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length ; second very slightly waved, near four times the length of the 

 first. 



The preceding: varieties may be distinct species. 



Male. — Body green, more or less tinged with tawny, covered 

 with whitish down, clothed with black hairs above, with whitish hairs 

 beneath ; head much narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with a 

 black irregular band which sends forth tov.ards the hind border a 

 black stripe, on each side of which there is a black spot; fece very 

 slightly convex, adorned on each side in front with black bands: 

 mouth yellow with a black tip, extending a little beyond the hind 

 hips: feelers black; first joint tawny: eyes not prominent: fore- 

 chest broadest in the middle : scutcheon adorned with five stripes, 

 the middle one much widened behind, the two side pairs oblique : 

 hind scutcheon broad, very slightly furrowed, adorned with a small 

 black spot on the fore-border, slightly widened, and forming a black 

 angle on each side which bends upward : scutcheon of the middle 

 chest adorned with lour obconical black stripes ; inner pair hardly 

 half the length of the outer pair, succeeded by a dart-shaped mark 

 which sends forth a black band on each side ; a black band on each 

 side neurer the tip ; hind border very slightly excavated : abdomen 

 hardly longer than the chest, adorned with a white patch on each 

 side near the tip which is tawny ; hind borders of the segments more 

 or less tawny : opercula pitchy, close ; drums rather large, black 

 with tawny borders, more than one-third of the length of the abdo- 

 men, slightly overlapping: legs tawny ; thighs adorned with pitchy 

 streaks ; knees partly black ; claws black, tawny at the base ; fore- 

 thighs armed with two very short and blunt black teeth : fore-wings 

 dark brown, covered with white shining dow^n, varied with tawny 

 tov/ards the base, and towards the tip with colourless marks and 

 bands which are variable in size and shape ; veins tawny, green to- 

 wards the base ; hind wings deep tawny, dark brown towards the 

 border, which is colourless ; veins pale tawny ; flaps dark brown. 



Fern. — Black marks on the head smaller and more distinct than 

 those of the male: feelers tawny ; second joint black: drums very 

 small, very far apart: o\idnct ferruginous. 



Length of the body 9 — 12 lines; of the wings 31 — 39 lines. 



a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 

 6, e. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforlh's collection, 

 f/, e. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 /. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 g, Java? From Mr. Leadbeatcr's collection. 

 A, i. Silhet. From Mr, Sowerby's collection. 

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