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(errupta fiava fasciisque duabus angustioribus cervinis. 

 Foem. — Obscure fusca ; alee anticce fascia una basim versus 

 alteraque lata subapicali albidis. 



Var. Ferrugineo -fusca, subtus alba ; caput supra rufescens ; abdo- 

 men fulvum, maculis flavis vittisque duabus nigricantibus 

 lateralibus ; alee anticce basi ferruginece et lutece, fasciis non- 

 nullis nigris, gutta discali, striga duplici obliqua fasciaque 

 latissima interlineata subapicali albis ; posticce fusca, basi 

 fasciaque luteis, fasciis tribus exterioribus pallide fuscis. 



Macrosila Solani, Boisd. MSS. 



Male. Fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Thorax with some 

 brownish and hoary hairs ; a dark brown stripe on each side, and a 

 red hind band which is bordered with black and with blue hairs. 

 Abdomen somewhat luteous, with three stripes of brown spots, the 

 middle row indistinct ; a row of yellow spots along each side. 

 Fore wings with some undulating oblique brown and some exterior 

 whitish lines ; a dark brown dot and a yellow spot at the base, two 

 dark brown streaks by the exterior border and a brown middle patch, 

 in which the lines are black ; a whitish discal dot. Hind wings 

 brown, with a yellow interrupted band near the base, and two more 

 slender dull fawn-coloured bands. 



Var. p. Thorax grayish black, with a broad fawn-coloured stripe. 

 Fore wings mostly brown instead of fawn-colour. 



Female. Dark brown. Antennae with white tips. Fore wings 

 with a slight whitish band near the base, and a broad whitish irre- 

 gular subapical band. Colours otherwise much like those of the 

 male. Length of the body 20 lines ; of the wings 42 — 44 lines. 



Var. p. Ferruginous-brown, white beneath. Head reddish 

 above. Abdomen tawny, with yellow spots and with two irre- 

 gular blackish stripes along each side. Fore wings ferruginous and 

 luteous at the base, with several irregular black bands, with a white 

 discal dot, with a double oblique white streak near the base, 

 and with a very broad irregular interlined subapical white band. 

 Hind wings brown, luteous at the base, near which there is a 

 luteous band, the latter is attenuated hindward, and beyond it there 

 are three pale brown bands. 



a — d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



e. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



/. Mauritius. From M. Becker's collection. 



g. Port Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 



h. Madagascar. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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