102 LEPIDOPTERA. 



of a specimen near Dover, and another near London. A 

 reputed British example was in the collection of the late 

 Rev. H. Burney, and another is, I believe, still in that of the 

 late Mr. Robertson of Limehouse, now in the possession of 

 his son, Mr. George Robertson, at Liverpool. If either of 

 these specimens was really captured in this country the species 

 has doubtless long since died out. It seems to have dis- 

 appeared from the South of Europe, and is now known as an 

 inhabitant of India, China, Java, South and West Africa, 

 Madagascar, Mauritius, Ascension, the Azores, the Canaries, 

 St. Helena, and Madeira.) 



3. P. moneta, Fab. — Expanse If to If inch. Fore 

 wings broad, blunt, light brown, almost wholly suffused with 

 golden clouding ; orbicular stigma duplicated as two perpen- 

 dicularly placed golden rings or coins. Hind wings pale 

 brown with darker nervures. 



Antennas of the male rather thick, minutely notched, 

 ciliated with scattered fine bristles, yellow-brown ; palpi 

 long, curved upwards, the apical joint curling back above 

 the head, golden-brown, with a dark brown stripe up the 

 outer side ; eyes brown-black ; head not strongly tufted, 

 half concealed by the long curved palpi, whitish-ochreous 

 dusted with brown ; collar similar, dotted with black in 

 front, but edged with light brown ; thorax also whitish- 

 ochreous dotted with brown and black, but wholly raised 

 into ridged tufts, the shoulder-lappets, the front portion, 

 and the large divided back crest being all erect or nearly 

 so ; fascicles pale yellow ; abdomen very pale purplish-brown 

 dusted with golden-yellow ; basal segments covered with 

 long dusky white hair-scales ; on the first and third seg- 

 ments are conspicuous purple-brown dorsal crests ; lateral 

 tufts small ; anal tuft narrow, light brown. Fore wings 

 pointed, but very broad behind ; costa straight or almost 

 hollowed to near the tip, where it is a little rounded ; apex 

 ahgulated ; hind margin below it faintly hollowed, then 



