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SPHINGIDAE. 

 6. Cephanodes titan sp. uov. 



This is the largest species of the genus, only being approaclied by Cephanoilea 

 u'OodfonH Bntl. 



?. U p per side : wings diaphanous, base, costal margin, and apex black, this 

 apex If mm. wide between lower subcostal nervures, inner margin also black along 

 its basal half. Base and abdominal margin of hindwings black. 



Underside same as above, but margins brown, and base of both wings orange. 



Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen above deep velvety black with iridescent 

 steel-blue lights. Anal tuft orange-tawny in the centre. Underside, jialpi bnff, 

 legs and thorax orange, abdomen as above, sixtli and seventh segments strongly 

 intermixed with orange, anal tuft more heavily marked with tawny orange than 

 above, eyes bordered with white beneath. 



Length of body 41 mm. 

 ,, „ forewing 38 mm. 



Hab. Amboina. 



7. Panacra buruensis sp. nov. 



This very distinct species is most nearly allied to P. mira Wlk. (= tiirneri 

 Misk.). 



Head and thorax above blackish chocolate, both with a stripe on each side fawn- 

 colour, thorax besides with a central stripe of tlie same colour ; abdomen dark 

 brown, with a whitish grey middle line, sides much mixed with red. Underside of 

 body deep dragon's-blood red (Ridgway, NomencL of Col. PI. VII. 8). Palpi above 

 dark fawn-colour, more reddish below. 



Wings above brown. Forewing much clouded with deep chocolate, this colour 



forming a large irregular patch extending from R' to costal margin, narrowing in 

 front, connected by a narrow band with a second patch situated at internal margin, 

 botli patches ill-defined, a third patch at internal margin near hinder angle of wing ; 

 from the inner side of this last patch runs a deep chocolate line to the apex of the 

 wing, the line curved distad between the nervnles, 5 mm. distant from outer margin 

 at W, slightly curving ontwards from JP to R' ; disc at proximal side of this line 

 with glossy grey scaling ; a band of li mm. width from apex of wing R^, curved, 

 not composed of lunules, continued as an indistinct line to patch at inner edge of 

 wing, 3 mm. distant from postdiscal line at M\ touching it in front, interspace 

 faintly tinged with ochreous ; a submarginal line, consisting of lunules curved 



I)roximad, less distinct than postdiscal line. Hindwing : Prout's brown (Ridgway, 



I.e. PI. III. II), paler towards base, a deeper brown submarginal band, very ill- 

 defined, shading off at both sides into ground-colour ; fringe up to middle of outer 

 margin nearly white. 



Underside dark rufons ; interno-basal area of forewing and outer margin of 

 fore- and hindwing dark drab-brown ; two parallel lines across disc of both wings 

 of same colour, upper ends somewhat curved proximad, with an indication of a third 

 line between the two. 



Length : forewing 34 mm. 

 „ hindwing 20 mm. 



Hab. Mount Mada, Burn, 3000 feet, September 1898 (Dnmas) 



