BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 787 



|, 4 and 5 closely approximated or from a point, 6 near or from a 

 point with 9, 7 and 8 out of 9 below 7, 1 1 closely approximated to 

 9, sometimes connected with it at a point near base. Hindwings 

 with veins 3 and 4 absent, 2 and 5 from a point or short-stalked, 

 6 and 7 from a point or short-stalked. 



142. Euchr. polymena, L. 

 (Sphinx polymelia, L. Syst. Nat. ii, 106, Cr. 13 D.) 



Q. 44 mm. (Head absent ; should be head blue, antennae and 

 palpi black, collar red.) Thorax black, with a white spot on 

 shoulder, and white spots beneath. Abdomen black, basal seg- 

 ment red, second and third posteriorly blue, fourth and fifth 

 crimson-red except at base, sixth to eighth posteriorly deep blue. 

 Coxae white. Forewings black ; spots deep ochreous-yellow, 

 moderate ; first subquadrate ; second wedge-shaped ; third trape- 

 zoidal, touching second ; fourth elongate, connected by a similar 

 spot with fifth ; fifth subcordate ; base and a small discal dot deep 

 blue. Hindwings black ; spots moderately large, deep ochreous- 

 yellow ; first almost basal, second transverse-oval, both trisected, 

 reaching costa but not inner margin. 



North Australia; one specimen (Coll. Macleay). Also from 

 Ceylon and India. 



143. Euchr. irus, Cr. 



(Sphinx irus, Cr. 368 A ; Glaucopis irius, Boisd. Voy. Astr. V, 

 192 ; G. ganymede, Dbld., Lort Disc. 519, pi. Ill, 3.) 



£. 49-52 mm. Head and thorax metallic blue, face and a streak 

 behind eye white. A ntennae black. Abdomen deep crimson, base 

 of segments narrowly black above, three basal segments metallic 

 blue above except base, coxae white. Forewings black ; base, 

 a discal crescentic spot, and a very slender dorsal streak metallic 

 blue ; spots transparent, colourless ; first very small, oval, some- 

 times obsolete ; second and third confluent into a transverse-oblong 

 blotch, unevenly bisected ; fourth rather small, trapezoidal, some- 

 times with an additional dot beneath ; fifth subcordate. Hind- 

 wings black ; spots moderately large, transparent, colourless ; 

 first almost basal ; second transverse-oval ; both trisected, reaching 



costa but not inner margin. 

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