1450 CATALOGUE OF 



7. Megasoma PALLIDUM. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi subtus cervini ; antennae pallide cervinae ; tho- 

 rax maculis duabus lateralibus trigonis cervinis ; pedes supra 

 cervini ; alee antiece cervinae, macula basali striga costali fas- 

 ciaque exteriore albis ; posticce apud apices subcervince, striga 

 postica marginali fusca. 



Female. White. Palpi fawn-coloured beneath. Antennae 

 pale fawn-colour, moderately pectinated. Thorax with a large 

 fawn-coloured triangular spot on each side. Legs fawn-colour 

 above. Fore wings fawn-colour, darkest at the base, where there is 

 a white spot ; a white costal streak at beyond half the length of the 

 wing, and a slender undulating oblique white band at half the dis- 

 tance between the streak and the tip of the wing ; first and second 

 inferior veins almost contiguous ; third further from the fourth than 

 from the second. Hind wings extending to two-thirds of the 

 length of the abdomen, slightly tinged with fawn-colour at their 

 tips, and with a brown streak on the exterior border adjoining the 

 interior border. Length of the body 9 — 11 lines ; of the wings 

 22—- 28 lines. 



a — c. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



8. Megasoma albicans. 



Mas. Alba; caput apud oculos ferrugineum ; palpi subtus ferru- 

 ginei ; antennae ramis cervinis ; thorax maculis duabus trigo- 

 nis lateralibus cervinis ; abdomen apice supra fuscum ; alee 

 antiece canoe, striga basali cervina e albo uniguttata, gutta dis- 

 cali fusca fasciisque duabus undulosis obliquis albis plagam 

 anticam fuscam includentibus ; posticce striga marginali pos- 

 teriore fusca. 



Male. White. Head ferruginous about the eyes. Palpi fer- 

 ruginous beneath. Antennas with fawn-coloured branches. Thorax 

 with a very large fawn-coloured triangular spot on each side. Ab- 

 domen brown at the tip above. Fore wings hoary, with a fawn- 

 coloured basal streak, w r hich contains a white dot ; a brown discal 

 dot and two undulating oblique white bands ; the latter on the fore- 

 half of the wing include a large brown space, which is darkest hind- 

 ward. Hind wings with a brown streak along the hind part of the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 7 — 12 lines ; of the wings 

 18— 25 lines. 



a. Punjaub. Presented by General Hearsay. 



b. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



