LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 153 



Asia. 



5. Pergesa Castor. 



Cervina, subtus alba luteo varia ; capitis thoracisque latera albida ; 

 abdomen vittis duabus lateralibus luieis lineisque duabus dor- 

 salibus e guttis nigricantibus ; alee anticce fascia obliqua dif- 

 fusa obscuriore nigro guttata aut lineis tribus ferrugineis, 

 gutta discali maculisque tribus costalibus nigris, macula api~ 

 call fusca i fascia una aut lineis nonnullis angulosis pallide 

 purpurascentibus apud marginem exteriorem; posticm fuscce 

 fascia lutea. 



Deilephila Castor, Boisd. MSS. 



Bright fawn-colour, white and luteous beneath. Head and 

 thorax whitish on each side, Abdomen with a luteous stripe along 

 each side, and with two dorsal rows of blackish dots. Fore wings 

 with a diffuse oblique slightly darker band, which contains several 

 black dots, and adjoins the larger black discal dot; three small 

 black spots on the costa in front of the above band, and a brown 

 apical spot ; a lilac band along the exterior border. Hind wings 

 brown, with an irregular pale luteous band. Length of the body 

 14 — 16 lines ; of the wings 26—30 lines. 



Var. /3. Fore wings with three ferruginous lines instead of the 

 darker band and the black dots ; a zigzag lilac line instead of 

 the lilac band. Hind wings with the luteous band narrower and 

 interrupted. 



a. Java. From Mr. Henry's collection. 



b, c. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 d. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



6. Pergesa Acteus. 



Cervina, subtus lutescens rvfo varia ; vertex viridis ; thorax et ab- 

 domen viridi bivittata; abdomm lineis fuscis; alee anticce 

 vitta lata subobliqua viridi, gutta discali margineque exteriore 

 nigro-fuscis ; posticce nigro-fuscce vitta postica sapissimce ab- 

 breviate lutea. 



Sphinx Acteus, Cram. Pap. Exoi. in. 93, pi. 248, f. A. 

 Oreus Acteus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 136, 1464. 



a. Borneo. From Mr. Low's collection. 



b. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



c. Ceylon. Presented by It. Templeton, Esq. 



