34 Mr. George T. Bethune-Baker’s notes 
shghtly lustrous, outer margins very narrowly black. Secondaries 
with a blackish spot between the first and second median nervules, 
and another at the anal angle ; tail blackish. Underside, primaries 
and secondaries ochreous-cream colour, with transverse irregular 
fasciz margined with white, as follows :—Primaries, two across the 
cell followed by two across the centre of the wing, reaching almost 
to the inner margin ; between the two submarginai fascie is a short 
one from the costa to the central disco-cellular branch. Secondaries 
crossed by about eight whitemargined fasciz ; some much broken 
and transfused. There are two brilliant metallic green spots, 
pupilled with bluish-black and margined with yellow, at the anal 
angle. Margins of both primaries and secondaries finely fuscous, 
Exp. alar. 23 mm. 
2. Brownish, basal and discal area irridescent-blue, the under- 
side pattern showing through by transparency, and being decidedly 
intensified in the primaries; the black anal spot is composed 
of two confluent ones, not one only, as inthe ¢. The markings of 
the underside are similar to those of the ¢. Exp. alar, 23-24 mm. 
The wings of both sexes are somewhat transparent, 
but more so in the 9 than in the d. 
7. Lycena lysimon, Hb. 
Several typical specimens. 
8. Vanessa atalanta, L. 
Two specimens, one with the white dot in the red 
band. 
9, Vanessa cardut, L. 
One specimen. 
10. Danais chrysippus, L. 
Common. Most of the specimens fine. 
11. Hesperia mathias, Fab. (Thraz, F.) 
Three typical specimens. 
HETEROCERA. 
12. Acherontia atropos, L. 
One specimen. 
13. Sphinx convolvuli, L. 
The few specimens of this insect are most unusually 
small. 
