ruhl. 25. XI. 1913. 
XANTHOSPILOPTERYX. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
first pair nearly or quite reaching the inner margin, the subapicaJ ))loteli large, not dissolved into se])arate 
spots. Hindwing crimson to orange, the black border greatly varying in width, ahvays without the pale suh- 
anal spot, but Avith a distinct tooth-like projection at the loAver median; underneath also the costal l)order 
black. Fringe at the apex of both wings AA'hite. — superba R/Zr. ( 1 f). is found from Xatal northward to Xyassa- supcrha. 
land and British East-Africa. The subapical hand on the forcAvings lu’oad, Avith a distinct outAvard edge; 
liindAA'ings crimson. — ugandana subsp. nov. iSuhapical band of the forecA'ing narroAver than in sivperha, the out- ugandana. 
AA^ard edge less distinct; hindwings yelloAvish-scarlet, not crimson. with the sjhnes of the tarsi shorter than in 
superha, not so thin or hair-like, but rather resembling those of the 9- Valve much more delicate, clraAA'n out to 
a long point. On the foreAvings the t.Avo median spots almost ahvays confluescent. Unyoro, Uganda. — ba- 
salifasciata Bartel, from the Tanganyilca Region, has the hinrhvings orange-coloured, the foreAvings greatly 
A^arying in the markings: in ah. fatlganyikana R^t^eT^he basal and median orange spots on the foreAvings are tanganyi- ^ ^ ^ ^ 
more or less connected, both lengtliAvise and crossAvise; ab. maculipes Strand has 3 transAmrse bands; in ab. * 
^ viocul'i'pcs, / 
basalifasciata RaDe/ (= ab. rufoides RRand) the tAvo subbasal spots form a broad band, the tAVO median ones ha^alifus- 
being separated; in ab. separata ab. nov. finally also the subbasal spots are isolated. data. 
separata. 
X. iticongruens Btlr. is perhaps a subspecies of A', superba. It is limited to Abyssinia; the 2. t^uWosiS.sXhicongruens. 
spot on the foreAving small, not extending beloAV the internal vein, in contradistinction to superba: subapical 
band at the most 6 mm in Avidth, measured at right angles across. Hinchvings orange, Avith or Avithout any 
red suffusion. The spines of the foretarsi (S) slender. 
X. jugatis spec. nov. (4 h). Head, thorax, both abovm and beneath, and legs clotted Avith AA'hite, tarsi jugaris. 
broadly yelloAv, abdomen ringed Avith yelloAV and black above, black beneath, Avith a central roAv of Avhite 
dots, the last segment in S black (\'alves feebly edged Avith yelloAv), in $ black at base, then consecuth'ely 
broadly yellow, black and at the A'ery extremity dark orange; the spots on the upper surface of head and tho¬ 
rax faintly yelloAvish. ForeAvings Avithout any markings at the inner margin, Avith three yelloAV oblicpie hands, 
of Avhich the subbasal one is in 1 S 1 $ interrupted (type), in a second pair nearly so and in 4 other 
$$ complete; in the basal area, moreoA'er, a yelloAv spot before the internal A'ein, a second one heloAV 
and 2 or 3 yelloAvish spots before the cell; another small spot before the inner angle. HindAvings crimson 
(in tAvo someAA'hat faded specimens reddish-orange), Avith black outer border, beloAV the costal margin orange. 
Fringe at the apex of both Avings yelloAvish. Vah'e of S short, narroAv, incurved. In tAvo $$ from Angola 
the subcostal nerA'ule arising from the areole (as in butleri). — Bihe in Angola (1 o $$) and 8ongive Valley, 
Lake Nyassa (1 (J). 
In the folloAving species the 2. subcostal nervule of the forecving arises ahvays at the secondary cell. 
X. butleri. Fore femora yelloAv; abdomen ringed Avith black and yelloAV aboA'e, tijAped Avith yelloAv 
in both sexes, beneath black Avith tAvo roAvs of Avhite spots, Avhich often are indistinct; in addition usually 
a lateral row of spots; apex of femora and nearly the entire tibiae yelloAv. ForecA'ings Avith a spot at the inner 
margin, the median band either complete or interrupted at the median vein. The other particulars may be 
seen in the figure. Beneath the spots of the foreAvings deeper orange than above. Tavo geographical forms 
areknoAA'n: butleri IFFr., from Natal, has the median band of the foreAvings either interrupted at the median butleri. 
vein (f. butleri Wkr.) (4h) or contiguous, Avith an additional, isolated spot at the inner margin (f. completa completa. 
form. nov.). — adulatrix Westw. has the border of the hindAving narroAver, black, and the median band of the adulatrix. 
foreAving at the most feebly indented at the median vein. From Matabeleland northAvard to Toro and UkereAve. 
— The larva of butleri is bluish-grey Avith numerous fine transA'erse bands; head, scutellum, forelegs, a spot 
on the last but one segment and the anal legs reddish yelloAv, a lateral line reddish. On Vinum. 
X. aisha Kirby (= catarhodia Roll.) (4 h). Body like that of X. butleri: abdomen not spotted AA'ith AA'hite aisha. 
underneath, tibiae Avith tAvo black spots. On the foreAvings the spot at the inner margin placed nearer the base, 
the median band broken up into tAvo square spots, the subapical Ijand constricted in the middle, the spot before 
the inner angle large. Fringe at the apex of the liindAvings yelloAv. British East-Africa, Uganda. Unyoro. 8omali 
Land. Three of our Unyoro specimens have the abdomen more or less strongly banded Avith yelloAv beneath 
(f. transiens form, nov.), although otherAA'ise quite similar to the other specimens of aisha. These specimens iransicns. 
render it probable that aisha is only a form of the folloAA'ing species. 
X. xanthopyga Mah. has the abdomen ringed Avith yelloAA' underneath, the tAvo median spots on the xanthopyga. 
foreAving united into a band, the subapical band not constricted. From the costal region of German East- 
Africa. UnknoAvn to me. 
X. pentelia Druce (3 c). Abdomen beneath marked Avith yelloAv, aboA'e ringed Avith black and yelloAv. pentelut. 
the tip yelloAv; head and thorax spotted Avith yelloAV both above and beneath, fore femora and tibiae coA'ered 
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