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in the British Museum. No other sjjeciraen seems to have 

 occurred in this country, and supposing that Mr. Doubleday's 

 example to be a genuine X. Zollihofcri, there can be little 

 doubt, considering the very limited range of that species, that 

 it was accidentally introduced, rather than a willing migrant.) 



4. X. rurea, Fah. — Expanse If inch. Fore wings blunt, 

 reddish-drab with a chocolate blotch at the base, two at the 

 hind margin, and a larger one in the middle of the costa ; or 

 else dark purple-brown with dull yellow reniform stigma ; 

 hind wings smoky-brown. 



Antennas of the male simple, ciliated, dark brown; palpi 

 short, broadly tufted, pale purple-brown, with the sides dark 

 chocolate, apical joint slender and small ; head tufted, pale 

 brown, streaked and dusted with chocolate ; collar pale red- 

 brown, barred and edged with arched lines of chocolate-black, 

 the intermediate spaces dusted with white ; shoulder-lappets 

 smooth, dark chocolate-red ; rest of thorax pale brown, with 

 small crests at the top and back, which are barred and tipped 

 with chocolate ; fascicles brownish-white ; abdomen whitish- 

 brown, basal segments obscured by long white hair-scales ; 

 dorsal ridge ornamented with four or five small chocolate-red 

 crests ; lateral and anal tufts light purplish-red. Fore wings 

 rather blunt ; costal margin gently curved ; apex angulated ; 

 hind margin crenulated, oblique, more curved toward the 

 anal angle ; dorsal margin straight ; colour pale reddish- 

 brown or reddish-drab, clouded with chocolate red ; the usual 

 pattern of markings hardly perceptible, but there are vague 

 indications of a first line in broad angles of reddish cloudy 

 streaks or chocolate dots on the principal nervures ; and of the 

 usual second line in pairs of chocolate dots on the divided ner- 

 vures ; a white stripe lies along the dorsal margin, and touching 

 it at the base is a short longitudinal deep black streak, often 

 angulated ; the costal portion of the middle area of the wing 

 is occupied by a large chocolate-red cloud, in which may be 

 perceived a long, narrow, almost battledore shaped, paler 



