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aa. China. 



bb. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



cc. Zoolu Country. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



dd—ff. Turkey in Asia. Presented by W. K. Loftus, Esq. 



99- ? 



Asia. 



2. ACHERONTIA LETHE. 



Nigro-fusca ; caput ferruginosum ; thorax vittis duabits cyanescen- 

 tibus, disco albido aut testaceo lituris nigris, postice strigis 

 transversis rufis et cyaneis ; abdomen nigrum, maculis trans- 

 versis dorsalibus cyanescentibus maculisque transversis laterali- 

 bus longioribus luteis ; alee anticce ferrugineo-fuscce, fasciis 

 variis uridulatis nigris, lituris nonnullis cervinis, gutta discali 

 fasciaque exteriore albidis ; posticce nigricantes fasciis duabus, 

 maculis nonnullis marginalibus costaque luteis. 



Sphinx Atropos, var., Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 74, pi. 237, f. A. 

 Acherontia Morta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 140, 1496. 

 Acheron tia Lethe, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 87, pi. 42, f. 2. 

 Acherontia Satanas, Boisd. Hist. Nat. Lep. pi. 16, f, 1. 



Blackish brown or dark brown. Head somewhat ferruginous. 

 Antennae with whitish tips. Thorax with a bluish stripe on each 

 side ; disk whitish or testaceous, with black marks, its hind part 

 with red and blue transverse streaks. Abdomen black, with bluish 

 transverse dorsal spots, and with more elongated transverse luteous 

 spots along each side. Fore wings ferruginous-brown, with various 

 undulating black bands, with some fawn-coloured marks, with 

 a whitish discal dot and a whitish exterior band. Hind wings 

 blackish, with two luteous bands, and some luteous spots along the 

 exterior border ; costa luteous. Length of the body 20 — 23 lines ; 

 of the wings 44 — 54 lines. 



Java. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



b. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



c. Ceylon. From the Eev. J. Wenham's collection. 



d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



e. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 

 /. Silhet. Presented by J. C. Dale, Esq. 



