some remarkable Varieties of Sterrha sacraria. 455 
No.4. 9. (Pl. XXIII. fig. 5.) Anterior wings greyish-ochreous ; 
apical cilia pale rosy, with a distinct pale yellow line at the base ; 
discal spot distinct, elongate and blackish, with a purplish-grey 
cloud below it, more towards the base; costal margin purplish- 
grey for about a third of its length from the base; oblique trans- 
verse line blackish externally, purplish internally, slightly and 
indistinctly margined with yellowish. Posterior wings pale silky 
whitish, with an indication of a broad greyish central band. Head 
and thorax concolorous with the anterior wings. Legs and 
antenne fuscous. 
Expanse of wings 12 lines. 
No. 5. ¢. (PI. XXIII. fig. 6.) Anterior wings uniformly pale 
buff; apical cilia paler; a very distinct small black discal spot, 
with a slight indication of a greyish blotch below it; costal mar- 
gin greyish at the extreme base; oblique transverse line deep 
black, paler internally. Posterior wings silky whitish, slightly 
greyish at the costal portion of the apical margin, and in the 
centre. Head and thorax concolorous with the anterior wings. 
Legs and antennz fuscous. 
Expanse of wings 133 lines. 
No. 6. 9. (Pl. XMIII. fig. 7.) Anterior wings pale yellow, 
the spaces between the veins filled in with rosy- pink, hence the 
veins appear conspicuously yellow, with the rose colour predomi- 
nating on the ground; cilia bright rosy, with a narrow yellow line 
at the base; discal spot small and blackish; costal margin rosy 
for about one-half of its length from the base; oblique transverse 
line very broad, narrowly blackish externally, and broadly rosy 
internally. Posterior wings silky whitish, with a broad and well- 
defined central grey band. Head, collar and petagia greyish- 
yellow, the thorax rosy-grey in the middle. Legs and antenne 
pale fuscous. 
Expanse of wings 12 lines. 
This specimen, though it is apparently the most curious of 
all, in reality more nearly approaches a recognized form, figured 
by Esper (Die Schmetterlinge, pl. xxx. fig. 10, 11), under the name 
of sanguinaria, and which has been justly considered as a variety 
of sacraria by modern authors. 
With respect to the geographical distribution of the species, I 
may say that it is found over almost all the warmer portions of the 
old world. Linnzeus described it from an example from Barbary 
(Systema Nature, ed. 12, p. 863, 220), and it has been received 
from all parts of the African continent, from Algiers to the Cape ; 
‘in India and Asia Minor it is not uncommon, but I am not sure 
