264 Mr. A.White on some New Insects from the Congo. 



any book I have consulted, the compliment may prove a perma- 

 nent one. The striking resemblance in colom* and form to some 

 species of the Acrcea genus, such as Zethea, nuist be evident to 

 every lepidopterist. 



I may add, that the accompanying figure of the male was most 

 kindly dra\vn for me by !Mr. Humphreys. 



One of the few insects saved from Tuckey's expedition is a large 

 species oiBomhyx : it is fulvous yellow, sprinkled over with minute 

 brownish spots ; the ^vings are very hairy, and have a few waved 

 transverse streaks of a brownish colour on the upper side ; the 

 lower wings have, at the base above, a dark brown patch of fur- 

 like hairs ; its antennffi somewhat resemble in form those of the 

 female of Chelepteryx Collesi of 6. R.Gray (the Satwmia Laplacei, 

 Feisthamel, ' Voy. Favorite^), and I have little doubt it is a female ; 

 with our present information on the subject of exotic genera of 

 moths, I dare not venture to suggest a new generic name for this 

 insect, especially as there is but a single specimen in the Museum, 

 and therefore refer it to the magazine genus Bombyx, with the 

 following specific character : — 



Bomhyx Mariana. B. villosa fulva, fuscis pills stictica, alis anticis 

 supra strigis transversis 3 — 4 fuscis obscuris, posticis supra basi 

 villosissimis, macula magna rufescenti fusca, strigisque 3 trans- 

 versis distinctis, 2 posterioribus (post mediam alse partem) approxi- 

 matis ; corpore subaurantiaco, alis infra pallidioribus fascia tenui 

 communi transversa fusca. Exp. al. unc. 5^ fere. 

 Hab. ad eras fluminis Zaire. Legit Dom. Cranch. Brit. Mus. 

 Cicindela neglecta, Dej., Spec. gen. des Col. i. p. 114. no. 9G. 



One specimen of a slight variety of this Senegal species was 

 brought from the banks of the Congo by Mr. Curror, Surgeon R.N. 

 Graphipterus cicindeloides, Dej., Spec. gen. des Col. v. p. 458. sp. 7. 

 " Carabus cicindeloides, Oliv." 

 One specimen of a variety from the banks of the Congo. 



