Africa, Southern -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Africa, Southern
Alis anticis nigris, maculis duabus parvis subbasalibus, fascia obliqua
integra submedia, alteraque magna late ovali inter medium et apicem,
interstitiis argenteo-irroratis; striga minuta marginis interni pone
medium punctoque rotundato intus angulum posticum flavo-albidis; alis
posticis sanguineis, limbo nigro; abdomine luteo, nigro-annulato.
Expans. alar. antic. unc. 2¼.
Habitat prope Tati et Gwailo fluv.
I take this opportunity of describing several other African allied
species of this beautiful genus:--
EUSEMIA NIVEOSPARSA, Westw.
Corpore tenui, abdomine nigro, fulvo-annulato; alis anticis nigris
maculis 7 parvis niveis,--1ma. parva in medio cellulæ; 2da. obliqua
cellulam terminante; 3tia. ovali inter cellulam et apicem alæ; 4ta.
elongata ante medium marginis interni; 5ta. pone maculam 2am; 6ta.
bipartita inter 3am et 7am prope angulum posticum; alis posticis
sanguineis, limbo nigro. Expans. alar. antic. unc. 3.
Habitat in Montibus Cameroons, Afr. occid. In Mus. Hopeiano.
EUSEMIA ÆMULATRIX, Westw.
Mediocriter angusta, alis anticis angustis, nigris,
albido-maculatis,--macula parva rotunda in medio cellulæ; 2da. majori
ad apicem cellulæ; 3tia. fasciæformi in partes quinque venis nigris
divisa, angusta et in medio extus angulata; 4ta. elongata e basi ad
medium marginis interni extensa; 5ta. irregulari-ovata pone 2am.; 6ta.
minuta intus angulum posticum; alis posticis sanguineis, limbo nigro;
abdomine fulvo, ano nigro-barbato. Expans. alar. antic. unc. 2⅓.
Habitat ----? In Mus. Hopeiano.
EUSEMIA PARDALINA, Walker, Trans. N. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, vol. i. (1873).
The type of this species, from Congo, is in the Hopeian collection,
together with a second individual brought from Angola by Monteiro. It
differs from _E. Euphemia_ in its smaller size, and in having
the ground colour of the hind wings rich orange fulvous instead of
sanguineous.
EUSEMIA MERETRIX, Westw.
Alis anticis nigris, maculis 5 fulvis,--1ma. obliqua subbasali
marginem anticum et posticum non attingenti; 2da. ovali ad apicem
cellulæ; 3tia. duplo majori oblongo-ovali et obliqua inter cellulam et
apicem alæ; 4ta. fere rotundata pone 2am; 5ta. parva angulo postico
proxima; costa basi albo-guttata, margine postico immaculato; alis
posticis rufis, limbo nigro. Expans. alar. antic. unc. 2¾.
Habitat in Africa merid. (D. Buxton). In Mus. Hopeiano.
EUSEMIA NUGATRIX, Westw.
Alis anticis nigris, costa ad basim biguttata, maculis 6
luteo-albidis,--1ma. subtrigona ante medium cellulæ; 2da. subquadrata
parum obliqua ante apicem cellulæ; 3tia. magna subovali obliqua inter
medium et apicem alæ, intus vena 3tia mediana in dentem nigrum incisa;
4ta. oblonga marginis postici, medium marginis fere attingente; 5ta.
pone 2am; 6ta. fere ad angulum posticum alæ; interstitiis argenteo
parum squamosis; alis posticis rufo-aurantiacis, limbo simplici nigro.
Expans. alar. antic. unc. 2⅔–3¼.
Habitat apud promontorium, “Cape Palmas,” Afr. occid. (Savage). In Mus.
Hopeiano.
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