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Red. Head with a lanceolate horizontal recurved born, whieh 

 extends to a little beyond the middle of the prothorax. Prothorax 

 blackish in the disk. Mesothorax black along the hind border. 

 Metathorax black. Abdomen luteous. Tarsi black. Wings 

 black. Fore wings with the veins strongly marked; border red, 

 with black dots. Hind wings with the apical part of the border 

 reddish. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



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Genus CYRENE, Cat. Horn. p. 284. 



Cyeene fusiformis. 



Mas et foem. Tcstacea ; capitis cornu lanceolatum, tricarinatum, 

 rectum, subascendens, thorace paullo longius; aLc antica valde 

 acuta, apud contain perconvexa, margine inleriore recto ; pos- 

 tica vitrea, subcinerea, basi subtestacea. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Head prolonged into a lan- 

 ceolate horn, which is straight, hardly ascending, a little longer 

 than the thorax, and has three slight keels above and beneath. 

 Fore wings very convex in front, straight along the interior border, 

 very acute at the tips, with several indistinct ramified brown marks ; 

 veins few. Hind wings vitreous, tinged with gray ; a testaceous 

 tinge towards the base; veins few, pale. Length of the body 5 — 6 

 lines; of the wings 9 — 11 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Genus RHIXORTHA, Cat. Horn. p. 284. 



Vc Rhinortha aperta. 



Testacea ; caput brevi-conicum, fascia antica marginali nigra ; 

 prothoracis latera nigro lineata ; abdomen supra rufum ; 

 tibia tarsique nigra ; ala antica nigro conspersa, guttis 

 quinqxie costalibus nigris, guttis nonnullis indistinctis discali- 

 bus exterioribus rujis ; postica rosea, linea albida, margine 

 Into fu sco. 



Testaceous. Head short-conical, pale beneath, about twice 

 broader than long, with a narrow black band between the vertex 



