1372 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Eagles Laocoon. 



Alcefuscce rufo lineatce maculis flams, postica? subtus fiavce rufo 

 UneatcB. 



Phalaena-Bombvx Laocoon, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. 80, pi. 117' 



f. A, B, C." 

 Bombyx Laocoon, Oliv. Erie. Meth. Ins. v. 37, 49, pi. 70, f. 8. 

 Citheronia Anassa, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalance Sphingoides 



Echidna Communiformes) , 153, 1600. 

 Var. Mas. Phalaena Laocoon, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Exot. \, 



179, pi. 42, f. 2. 

 Phalaena regia, Abbot and Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georg 



pi. 61. 

 Bombyx regalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 436, 93. 

 Citheronia regia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides 



Echidnce Communiformes), 153, 1599. 



Male and female. Head and fore part of tbe thomx reddish ; 

 a yellow spot at the base of each antenna. Thorax with three red- 

 dish stripes. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings, 

 fawn-colour; under side yellow, with four rows of reddish spots. 

 Fore wings brown, with reddish stripes along the veins, with a yel- 

 low spot at the base, with another in the discal areolet, and with an 

 oblique exterior band of yellow spots ; second inferior vein about 

 twice further from the third than from the first. Hind wings red- 

 dish, mostly yellow along the costa, and with a yellow spot by the 

 interior border; underside yellow, tipped with brown, and with 

 a reddish discal spot and a reddish exterior band. 



Var. j3. Male. Hind wings yellow, mostly reddish at the base, 

 and with a reddish exterior band. 



a, b. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



South America. 



A. Alae anticae maculis nullis exterioribus vitreis. 



A. Alae anticae pallide rufo aut fusco variae. 



a. Alae posticae fasciis non connexis. 



a. Alarum fasciae albido non varias. - magnificus, Walk. 



b. Alarum fasciae albido variae. - - ducalis, M'SS. 



b. Alae posticae fasciis connexis. - - princeps, Walk. 



B. Alae rufescentes flavo variae. 



a. Thorax rufo vittatus. - Phoronea, Cram. 



b. Thorax rufo non vittatus. - - cacicus, Boisd. MSS. 



B. Alae anticae maculis exterioribus vitreis. - principalis, MSS. 



