Descriptions of new Sphingidae. :',(1I 



nuis ;i iiH't.illic silvcr limid wliicli Joiiis ;it tlic an^ilc iiiintliri- 

 silvcry l);ni(l niiiiiiiiir siihinaijjiii.illy tVoiii tlic .-iix'x of thc 

 lon'\viii<r ;il(tu<i' thc outcr in;ii<iiii to thc an<:ic. Hiii(l\viii<rs 

 icddish chücoliitc, olivc towanls thc l)asc. Hcad and thorax 

 hrowiiish olivc. Abdonuni hrownish olivc; last scjrmciit and 

 a row of jtatrhcs on cach sidc of ahdouicn lihick. anal tnft 

 rcddish olivc. Kxpansc .'>'/., inchcs = X9 iiiilliin. H.iliitat : 

 "^icna Leone. 



1.-). Meijaiioton Varie^^jitiiiii sj». ho\. Taf. \'l. Ki^^ 1. 

 Tliis spccis is icniarkaltic in liavin«:' ninch hriiiiitcr coloni's 

 than thc rcst of thc ucnns. Koicwin<iS hlack. dcnscly and 

 in'c*>iilaily powdorcd with white scales. ji:ivinii' thc win^^s a 

 lutary ash i>rcy colonr with irrc*:ulai' hlack patchcs and 

 strcaks; a small white sti^ma in thc cell. Lowcr half of 

 hasc of forcwinfrs snlphui- ycllow. Hindwin<is hiick red hase 

 sulphnr ycllow. followed Ity a larm^ i)atch of <>rcyish hlack. 

 vai'icjoatcd Avith ycllow hars. winitrs ciosscd hy a row of small 

 hlack Spots incrcasinu' in sizc towards thc anal angic whicli 

 is ocTni)ied hy a larfro blotcli half hlack and half white. 

 Body oicy vaiicg:ated with ycllow hair:«;. Kxi)ansc Vj^ inchcs 

 == 114 millini. Hahitat: (Queensland. 



14. Kury^rlottis Albostiarinata sp. nov. Korewin^s 

 vclvety l)lack variegated with in-egnlar transverse hars of a 

 l)alci- hlack hrown densely powdered with violet grey scah's. 

 In thc cell is a fairly largc round crcaniy white stigma. 

 Hindwing:s hrownish hhu-k. bandcd and jmwdercd with violet 

 jiTcy. Head hlack. powdered with violet üTcy. thoi-ax hlack. 

 hcavily variegated with rcddish hairs. Ahdonicn hlack. varic- 

 jratcd with giey and with live round orang«' ycllow hlotches 

 on cach sidc. Kxpansc ö inchcs = 127 millini. Hahitat. 

 Cauca Valley (Colnmhia). 



lö. l*lil('ü:<'tli(nitiiis (ilarlcppi s]t nov.- ) Taf, V. Kig^. l. 

 Forcwing's diill l>rowii. crossed l)y a numhei- of transverse 

 lincs of hlack Innatcd si)ots and i)owdcr»'(l all ovcr with pale 

 «rrey spots. .\ear thc hase of thc forcwiiiü's are s<'vei'al 



*) Herr Wcynier, der das von Herrn Weyding bereits abgebililete 

 Stück sah, tlieilt mir mit, dass diese Art bereits von Kirby als Proto- 

 parce Dalica in den Transactions ICntom. Society 1877, p. 243 be- 

 schrieben nnd in Aid to tlie idcntitication of Insects by Cli. o. Water- 

 house, Plate 70 abgebildet sei. 



XB. Der Herr Autor, dem ich die Correctur seiner Arbeit sandte, 

 bittet mich folgende Homerkung hinzuzufügen: I compared it with Kirby'* 

 and it is in niy ojjinioii oertainly not I'. Dalicn. W. H. 



