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Red. Head with a lanceolate liorizontal recurved horn, whieli 

 extends to a little beyond the middle of the })rothorax. Prothorax 

 blackish in the disk. Mesoth(»rax black alonjr the hind border. 

 Metathorax black. Abdomen luteous. Tarsi black. Wings 

 black. Fore wings with the veins strongly marked ; border red, 

 with black dots. Hind wings with the apical part of the border 

 reddish. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



Genus CYRENE, Cat. /Tom. p. 284. 



Cyrene fusiformis. 



Mas et fcem. Tcstacea ; capitis cornu lanceolatui}), tricari7}atinn, 

 I'ectnm^subascendens, thorace jiaullo longius ; aUc anticce valde 

 acutce, apud costam perconvexa, margine interiorc recto ; pos- 

 ticcp vitreic^ snhcinerea^ basi suhtestacece. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Head prolonged into a lan- 

 ceolate horn, which is straight, hardly ascending, a little longer 

 than the thorax, and has three slight keels above and beneath. 

 Fore wings very convex in front, straight along the interior border, 

 very acute at the tips, with several indistinct ramified brown marks ; 

 veins few. Hind win^s vitreous, tinged with gray ; a testaceous 

 tinge towards the ba'^e; veins few, pale. Length of the body 5 — 6 

 lines; of the wings 9 — 11 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 h. North China. From jNIi. Fortune's collection. 



Genus RHTNORTHA, Cat. Horn. p. 284. 



Rhinortha aperta. 



Testaeea ; caput hrevi-conicum, fascia antica marginall nigra ; 

 protlioracis latera nigra lineata ; abdomen supra rufum ; 

 tibice tarsiqne nigra ; alee anlic(B nigro conspersce, giitiis 

 quinqne costalibus tiigris, gv.fds nonnullis indistinctis discali- 

 bus exierioribus rujis ; posiicte rose<e, linea alLida, margiue 

 Into fu SCO. 

 Testaceous. Head short-conical, pale beneath, about twice 

 broader than long, with a narrow black band between the vertex 



