1804.] 457 



with purple, with four luues along the outer margin of a red color with 

 scattered black scales. 



" The under surface of the primary wings is pale brownish-black, 

 with streaks of darker color between the nervules and in the discoidal 

 cell. The under surface of the secondary wings is deep brownish- 

 black, with five rosy red lunes along the outer margin ; and at the anal 

 angle there is an abbreviated broad band of rosy red, which is paler in 

 part. Expanse 4.60 inches. 



" Female. — The primary wings pale hair-brown, with a purplish gloss. 

 and the anterior and outer margins brownish-black; the discoidal cell 

 and the spaces between the nervules are marked with black streaks. 



The secondary wings pale hair-brown, with a satiny gloss at the base, 

 while posteriorly they are black with a velvety appearance; five narrow 

 lunes of pinkish white, with scattered black scales, run along the outer 

 margin, those towards the anterior angle decreasing in size. 



" The under surface of the primary wings is pale hair-brown, slightly 

 tinged with purple, with the streaks as seen on the upper side. The 

 under surface of the secondary wings is entirely black, more or less with 

 a velvety appearance ; six rosy red lunes are placed along the outer 

 margin, and at the anal angle there is a large spot of the same color. 



•' This species is called ' Chentih ' by the Chinese." — G. R. Gray. 



Hah. — China, (In my collection.) 



Northern China, (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 

 Bootau, (Coll. E. I. Co.) 



Larva; I have described from fig. 6, Plate II. Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. 

 Co., which was copied from De Haan's published drawing. 



Fawn color, deepest on the back, a transverse reddish brown baud 

 on the third segment, with a red ocellus at each extremity ; a lateral 

 black band, rising upwards between the fourth and fifth rings and 

 uniting across the dorsum ; a transverse oblique band on the eighth 

 and ninth segments, and another between the anal and preceding ring. 

 Below the lateral line, brown; stigmata? pale fawn encircled with black, 

 the first three are round, the remainder oblong. 



7. Pap. Bianor, Cram. 

 Pap. Bianor. Cram., II. t. 103, f. c. (1776). 



Fab. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 1. n. 2. (179.3). 

 Esper. Ausl. Schraett. t. .35, f. 2. (1801). 



