Author ³

Walker, 1851

Description ³

Allied to Aphana hæmorrhoidalis? Body black; head dark fawn-colour, spotted with black, nearly as long as the chest; pro- tuberance of the head slightly clavate, inclined upward and form- ing an obtuse angle; scutcheon fawn-colour with black dots: sides of the abdomen red above: legs black with numerous tawny spots; feet mostly ferruginous; fore-wings dark fawn-colour or somewhat ferruginous, adorned with very numerous, irregular small black marks: hind-wings red, black with white dots towards the tips, spotted with black along the hind border. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 24 lines.

b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection.

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