1214 catalogue of 



11. Attacus Ethba. 



Mas. Cervinus ; thorax albo bifasciatus ; abdomen vittis duabus 

 lateralibus duplicatis albis ; alee fascia semihyalina intus 

 nigro extus rufo marginata, fascia exteriore incompleta sub- 

 purpurea nigro et albo conspersa, margine exteriore testaceo 

 fascia angusta fulva ; anticce apud costam cinerece albo con- 

 sper see, fascia basim versus alba extus nigro marginata, macu- 

 lis quatuor subapicalibus, la magna subpurpurea extus albo 

 marginata, 2a nigra, Sa 4aque cinereis ; posticce fascia basim 

 versus alba extus nigro marginata, maculis apud marginem 

 oblongis fuscis. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Aurota, Cram. Pap. Exot.i.ll, pi. 8, 



f.A. 

 , Merian, Ins. Serv. pi. 52. Seba, Mus. iv. pi. 57, 



f. 56. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Atlas, Var. /3. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. 1.5, 



2401, 1. 

 Bombyx Ethra, Oliv. Enc. Meth. Ins. v. 24, 2, pi. 69, f. 2. 



Cayenne. Surinam. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Thorax with a white band in front and 

 another behind. Abdomen with a double white stripe along each 

 side. Wings with the semihyaline band bordered with black on the 

 inner side and with pale red on the outer side ; bej^ond the latter 

 there is an incomplete lilac band powdered with black and white. 

 Fore wings gray and powdered with white along the costa, behind 

 which towards the base the white band forms a hardly acute angle, 

 and is bordered with black on the outside ; a large lilac subapical 

 spot is bounded on the outer side by a slender zigzag white streak, 

 beyond which there is one black spot between two gray spots. 

 Hind wings with the white band towards the base bounded with 

 black on the outward side ; a row of oblong brown spots along the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 12 — 14 lines ; of the wings 

 44 — 48 lines. 



Female. Ferruginous, otherwise much like the male. Fore 

 wings much less falcate ; vitreous spots larger, but less interrupting 

 the exterior band. Abdomen with a white dorsal stripe, which ex- 

 tends from the middle to the tip. Length of the body 15 lines ; of 

 the wings 58 lines. 



a. Santa Fe de Bogota. From Mr. Isaacson's collection. 



b. Carraccas. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



