( -lo^ ) 



8. Abisara weiskei (Fl. X. f. 2. J). 

 Described on p. 218 of this volume. The figure is far too red. 



'1. Mimacraea dohertyi (PI. X. f. :i <S). 

 Described on p. 2iy of this volume. 



SATURNIIDAE. 

 lit. Rothschildia stuarti sp. nov. fPl. IX. f 3. c^). 



J ? . Body above brownish black, abdomen beneath dark maroon-purple, middle 

 line black ; pro- and metanotnm, and the abdominal vittae creamj' wliitc. Wings 

 blackish mnmm}' brown, deep in tint, here and there maroon-jinrple, especially ou 

 the underside of the hindwing ; the discal spot of the forewing resembling that of 

 S. angulifera, being very narrow, hammer-shaped, while the patch of tlie hindwing 

 is large, strongly acnminate distally, rounded basally ; the white border of the black 

 discal line broad. Costal margin of hindwing below with a dirty white border, 

 followed by a black line running along the costal side of C, crossing the vein near 

 base to join the black line which runs along the creamy white abdominal border. 

 The details of the pattern of the ujiperside come out very well in the figure, which 



is, however, a little too red. In the ? the outer margin of the forewing is less 



concave than in the 6. 



Hab. La Paz, Bolivia, at the electric light, 3 $i, 1 ? ; received from 

 A. Maxwell Stuart, in whose honour we name the fine insect. 



11. Antheraea compta (PI. X. f 4. $), 



The S described iu Nov. Zool. vi. p. 431 (1899). 



The S is similar to the (?, but has a shorter and broader forewing. 



12. Automeris stuarti sp. nov. (PI. X. f. 5. ?). 



(??. Differing widely from all the other known species of the genus, in the 

 pattern of the npperside of the forewing especially. Tiie hindwing varies somewhat 

 in colour, some specimens being darker, others paler, than tiie individual figured. 



Underside of body and wings yellowish cinnamon, tibiae and tarsi brownish 



black above, veins buft', wings gradually more blackish brown distally, fringe pale 

 creamy buff; discal patch of forewing black, with a white centre, nearly round, 

 a black curved -line from costal margin near apex to middle of inner margin more 

 distal than the white line of the upperside ; hindwing with a white spot on D', 

 slightly bordered with blackish brown, a blackish brown line from end of C across 

 disc, curved, first nearly parallel to distal margin, ending at abdominal margin just 

 beyond middle. 



Hah. La Paz, Bolivia, at the electric light ; a series received from A. Maxwell 

 Stuart. 



13. Argema maenas latona subsp. nov. 



i. Wings, above: the wax yellow colour more reduced than in .1. maenas 

 i(j)iescens from the Andamans ; a narrow subbasal band, a small spot in cell in front 



