46 LIST OF HO MOP IE nous iNSECTS. 



APH.ENA ope ROSA. 



N{(jra ; prothorax et mesolhovacis margo posticus teslacei ; ales 

 anlicce testacece aut luridce, maculis et triente apicali nigris, 

 lenis venulisque densissimis testaceis ; posticce nii/ro fuscoe, 

 dimidio basuli rufo guttis nig ris, fascia media alba. 



ClosL-ly allied to A. imperialis. Black. Prolliorax and hind 

 border of Ihe mesothorax testaceous. Fore \vin;^s testaceous or 

 lurid for nearly two-thirds of the length from the base, adorned 

 with black spots, which are regular along the c^>sia, irregular and of 

 various si/e in the di^-k ; apical part black, with very numerous and 

 regular testaceous veins and veiniets. Hind wings blackish brown ; 

 basal half red, with several large black spots ; a white middle baud, 

 tapering hindward, and not extending to the hind border. Length 

 of the body 6 — 7 Hues ; of the wings 17 — 21 lines. 



a — c. North China. From xMr. Fortune's collection. 



ApH^NA PLACABILIS. 



Unfa, A. operoscB affinis ; metalhorax niger ; abdomen linea 

 basali transversa apiceque subtus rujis ; alee antics maculis 

 costalibus, fasciis incompletis trienleque apicali nigris rufo 

 venosis ; posticce nigrce, dimidio basali rufo maculis nigris 

 fascia media alba postice abbreviata. 



Closely allied to A. operosa, which seems to represent it in 

 China. Bed. Metathorax black. Al)donien with a red transverse 

 line at the base ; lip red beneath. Fore wings with black spots 

 along the costa, and with some more or less interrupted and irregu- 

 lar black bands; more than one-third of the apical part black, with 

 very numerous and regular red veins and veiniets. Hind wings 

 black ; basal half red, with several black spots ; a white middle 

 band, not extending to the hind border. Length of the body 8 

 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Aph.ena blattoides. 



Rufa ; caput cornu recurvo lanceolato ; prothoracis discus nigri- 

 cans ; mesothoracis margo posticus et metathorax nigri ; 

 abdomen luteum ; tarsi nigri ; alee nigra: ; anticce venis dis- 

 tinctissimis, margine rufo guttata; posticce margine apicali 

 rtifesccnte. 



