ROTHIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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ing 5 mm in width. On the forewings a blue median spot, which is much smaller than in distigmu (9 x 7 mm.). 
Fringe at the apex of both wings white. Under surface; Forewing at the base orange, hindwings scarlet, at base 
orange, the border black, broader in front than in distigma, and almost reaching the base. — 1 rj fi’om ^lada- 
gascar, probably the southAvestern part, in the Tring Museum. 
R. virguncula Mah. (= metagrius Btlr.) (3 c). Body as in the preceding. Forewing AAuth median band as virguncula. 
in cruenta. Flindwmgs with yellowish-Avhite median area. Underneath the forewings orange at base, the hind- 
A\dngs yellow, in front and behind orange, bordered Avith black. Madagascar: Betsileo. 
R. pales Guer. (3 b). On the foreAAung a small white cell-spot and a narroAV, oblicpie, white discal pales. 
band, composed of 5 spots and reaching anteriorly the secondary cell. Hindwings Avith large pale blue me¬ 
dian area. On the under surface the body, the base of the forewings and the hindAving orange, the latter 
broadly bordered Avith black. Madagascar; 2 d'd' fli® Tring Museum, locality unknoAvn. 
R. micropales. A small species, resembling the preceding, but having on the forcAving the discal band micropales. 
undivided and the cell-spot lackmg. — In micropales Btlr. (3 e) from Central Madagascar the band on the fo¬ 
rewings reaches the internal vein, tapering in front, otherwise of even Avidth (3 mm); on the hinclAA’ing the dia¬ 
meter of the blue, pale-centred spot is about 4 mm. — caecata siibsi). nov., from MorondaAva (HoutliAvest caecaia. 
^Madagascar), has on the foreAAung the band shorter but broader, in front 2% mm in Avddth, from the 2. radial 
on 4 mm, ending before the loAver median instead of the internal Amin. The blotch on the hinclAving much larger, 
not centred Avith white, 8 mm m diameter. Hindlegs (the others missing) altogether orange. On the under sur¬ 
face of the hindwings the terminal border Avider. 
R." tranquilla Btlr. (3d). Forewings Avithout any cell-spot, Avith a pale yelloAv discal band touching tranquilla. 
the apex of the cell, not interrupted and feebly denticulate on the inner side, extending from the costa to the 
internal vein, its Avidth behind 4 mm, in front 2 mm; hindwing Avith blue median area, reaching from the sub¬ 
costal toAvard the anal angle and being in the apex of the cell overlaid by a patch of dirty yelloAV scales. Under¬ 
neath the body, legs, base of foreAAungs and the liindAAungs orange, the latter broadly bordered Avith black, the 
border nearly reaching the middle of the costal margin. The species either varies greatly or the folloAA'ing 
forms may represent different species, AA’hich I cannot at present decide Avith the scanty material at my 
disposal, f. epipales Mab. has on the foreAving the band narroAA'er, not dentate, only reaching the loAver median epipales. 
nervule; hinclAAung above Avithout any yelloAV in the cell. In f. tenuis form. nov. the band on the foreAving tenuis. 
is above only 1 mm in AAudth, interrupted betAAmen the 3. radial and lower median, and blurred, beneath 
1% mm Avide, reachmg the lower median, not interrupted and feebly dentate. The central area of the hind- 
AAung not scaled Avith orange, broadly centred Avith Avhite; the black border of the hinclAvings on the underside 
projecting along the costal margin toAvard the base almost to the 1. quarter, f. sinefascia fomn. nov. refers sinefascia. 
to a specimen mentioned by IVLabille, AAuthout any band Avhatever on the foreAvmg. Madagascar; tranquilla 
from Betsileo, of the others the locality unknoAvn. 
R. nigrescens Roths. (3 a). Body underneath and the legs Avith the exception of the tarsi orange, nigrescens. 
On the forewings 1 or 2 small sulphur-yelloAV cell-spots and a similar discal band reaching from the costal 
to the internal vein; on the hindAvings the fringe mottled Avitli AAliite and black. Underneath the base of both 
wings narrowly orange, the hindwings othei’Avise purplish-black. — MorondaAva, Southwest Madagascar. 
R. pedasus H.-Schdff. (5 a). Abdomen orange, tipped Avith black, Avith large black triangular transverse pedasus. 
spots at the base of each ring. Forewing Avith large Avhite cell-spot and Avhite discal band, Avidening anally and 
reaching the lower median (Vein 2). Hindwing Avith large Avhite area extending to the inner margin. Fringe of 
both Avings at the apex and before the inner angle Avhite. — Madagascar. The Avas figured by Herrich- 
Schaffer; the $ is, according to my recollection, contained in the Oberthur collection. 
R. simplex Roths. (3 b) is perhaps only a subspecies of the folloAAung. Underside of thorax, the legs simplex. 
Avith the exception of the greater part of the tarsi, and the abdomen, all but the very extremity, the base 
and a feAV small spots, orange. ForeAvings above Avithout, underneath either Avith or Avithout tAvo small 
cell-spots; a broad discal band touching the apex of the cell, almost reaching the internal vein. The yelloAvish- 
white area of the hindAvings very large, the black border at the middle below the 3. radial (vein 4) inch the 
fringe 6 mm in Avidth. —■ MorondaAva (SouthAvest Madagascar); 2 $$ in the Tring Museum. 
R. agrius H.-Schdff. (4 g). Abdomen of the G almost completely black above, of $ ringed Avith black, agrius. 
ForeAvings Avithout cell-spot, the discal band narroAA^er than in simplex, in S Avide, in $ 5 mm at 
the middle. HinchAungs of the Avith rhombic yelloAvish Avhite median area, extending from the inner margin 
to the upper angle of the cell, 6—7 mm in width; in the $ this area is outwardly rounded, dentate beloAv the 
