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2. Rhescyntis Erythrin.e. 

 Alee fuscescentes, striga undata pallida. 



-, M.erian, Ins. Surin. ii. pi. 11. Seba, Mus. iv. pi. 



21, f. 1,2,5,6. 

 Phalaena-Botnbyx Attacus Ararida, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 6, pi. 197, 



f. A. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Cassandra, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 7, pL 



197, f. B. 

 Bombyx Erythrinae, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 169, 9 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 108, 



10; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 411, 13. Oliv. Enc. Meih. Ins. v. 27, 13. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Erythrinae, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 



2403, 465. 

 Rhescyntis Cassandra, Hubn. Verz. Schmetl. (Phalcence Sphingoides 



Echidna Speculares), 156, 1633. 

 Rhescyntis Erythrinae, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides 



Echidnce Speculares), 156, 1632. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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



c. Brazil. From M. Becker's collection. 



d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



3. Rhescyntis Hercules. 



Ferruginea ; caput, palpi, thorax anticus et pedes anteriores nigri- 

 cantia ; vertex testaceus ; pectus et pedes postici nigro-fusca ; 

 abdomen fuscum, guttis lateralibus Jlavis ; alee anticoe apud 

 discum nigro-fuscce, costa testacea fusco conspersa necnon 

 fascia ohliqua nigra lunulaque rufescente nigro marginata, 

 fascia exteriore gracili undulosa obliqua albido-testacea, mar- 

 gine exteriore Jlavo-fusca albo conspersa, maculis duabus cos- 

 talibus albis. 



Head, palpi, fore part of the thorax and anterior legs blackish. 

 Vertex of the head testaceous. Proboscis tawny, as long as the 

 breadth of the head. Thorax ferruginous. Pectus and hind legs 

 blackish brown. Abdomen brown ; under side rather darker, with 

 a row of yellow dots along each side. Fore wings blackish brown 

 in the disk, testaceous along the costa for nearly one-third of the 

 length, and full two-thirds of the length ; this testaceous part is 

 speckled with brown, is somewhat ferruginous towards the base, and 

 contains an oblique black band at one-fourth of the length, and a 

 transverse reddish black-bordered lunule before the middle. The 



