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ROTHIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
lower median nervule, and 10—11 mm wide. On the under surface the area reaches in both sexes the base, 
leaving only the narrow costal border and the broad ternien black. The $ has the fringe at the apex of both 
wings white, as in simplex, the only at the apex of the forewing, with a few white scales. — Eastern 
Madagascar; 2 from the district lying inland from Mahanoro, I $ from Tamatave in the Tring Museum; 
whether this § really belongs to the mentioned remains to be confirmed. 
hoUi, R. holli Oberfh. (5a). d': Abdomen ringed with black and orange above, underneath orange as is also 
the jJoctus. Forewings with 2 yellowish white cell-spots and a short similar discal band. Hindwings red, 
the base and outer margin black, underneath the base yellow and the terminal band narrower than above. 
Fianarantsoa; unknown to me in natura. 
R. lasti. Black; femora and part of the tibiae covered with orange hair. Forewings with two white 
dots in the cell, and a white discal band extending to the lower median nervule, its anterior half or third 
narrower than the posterior portion. Hindwing with-median area white, widely separated from the margins 
lasti. and base, both above and beneath, in $ rather larger than in d'. — lasti Roths. (3 b), from Morondawa (South¬ 
west Madagascar). The band on the forewing at least mm wide, the blotch on the hindwings about as wide 
epiera. as the black basal area. — epiera subsp. nov. has the band on the forewing narroAver than in lasti, the blotch on 
the hindwings only about one half as Avide as the black basal area, its outer edge dentate at the nervules, 
blurred posteriorly, AAuth a faint bluish tinge produced by the superimposition of Avhite scales on black ones, 
both here and at the outer edge. Northern Madagascar: Diego-Siiarez, 1 in the Tring Museum. 
gracilis. R. gracilis spec. itov. (J: Frons with a thin, strongly produced aj)pendage, the 3rd segment of the 
tarsi short, nearly the entire 1st segment, the base and ti]) of the 2rd and the base of the 3rd yelloAvish AAdiite, 
head and thorax Avith the usual yelloAvish-white markings; pectus, femora, tibiae and underside of abdomen 
orange, tarsi bluish-black, the segments Avith AAdiite tips; abdomen above and at the sides broAAUiish-black, at the 
base Avith a dorsal tuft of scales, yelloAv in front, at the extremity metallic; anal tip yelloAv. ForeAvings and 
under surface of liindAvings blackish-fuscous, nearly chestnut, marked AAuth yelloAvish-AAdiite as folloAA^s: On the 
foreAving tAAn S])ots at the base before the cell, folloAved by tAvo cell-spots and, beyond the apex of the cell, an 
almost uniform band from costa toAvard the inner angle, ending at the internal vein. HindAAungs broAvnish- 
black, AAuth a large yelloAvish-Avhite blotch before the anal angle, touching the lower angle of the cell, feebly 
indented at the upper median, more strongly beloAv the loAver median. Under surface almost as above, AA’ith the 
base of both Avings faintly orange. Fringe at apex of both wings and at the abdominal margin of the liindAAungs 
AAdiite. Length of foreAving 2(i mm. — Ambre, North Madagascar. 
R. rhaeo. Black; femora and part of the tibiae covered with long orange-coloured hair; terminal seg¬ 
ments of palpi long and thin. ForeAAdng Avdth 2 small yelloAvish-Avhite cell-sjiots and 2 similar, larger, discal 
blotches; hindAidiig with an elongate Avhite terminal spot before the anal angle. Madagascar; Nyassa. — In 
rhaeo. f. rhaeo Druce (4 c) both cell-spots are small; a AAdiite terminal spot before the inner angle of the foreAidiigs; 
alluaudi. 1 in the Druce collection, noAv in the possession of -1. J. Joicey. In f. alluaudi 3Iab. the outer cell-spot 
is transverse and the above mentioned Avhite terminal spot is absent; 1 $ in the Mabille collection; if 
rhaeo really comes from Madagascar, that $ belongs surely to it. But we doubt the correctness of the state¬ 
ment that rhaeo came from Madagascar, since both the British and Tring Museums contain a specimen 
each from Nyassa Land, AAdiich does not seem to differ in any Avay from typical rhaeo. The matter can only 
be cleared up, Aidien new material Avill be available. 
payiganica. R. pailganica Karsch (3 d). Body as above, Avith the extreme tip of the abdomen orange. ForeAAdngs 
AAdthout any cell-spots, but Avith an uninterrupted discal band; at the apex a feAv AAdiite scales, as in /. rhaeo. 
HindAving Avith a subanal terminal spot as in the preceding species. — Usambara (German East-Africa); 
only (5'(J are knoAvn to me. 
fianarantsoa. R. fianaratltsoa 06eU/i. LhiknoAvn to me in natura; foreAving Aidtli yelloAvish transverse band (touching 
the apex of the cell ?), reaching neither costal nor inner margin and tapering on both sides. HindAvings carmine, 
Avith broad black border, on the upper surface the inner half of the Avings suffused Avith blackish. Length of 
foreAvings 25 mm. Fianarantsoa. 
dayremi. R. dayremi Oberth. (5 a). Pectus, legs and the underside of the abdomen covered Avith orange hair, 
upper surface of the abdomen ringed with black and orange. ForeAvings blackish-fuscous, Avith a small and 
large cell-spot and tAvo discal spots yelloAvish-AAdiite. Hindwings orange, Avith the black border continuing as 
a narroAV streak along the abdominal margin; the base fuscous. — Antsianaka (Madagascar). This aud the 
folloAving species have the cell in the foreAving longer, and are therefore no true Rothia. 
