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angled outwards below costa and defined on outer side by 
white, a blackish spot beyond it below costa and the terminal 
part of costa with black suffusion and white points on it ; 
subterminal line black, slightly defined on inner side by white 
and acutely angled inwards below costa, then oblique and 
defined on inner side by whitish ; a series of black points before 
termen and a black line just before termen from apex to 
vein 4. Hind wing ochreous brown suffused with black-brown 
except on terminal area from below apex which is striated with 
blackish ; a slightly waved blackish postmedial line from discal 
fold to inner margin ; a rather diffused double waved blackish 
subterminal line arising at discal fold ; a series of blackish 
points before termen. Underside grey-brown irrorated and 
striated with blackish and with black discoidal points ; fore wing 
with the inner area suffused with dark brown and with traces 
of waved postmedial line excurved below costa then oblique ; 
hind wing with double postmedial series of black points on the 
veins and in interspaces to vein 2 with traces of pale dentate 
line between them excurved below costa, then a black line to 
inner margin, a rather diffused subterminal black line from 
vein 3 to above tornus, and a series of black and white points 
before termen to vein 2 and bar in submedian interspace. 
$. Fore wing paler and more tinged with rufous, especially 
on inner area ; a triangular rufous patch between the ante- 
medial and medial lines below the cell ; the discoidal spot 
distinctly defined by black-brown, a black-brown streak below 
costa from before end of cell to apex to which it is curved 
upwards, the subterminal line very slightly excurved, the 
termen more excurved from below apex ; hind wing ochreous 
slightly suffused with brown except on apical area ; the 
underside more ochreous. 
Hob. Gold Coast, Obuassi {Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi 
(McDowall), 1 1 $ type. Exp. 62-66 millim. 
Sphingonioipl a xanthoperas. n. s-p. 
$. Head and thorax pale red-brown ; frons white at sides ; 
palpi with the 3rd joint blackish, white at tips ; abdomen 
greyish brown, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with dark 
brown. Fore wing rather pale red-brown with slight dark 
irroration except on terminal area ; a slight blackish subbasal 
striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish, angled outwards 
on subcostal and median ncrvures, incurved in the cell and 
oblique below it ; a blackish point in middle of cell ; a yellowish 
discoidal bar and semicircular white mark at lower angle 
of cell ; medial line blackish, oblique to vein 6 at the post- 
medial line then inwardly oblique to inner margin ; a greyish 
semicircular patch defined by darker red-brown on post- 
medial costal area, extending to vein 6 ; postmedial line black, 
ending at vein 6, oblique towards costa and angled inwards 
