242 Mr. W. F. Kirby's Notes on 



costa. Thorax and abdomen rosy-grey, the sides of the 

 latter with four red belts, broadly interrupted in the middle 

 above ; and with a patch of silvery scales, mixed with 

 reddish ones, on each side, giving the appearance of four 

 elongated silvery spots on each side of the hinder part of 

 the abdomen. 



Brisbane. One specimen. 



Chcerocampa Erotus, Cram., var. Andamanensis. 



Exp, al. 85 — 3^ in. Resembles var. Erotoides, 

 Wallengr., but the hind margin of the fore wings is 

 paler and more distinctly separated off by an obsolete 

 blackish line, and the black border of the hind wings is 

 a little broader. Underside yellowish, paler than in 

 Erotoides, except towards base of fore wings ; the whole 

 surface dusted with black. Hind margins of both wings 

 browner, following the outlines of the borders of the upper 

 side and partly edged on fore wings by a black line 

 running from the tip. One specimen has red hind wings 

 above, and the underside of all the wings dull red, dusted 

 with black, the hind margins shaped as in the others, but 

 of a more purplish tint. 



Body as in Erotoides ; in the red specimen as in Erotus. 



Andaman Islands. Three specimens. 



Aclierontia Sculda. 



Exp. al. 4| in. Fore wings nearly as in Medusa, Butl., 

 but less strongly dusted with grey ; a reddish space along 

 the middle of the inner margin. Hind wings straAV-colour, 

 hind margin black, with yellow spots between the nervures 

 on the outside, but much smaller than in any other species ; 

 a narrow black line within, curving towards the anal 

 angle. Head and thorax as in Medusa, a large black 

 spot on each cheek of the skull. Abdomen with a very 

 broad central bluish-black stripe, covering nearly the 

 whole abdomen towards the extremity; a broad black 

 band on each segment, broadest below, where it occupies 

 as much space as the yellow, except just towards the tip. 

 Underside of fore wings yellow, with a black border, and 

 two obsolete transverse black lines, wider apart than in 

 Medusa ; hind wings nearly as in Atropos. 



Borneo. One specimen. 



Intermediate between Atropos and Medusa, but ap- 

 parently distinct from both. 



