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sort of " refuge for the destitute," and an examination of the insects 

 inchided under this generic appelhvtion shows that forms widely dis- 

 cordant in structure have been brought together under this name. 

 In the " Revision of the Sphingidse" by Mr. Butler, the best con- 

 spectus from an English authority which has as yet apj)eared, such 

 widely different forms as plagiata Walker, sardanus Boisd., and pylas 

 Cram., are brought together under Loplnu-a. In the "Species Gen- 

 eral" Boisduval effected a partial division of the species for the most 

 part originally assigned by himself to the genus. He separates the 

 forms having untoothed anterior wings into a group to which he 

 gives the name Ocyion; puts the forms having dentated anteriors bv 

 themselves into a genus which he names Aspledon, and restricts Lo- 

 phura proper to two small Asiatic forms.* Boisduval is, however, 

 consciously inconsistent in referring his Sardanus to Aspledon. 

 Walker had classified it with Enyo. In locating Sardanus in the 

 genus Aspledon Boisduval expresses reluctance, and the opinion that 

 a subgenus should be created for its reception. Mr. Butler, to whom 

 I referred a figure of Atrofasciata, has assured me that structurally 

 it is very near Sardanus, the type of which is in the British Museum 

 I have therefore resolved to do what Boisduval fourteen years ago 

 suggested, and have created the genus Evlophura, to which I refer 

 these two allied forms. I hope none of the "irascibile genus" of 

 Lepidopterists will "get mad" at what I have done. 



6. Eulophtira atrof*aseiata u. sp. Plate II, fig. 3. 



"Near Sardanus" A. G. Butler in Utt. 



%, . Uppeeside. — Palpi, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, shading into 

 reddish on the sides of tlie abdomen. Primaries boldly excised on outer margin 

 below apex, produced inferiorly at external angle and sinuous on inner margin ; 

 basal portion lilac gray shaded with brown next to thorax and marked witliiu 

 this shaded part by two obscure transverse lines. A broad band of dark velvety 

 brown crosses the wing obliquely, its inner margin running in an almost straight 

 line from the middle of the costa to the internal angle, its outer margin which 

 is boldly sinuate, reversing the curves of the outer margin of the wing. Secon- 

 daries uniformly dark reddish brown, fringes narrow, light reddish gra,y, inter- 

 rupted with brown at ends of uervures. Anal extremity of the abdomen pro- 

 vided with a conspicuous brush of hairs. 



Underside, — Palpi whitish. Thorax and abdomen light brown, tinged with 

 yellow and thorax. Legs reddish gray. Primaries dull red, shaded on the discal 

 area with black and tinted with yellow at base of costa. Secondaries AuM red, 

 shading rapidly from outer margin toward the base into orange yellow. Two 

 exceedingly obscure brown submarginal lines appear on secondaries, and one on 

 the primaries. Expanse of wings 50 mm. 



Benita (Reutlinger). Described from one male in my collection. 

 * The forms since assigned to Lophura are all Asiatic so far as I have observed. 



