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r.N'SECTS AMKOAD. 



It is one of the luminous insects. A general officer who was 

 in Hong Kong saw a number of boys throwing stones at an 

 object on the wall, which, according to his account, shone like 

 a star. He hooked the object down with his cane, brought it 

 into the house, and found that it was the species which has 

 been figured. 



Pro. 476.— Hotlnus sabocellatns. 



(Brown-grei'n, indistinctly sji.it!.>! i 



On Plate XVIII. Fig. 2 is shown another species of this 

 remarkable genus. It is a native of Ceylon. 



The upper wings are blackish grey, profusely spotted and 

 mottled with white. The lower wings are grev, changing to 



black towards the lower edges. 



Tup: pretty insect which is next shown is a native of 

 Venezuela, and is coloured in rather a complicated fashion. 



