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of head warm buff (xv) well mixed before and between the antennae with flame 
scarlet (ii) hairs; patagia and tegulae of ground colour, but across the patagia 
a broad transverse line of flame scarlet and a patch of the same colour between 
the tegulae on meso- and metathorax; abdomen above of ground colour, 
except at base and apex, where cream coloured hairs predominate. Fore wing 
uniformly and finely dusted with cinnamon-rufous ; an indistinct light coloured 
patch at base below lower median ; an antemedial irregular pale orange-yellow 
(iii) line from below costa to 1 b, outwardly oblique from below costa to middle 
of cell, then angled inwardly to lower median where it is interrupted, to start 
again below lower median a little nearer to base than the beginning of the line 
and almost erect to 1 b, forming a tooth-like projection in middle; the ante- 
medial line has a dark shading here and there on inner side; an indistinct 
light coloured line on discocellulars ; a broad postmedial strigulated band, 
beginning ah costa and erect till vein 4, then inwardly oblique to inner margin; 
the strigulae are pale orange-yellow, arranged in 5 parallel rows; curved between 
the veins and interrupted on the veins; on the outer side this band has a dark 
diffused line, dentated on the veins ; some dark terminal shading from apex till 
along tornus; an ill-defined oblique fascia, slightly darker than ground colour, 
from apex to postmedial band at vein 4; cilia of ground colour. Hind wing 
with the ground colour pale orange-yellow, thinly irro rated at basal half and 
tinged at terminal half with cinnamon-rufous; cilia cinnamon-rufous at base, 
tipped with whitish. 
Under side : thorax, fore legs on inner side, whole of mid and hind legs and 
ground colour of abdomen pure white ; white hairs of abdomen mixed with pale 
orange-yellow hairs ; fore wing with the ground colour cinnamon-rufous 
except along costa and at basal area, which are cream-buff (xxx), remainder 
of wing thickly irrorated with cream -buff ; hind wing white, thickly irrorated 
at terminal half with cinnamon-rufous. • 
Ground colour somewhat lighter; patches on head, patagia and thorax 
less defined and ochraceous-buff (xv) ; antemedial area from costa to 1 b deep 
chrome (iii) including the antemedial line, and well irrorated with cinnamon- 
rufous; postmedial band deep chrome; strigulae ill defined; area beyond 
postmedial band deep chrome, densely sprinkled with cinnamon-rufous; 
oblique apical fascia broader and darker; hind wing somewhat lighter; under 
side, hairs of legs, thorax and abdomen onion-skin pink (xxviii) ; ground colour 
of fore wing and hind wing pale yellow-orange (iii) ; fore wing irrorated, very 
densely at terminal half with testaceous (xxviii) ; hind wing rather thickly 
irrorated with testaceous on costal and terminal areas. 
The intensit)^ of coloration seems to vary considerably in the ; one of my 
specimens is very lightly coloured and has the antemedial markings diffused, 
and of a deep chrome colour, while the postmedial band is also deep chrome 
in ground colour and has the strigulae even more diffused than in the $; in 
another $ the antemedial markings are broader and lighter, while the strigulae 
of the postmedial band are very narrow and often wanting. 
Exp. $ type, 59 mm.; $ type, 68 mm.; another worn $ is 75 mm. 
Hah. Five ^s and two $s all from S. Rhodesia, Umvuma and Salisbury, 
collected by Mrs Carnegie, Father O’Neil and myself in Nov., Dec., Jan., 
March. 
Father O’Neil informs me, that the caterpillar is green and feeds on Brachy- 
sfegia randii. 
