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throughout transversely swelled at the segments. This subgenus is di- 

 vided into the following sections, distinguished by the appendages of the 

 hinder wings : 1. " Cauda solitaria oblique divergente, cum appendiculo 

 " anali elongato connate," illustrated by Amblypodia Xarana, a new 

 species ; 2. " Caudis duabus distantibus exteriore minore, appendiculo 

 " anaU abbreviate," also illustrated by a new species, v^rraW. Vivarna; 

 3. " Caudis tribus, intermedia elongata, laterahbus minimis dentifor- 

 " mibus, appendiculo anaU brevi," of which four described species, 

 including the Papiliones P. R, Jlpidanus and Centaurus, Fab., are in the 

 collection ; 4. " Cauda solitaria longissima, appendiculo anali lineari 

 " subelongato," a single new species, Av\hL Sitgriva, resembHng in 

 its markings the insects of the previous section, but approaching in its 

 form to the true Theclce ; and 5. " Caudis duabus mediocribus suboequa- 

 " libus, dente marginaU conspicuo, appendiculo anali rotundato pro- 

 " ducto;" of this section ten species are described, five of which ap- 

 pear to have been previously unnoticed. 



Of Myrina two species are described. The first of these, Mi/r. Ra- 

 vindra, Horsf., belongs to a section " Alls posticis caudis tribus, inter- 

 " media longissima, interiore mediocri, exteriore brevi denti marginali 

 " adhserente," and preserves, in the painting of its lower surface, an 

 affinity to tne individuals of Amblypodia, although in essential charac» 

 ters it rigidly agrees with Myrina. The second, Myrina Jafra, Latr- 

 and Godt., is referred to another section of the genus, " Alis posticis 

 " caudis duabus denteque marginali prominulo; cauda exteriore longis- 

 " svaA, interiore mediocri." 



LoxuRA, a new genus proposed by Dr. Horsfield, agrees in various 

 particulars with Myrina. But its antenncB are short, strict, more evi- 

 dently incrassated towards the point, and provided at the terminal joints 

 with more distinct bristles: its palpi are proportionally much longer, be- 

 ing full half the length of the antennas : its head is comparatively nar- 

 row, and the eyes prominent : its hinder wings are lengthened and regu- 

 larly attenuated to a narrow anal extremity; the anal appendage is 

 angular, with a lateral projection, and an abrupt posterior termination ; 

 and they have a single tail, which passes off in an oblique direction. 

 According to Dr. Horsfield's views, it stands in the series of the Papilio- 

 nidce near the confines of the Vermiform and Chilognathifornj stirpes. Its 



