LEPIDOPTERA. 



CALLIMORPHA? RUFICOLLIS. 



Plate 41. fig. 3. 



Ch. Sp. C. " alis integerrimis nigro-purpurascentibus, fascia communi maculisque duabus 

 flavis, thorace antice brunneo." Expans. alar. IJ unc. 

 C. with the wings entire, black purple, a semicircular yellowish band communicating 

 across all the wings, and two spots of the same colour near the apex, collar red- 

 dish. Expanse of the wings 1 J inch. 



Syn. Sphinx ruficoUis, Donov. 1st edit. 



This and the following species were considered by Donovan to be undoubted non- 

 descripts : both species were in the collection of Mr. Francillon, who received them from 

 China. 



CALLIMORPHA ? BIFASCIATA. 



Plate 41. fig. 4. 



Ch. Sp. C. alis fulvis ; anticarum fascia apiceque nigris. Expans. alar. 1 unc. 



C. with orange or fulvous wings, anterior pair with a black bar across the middle, and 

 the tips black. Expanse of the wings 1 inch. 



The plant represented is Tfnija Orientalis (China Abor-vitce Tree), an ornamental 

 evergreen, much esteemed by the Chinese, and very frequently represented in their land- 

 scapes. Sir G. Staunton remarks, in the account of the journey from Pekin to Canton, 

 that great quantities of this plant grew to a prodigious height in the valley in which 

 stands the city of Yen-choo-foo. 



