EREBUS CREPUSCULARIS. 197 



ornamented with circular marks and waved trans- 

 verse lines of a lighter colour. 



That which we have figured affords a very cha- 

 racteristic example of the group : it is a native of 

 the East Indies. The anterior wings are dark brown 

 at the base, but lighter towards the tip ; near the 

 middle there is a pale bar, which runs obliquely to 

 the middle, when it suddenly bends and runs to the 

 anterior margin ; just within it there is a large eye- 

 like mark ; not far from the margin there are seve- 

 ral dark and light-coloured spots. The under wings 

 are buff colour at the base, the rest rich brown, 

 and crossed by two undulating lines of deeper 

 brown, accompanied with a streak of buff. On the 

 under side all the wings are pale clay colour, in- 

 clining to buff, and there is a transverse irregular 

 series of light-coloured marks, a large one towards 

 the tip of the upper wings, and another on the 

 disk. The edges of all the wings are deeply scol- 

 loped. The body is of the same colour as the wings, 

 and without markings. 



The example of this insect figured by Drury, 

 which he states to have come from China, is a 

 variety. 



