LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. J449 



6. Megasoma VENUSTUM. 



Album; palpi subtus cervini ; thorax maculis duabus trigonis 

 laleralibus cervinis ; abdomen eervino fasciatum ; pedes n'n/ri- 

 canies, tarsis albo fasciutis ; ahc eervincc, a/bo marginata et 

 conspersa ; anticce fasciis duabus subobso/etis albidii apud 

 contain dilatatis ; postic<c pallidiorcs, fascia diffusa a/bida. 



Female. Body white. Palpi fawn-colour beneath. Antenna* 

 with tawny branches. Thorax with a large fawn-coloured spot on 

 each side, Abdomen with fawn-coloured bands. Legs mostly 

 blackish ; tarsi with white bands. Wings with white borders. 

 Fore wings fawn-colour, sprinkled with white exteriorly, with two 

 irregular white bands, which are united on the interior border, and 

 are very indistinct, except towards the costa, where they are dilated 

 into triangular spots. Hind wings paler fawn-colour, sprinkled 

 with white, and with a diffuse whitish band. Length of the body 

 16 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Var. Alba ; thoracis latera cervina ; abdomen subtus subcervi- 

 num ; ala? antica? gutta discali obscuriore, fascia subobsoleta 

 cinerea maculisque tribus albis ; poslica? apices versus testacece, 

 margine postico fusco. 



White. Palpi beneath and joints of the antennae fawn- 

 colour. Abdomen beneath and legs pale fawn colour. Tho- 

 ax with a large fawn-coloured spot on each side. Fore wings 

 awn-colour, with a darker discal dot, and with three white spots ; 

 wo of the spots costal and elongated, the third discal; the exterior 

 :ostal spot, like the discal one, forming part of the <jray band, which 

 s undulating and very indistinct. Hind wings testaceous towards 

 he tips ; hind part of the exterior border brown. Length of the 

 >ody 15 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 

 .. Punjaub. Presented by General Hearsay. 

 K North India. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Ceylon. Presented by E. templeton, Esq. 

 1. Canara, Malabar Coast. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 

 If. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



"The larva is of slate-colour, with a dark ring behind the head 

 nd another close to the tail ; it feeds on Zizyphus jnjuba (the tree), 

 .nd on Hyperanthus moringa" — General Hearsay, AlSS. 



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