1448 CATALOGUE OF 



3. Meg a soma cristatum. 



Mas. Ferrugineum ; thorax vittis duabus arcuatis albis ; aim 

 anticce strigis basalibus et costalibus fasciaque undulata ex- 

 teriore perobliqua albis, 



Phalsena-Bombyx cristata, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 234, pi. 398, 



it 



Megasoma cristatum, Feisthamel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 347, 3. 

 Cape. 



4. Megasoma bifascia. 



Foem. Cervinum ; caput et thorax cinerea, hoc antice fulvum ; 

 alee anticce striga basali fusca fasciisque duabus perobliquis 

 vix undulosis albidis, margine exteriore pallidiore ; posticce 

 pallidiores. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Head and thorax cinereous. Head 

 fawn-colour in front. Fore wings with a brown basal streak near 

 the interior border, and with two very oblique hardly undulating 

 whitish bands ; first band nearly rectangular towards the costa ; 

 second diffuse on the outer side and also on the inner side by the 

 costa, and accompanied along the inner side by a brownish band ; 

 exterior border and the whole of the hind wings pale fawn-colour. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Pamplin's collection. 





5. Megasoma basale. 



Mas. Cinerascens ; antennce nigricantes ; thoracis latera postica 

 ferruginea ; abdomen obscure testaceum ; pedes fulvescentes ; 

 alee anticce ferruginece, gutta interior e nigra, fasciis duabus 

 extus albido marginatis guttisque exterioribus nigricantibus ; 

 posticce cervince. 



Male. Cinereous. Antennae blackish. Thorax with a large 

 ferruginous spot on each side hindward. Abdomen dull testaceous. 

 Legs somewhat tawny. Fore wings ferruginous, with a black discal 

 dot near the base, with two slender blackish bands which have 

 whitish outer borders, and with some blackish dots near the exterior 

 border. Hind wings fawn-colour. Length of the body 9 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



