. majori ad apicem cellulae ; 3tia. fasciasformi in partes quinque venis 

 nigris divisa, angusta et in medio extus angulata ; 4ta. elongata e basi ad medium marginis 

 interni extensa ; 5ta. irregulari-ovata pone 2am ; ;6ta. minuta intus angulum posticum ; alis 

 posticis sanguineis, limbo nigro ; abdomine fulvo, ano nigro-barbato. Expans. alar, antic, 

 unc. 2J. 



Habitat ? In Mus. Hopeiano. 



Eusemia pardalina, Walker, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, i. p. 329, pi. 5, f. 1 (1869). 



The type of this species, from Congo, is in the Hopeian collection, together with a second 

 individual brought from Angola by Monteiro. It differs from E. Eupliemia in its smaller 

 size, and in having the ground colour of the hind wings rich orange fulvous instead of 

 sanguineous. 



Eusemia meretrix, Westwood in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 355 (1881). 



Alis anticis nigris, maculis 5 fulvis, — ima. obliqua subbasali marginem anticum et posti- 

 cum non attingenti ; 2da. ovali ad apicem cellulae ; 3tia. duplo majori oblongo-ovali et 

 obliqua inter cellulam et apicem alas ; 4ta. fere rotundata pone 2am ; 5ta. parva angulo postico 

 proxima ; costa basi albo-guttata, margine postico immaculato ; alis posticis rufis, limbo 

 nigro. Expans. alar, antic, unc. i\. 



Habitat in Afric. merid. (D. Buxton). In Mus. Hopeiano. 



Eusemia nugatrix, Westwood in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. i, App. p. 356 (1881). 



Alis anticis nigris, costa ad basim biguttata, maculis 6 luteo-albidis, — ima. subtrigona ante 

 medium cellulas ; 2da. subquadrata parum obliqua ante apicem cellulas ; 3tia. magna subovali 

 obliqua inter medium et apicem alas, intus vena 3tia mediana in dentem nigrum incisa ; 4ta. 

 oblonga marginis postici, medium marginis fere attingente ; 5ta. pone 2am ; 6ta. fere ad 

 angulum posticum alas ; interstitiis argenteo parum squamosis ; alis posticis rufo-aurantiacis, 

 limbo simplici nigro. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 2I-3J. 



Habitat apud promontorium, "Cape Palmas," Afric. occid. (Savage). In Mus. Hopeiano. 



Eusemia glossatrix, Westwood in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 356 (1881). 



Alis supra nigris, purpureo-nitidis, praesertim in alis posticis ; anticis fascia media parum 

 curvata tripartita straminea, alteraque inter medium et apicem alas e punctis 4 albis formata, 

 interstitiis squamis argenteis perpaucis omatis ; alis posticis margine postico albo, intus 

 dentato ; abdomine supra nigro, subtus fulvo ; collare et pedibus subtus fulvis. Expans 

 alar, antic, unc. i\. 



Habitat in Afric. orient. -merid. In Mus. Hopeiano. 



