196 catalogue of 



8. Zonilia Chiron. 



Lutea ; abdomen maculis lateralibus nigricantibus ; alee anticce 

 ferruginece, fasciis obliquis fuscis, basi lutea. 



Sphinx Chiron, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 62, pi. 137, f. E. 

 Nephele Chiron, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 133, 1434. 



Coromandel. 



Australia. 



9. ZONILIA SUBVARIA. 



Cervina ; antenna apices versus alba ; caput thoraxque virides- 

 centia, ilium sub tus album ; pectus canum; abdomen fasciis 

 interruptis nigris ; aim antica subglaucescentes, fasciis non- 

 nullis undulatis obliquis fuscis, striga guttaque discalibus 

 argenteis ; posticce rufce, subtus cinerascentes. 



Fawn-colour. Head and thorax tinged with green, the former 

 white beneath. Antennae white towards the tips. Pectus hoary. 

 Abdomen with interrupted black bands. Fore wings with a slight 

 glaucous tinge, and with some undulating oblique brown bands, 

 somewhat ferruginous towards the interior angle ; a discal streak, 

 with a dot in front of its exterior side, both silvery. Hind wings 

 red, grayish beneath. Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 

 30 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Strange's collection. 



10. ZONILIA METAPYRRHA. 



Viridi-fusca, subtus cana ; caput et thorax anticus cano bilineata ; 

 abdomen fusco-cervinum, maculis lateralibus transversis 

 nigris ; alee antica lineis undulatis obliquis fuscis, gutta dis~ 

 cali albida, costa fulva ; posticce rufce, ciliis testaceis. 



Greenish brown, hoary beneath. Antennae tawny, white 

 above towards the tips. Head and fore part of the thorax with a 

 hoary line along each side. Abdomen brownish fawn-colour, with 

 black transverse spots along each side. Fore wings with undulating 

 oblique brown lines, and with a minute whitish discal dot ; costa 

 tawny. Hind wings red ; ciliae testaceous. Length of the body 

 17 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



