iieterocerous IjepidopleiM fr<iin Madagancar. li* 



liase; xinder surface of the Aviugs brown; so densely speckled with 

 white as to ,aive it a grey tint; external border dark chocolate- 

 brown, with dentate-sinuate internal edge; all the wings also 

 crossed beyond the middle by two convergent dark brown bands, 

 the outer one bounded inti'rnally by a widely diffused snow- 

 white border; primaries with the basal half of the discoidal cell 

 deep plum colour, the external half whitish ; the interno-median 

 area bright rose colour; the hyaline-white spot as above; second- 

 aries with sandy abdominal "border ; the ocellus of the upper 

 surface replaced by a dark brown patch crossed by an almost 

 cuneiform yellowish patch, with hyaline -white centre ; pectus 

 dark purphsh-lake; tibiae and tarsi blackish; venter lirowu, with 

 two series of subconfluent black spots down each side; anus 

 yellowish, tipped with rose coloured hair. Expanse of wings 

 173 mm. 

 Aukafana. 



In the dark ground colour of its wings this species agrees with 

 some examples of Stoll's B. caffmria, the approximation of the 

 hyaline patch U> the pale Ijelt of primaries also reminds one of 

 this species, but the white colour of this belt brings it nearer to 

 B. dios2)yri, of which indeed I should have supposed it to be the 

 male were it not for the fact that tins is the sex of M. Maljille's 

 type: our example of B. tliospyri is a female, and certainly 

 ngrees more nearly with B. aslavga (except in its yellow colour) 

 than the beautiful species above described. 



38. Ceranchia rcticolens, n. sp. 



$ Allied to G. apdllina, but the primaries densely irrornted 

 with black scales, the veins distinctly black ; the ocellus Vilack 

 with small dull orange oblique centre ; the bands indicating the 

 central belt more parallel, the outer one being straight from the 

 lower radial to the inner margin, its external white boi-der taper- 

 ing to a point instead of being continued round to the costa ; 

 secondaries with black veins, blacker ocellus, straighter discal 

 stripe and black external border ; abdomen greyer with dark 

 brown anus. Expanse of wings 121 mm. 



The venation agrees with that of the female of C. apoUina ; 

 the coccoon is very different, the true coccoon being placed in 

 the centre of a much larger and pyriform net of pale golden 

 wire-like silk, Avhich is attaclied to the twigs of the food-plant; 



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