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ROTHIA; ARROTHIA; ARCTIOPAIS; PAIS. By M. Gaede. 
svhfascid. 
sclioutedcni. 
(tnnulata. 
sassana. 
litter a. 
albocincta. 
lutcsccns. 
viartha. 
Camilla. 
arrosa. 
hampsoni. 
melano- 
hasis. 
celis. 
haplo- 
craspis. 
forewing also varies from yellowish-withe to dark yellow. — subfascia Hulst. is probably allied to barnsi. Fore- 
wing with some blue dots at the base. A yellow triangle befoi’e the centre of the cell. Median band as in barnsi 
and bafesi. The spot between veins 3 and 4 in the subapical band is miich smaller than the others. At the inner 
margin there are only traces of the uj^per one of the two spots which are characteristic of bafesi. Hindwing 
black, dusted yellow between veins 3 and 6 behind the cell. Fringe of forewdng nearly all wFite, of hindwing 
all white. The cell-margins and veins on the hindwing beneath are dusted yellow. Congo. — schoutedeni Hulst. 
approximates the nominal form. The yellow^ spots in the cell and at the inner margin are absent. The lower sjiot 
of the median band is only scpiare, not elongate. The exterior margin of the subapical band is somewhat dentate, 
its lower part outside diisted somewhat black. Hindwing above and beneath quite black, only the fringe white. 
Congo. 
X. annulata Auriv. is very similar to buchholzi. The median and subapical rows of spots on the fore- 
wdng are united into a large square golden yellow area extending not quite to the costal and inner margins. 
It exhibits at the cell-end a large black spot with a few blue scales. At the anal angle the usual yellow^ spot, 
and blue dots at the base. Hinchving black above and beneath. Fringe as in buchholzi. $ 54 mm. Congo. 
X. hornimani Drc. (p. 5). A subordinate form of melanosoma Drc. (1 e) is sassana Strd. from the Congo 
District. The subapical band has more parallel sides, the band is not so distinctly divided by the black veins 
as in melanosoma. The anterior sjDot of the median band is moi’e quadrangular, the lower one concave on the 
jiiner side. HindAving more broadly margined AAuth black. 
X. su'perba Btlr. (p. 7, pi. 1 f). This species is rather variable as w^e have already seen from the text 
on page 7. Several other forms have been denominated besides. — In pulchra. Hulst. the hindwdng is orange- 
red, the blue spots of the foreAving are distinct. It is presumably scarcely different from basalifasciata Bartel, 
as also the basal spots are fused. — littera Hulst. is an extreme form of maculipes Strd., the tAvo bands of Avhich 
at the inner margin are only very little separated. In littera, they are united at their loAA'er angles. — In albo¬ 
cincta Hulst. the otherwdse yelloAV rings of the abdomen are Avdiite (rubbed off?). All the forms from the Congo. 
2. Genus: Itotliia Wiv. 
R. ivatersi Btlr. (p. 8, pi. 3 c). In lutescens Oberth. the hindwdng is not bright red but yellow'. 
R.martha Oberth. is someAvhat similar to nigrescens Rothsch. (3 a), but the transverse band on the fore- 
Aving is yellowish-Avliite, and besides there are 2 small Avhite dots at the base. Fringe AA'hite at the apex, the 
rest black. HinclAving black, AAdthout markings. Fringe as in nigrescens . Wings beneath yelloAAdsh at the bases, 
abdomen yelloAV beneath. 48 mm. Madagascar. 
R. Camilla Oberth. is someAvdiat similar to lasti RotJhsch. (3 b), but the transverse band of the foreAAdng 
shoAvs more parallel margins, as in nigrescens (3a). Besides the 2 small costal-marginal spots of lasti there is 
another smaller spot at the base. A row of greyish-bhie dots parallel to the inner side of the main band and 
a roAv bent about parallel to the distal margin. The wdiite median spot on the hindAAdng is radially stretched, 
and besides there is a smaller one beloAV it toAvards the anal angle. Legs and under surface of abdomen yelloAA'. 
44 mm. Madagascar. 
R. arrosa Jordan is someA\diat like eriopis-carminata Rothsch. (3 d). Abdomen carmine, more orange 
towards the end, black above at the base, the black narrowing dowm toAvards the 5th segment, beneath also 
orange. ForeAAung AA'ith yelloAAdsh-AAFite spots as in eriopis, besides tw^o spots above vein 1, one each before 
and behind the centre. 
R. hampsoni Oberth. resembles westwoodi Btlr. (3 c), but the spots on the foreAAdng are wdiitish, shaped 
as in panganica (3 d), on the hindAAung similar to virgimcula^ (3 c). According to Hampson, the position of the 
species is cpiestionable. 
4. Genus: Arrothia Jord. 
A. bicolor Rothsch. (5 a). The form — melanobasis Jord. shows a black basal area on the foreAAdng, so 
that only a yelloAA' hand of about 2^ mm AAddth remains, extending near the cell-end. Basal area feebly dusted 
yelloAv. HindAA'ing broad black at the base. Madagascar. 
5. Genus: A rctiopais Jord. 
A. ambusta Mab. (3 e). The form — celis Jord. has a rusty broAA'n distal margin on the foreAAdng, being 
7 mm broad at the apex, then it groAvs narroAver. The margin on the liindAving is black as in the type, but much 
narroAA'er. 7 mm broad near the apex, 1 mm at the anal angle. Madagascar. 
10. Genus: Pais Hbn. 
P. nyassana Bart. (j). 14, pi. 3 f). In Angola and Uganda the fringes of both Avings of this species are 
black A\dth pale ochreous broAvn spots, Avhilst they are quite black in the Congo District; the latter form is 
named; — haplocraspis Hulst. 
