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ROTHIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
with yellow hair. On the forewiiigs 2 subbasal spots, a rather small antemedian cell-spot and a larger ellip¬ 
tical spot before the inner margin, almost touching it; a broad, outwardly rounded, inwardly concave subapi- 
cal band, below which a roundish spot of orange-yellow. Hindwings orange-red with strongly incurved black 
marginal band. — Delagoa Bay. Unknown to me in natura. 
thruppi. X. thruppi Btlr. (3 a) is a robust species having the abdomen red above, black beneath. On the fore- 
wmg the spots yellow, above darker than beneath, in the basal area 7 dots, followed by a spot in the cell 
and a larger one at the inner margin, in the middle two scpiare blotches, before the margin a broad, in¬ 
wardly feebly concave band and a large spot before the inner angle. Hindwing crimson, outwardly more or 
less orange. — Somali Land, British East-Africa, Toro. 
contigua. X. contigua Wkr. (5 a). Abdomen black, ringed with yellowish grey. Forewings with a yellow subbasal 
band reaching the internal vein, a small yellow spot in the apex of the cell and a narrow yellow discal band 
placed nearer the base than in the preceding species. Hindwings red with black border and white, black-spotted 
fringe. Only 1 specimen known (locality not given). -Resembles Aegocera tigrina, but easily distinguished by 
the ringed abdomen and the absence of the spines from the tibiae. 
2. Genus: liotliisi Wiv. 
Distinguished from Xanthos'pilo'pteryx principally by the short cell in the forewing which is less than 
half the length of the wing; also the cell in the hindwing is rather short. On the forewing the second sub¬ 
costal arises from the secondary cell, the upper median quite close from the angle of the cell. With one excep¬ 
tion found also in East Africa, all the species are confined to Madagascar. A few small forms belonging to 
this island have the cell in the forewing somewhat longer, being therefore no true Bothia; but since in all other 
respects they fit very well into this genus, I enclose them here, so that Bothia comprises, with the exception 
of Tuerta rufodiscalis, all the known Agaristidae of Madagascar. 
waiersi. R. waters! Btlr. (3 c). Head and thorax black with yellowish spots, pectus, legs and abdomen largely 
orange. Forewings reddish-brown, Avith a someAAdiat oblique yelloAAush median band that reaches neither the 
costal nor inner margin. HindAvings deep red, broadly shaded Avith fuscous at base, costa and outer margin. 
— Eastern Madagascar. 
hypopyrrha. R. hypopyrrlia Btlr. (3 c). Body black, head and thorax Avith small yelloAvish spots, pectus, femora, 
tibiae and underside of abdomen orange. Forewings with a broad sulphur-yellow median band. HinclAvings 
unmarked above, underneath the foreAAungs at the base narroAvly orange, the hindAAungs carmine Avith a terminal 
border of fuscous, broad in front, tapering behind. Eastern Madagascar. 
R. simyra Westw. (3 a) resembles hypopyrrha, but smaller, Avith the spots on head, thorax and palpi 
nearly AAdiite, the band on the foreAvings placed farther outAvard, not reaching the cell; on the under surface 
of the hindAAungs the terminal border much wider, occupying more than two thirds of the costal margin, 
simyra. the fringe at the apex of either Aving AAdiite (f. simyra) or quite black (f. rilgrifimbriata form, nov.) or intermedi- 
nigrifim- ate. Specimens of either sex from Morondawa, Southwestern Madagascar. 
briata. 
R. zea H.-Schdff. Head and thorax spotted with yelloAvish, under side of the body and the legs al¬ 
most completely orange; the first segment of the middle feet of the J greatly enlarged and longer than in 
$. On the foreAA'ing 2 cell-spots, and outside of the cell a constricted or interrupted discal band, both 
yelloAvish-white. HinchAungs blackish fuscous, fringe spotted AAdth Avhite. On the under surface the base of the 
zea. forcAvings orange; hinclAvings carmine with broad black border, f. zea H.-Schdff. has the band on the foreAvings 
divisa, more or less strongly constricted, Avhereas in f. divisa form. nov. (3 b as zea) it is diAuded into tAvo blotches; 
the blotches vary greatly, the anterior one frequently being no larger than the cell-spots. — Of 125 specimens 
from MorondaAva (southwestern Madagascar), 124 belong to divisa, whereas all specimens I have seen from the 
eastern part of the island, represent f. zea. 
distigma. R. distigma Wlab. (3 a). Body similarly coloured as in zea-, the first segment of the middle tarsi 
of the barely enlarged. ForeAvings Avith Avhite markings, namely t.Avo small spots in the cell and, separated 
from the latter, a discal band consisting of 4—5 spots. Hindwings with Avhitish-blue middle area neither 
reaching the margins nor the base. Underneath the base of the forewings yelloAV, the hindAvings carmine Avith 
black border. Eastern and Avestern Madagascar. 
cruenia. R. cruenta Spec. ?my. resembles the preceding, but has the last segment of the palpi longer. ForeAvings 
without a trace of cell-spots, but Avith a Avhite, faintly yelloAvish median band touching the angles of the cell, 
and reaching from the upper angle to the internal vein, tapering in front and dentate inwardly, hardly exceed- 
