﻿1294 CATALOGUE OF 



3. Speiredonia Alix. 



Nigro-fusca ; abdomen violaceo -nigrum^ segmentorum basalium 

 lateribus albo punctatis ; alee lineis plurimis transversis denti- 

 culatis obscurioribus non bene determinatis, strigis insulatis 

 submarginalibus albido terminatis ; anticce macula magna 

 discali atomisgue inter orbicularem et reniformem et apud 

 marginem interiorem cceruleo-albis. Foem. — Aloe anticce 

 macula subccerulea vaga submarginali, 



Spiredonia Alix, Guen, Noct. iii. 171, 1561. 



Hindostan. 



Var.P Brown, a little paler beneath. Wings occasionally 

 glaucous here and there, with several transverse undulating dark 

 brown lines, which have fawn-coloured borders ; submarginal lunules 

 and marginal line and under side as in the preceding species. 

 Fore wings with the orbicular spot almost obsolete; ocellus 

 3-shaped, with a black glaucous white-edged border, its hind division 

 more or less marked with white. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of 

 the wings 28 lines. 



a. Java. From Mr. Henry's collection. 



b. ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



4. Speiredonia retrahens. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; ales glauco aut albo-glaucescente plus minusve 

 tinctce, lineis transversis obscure fuscis undiilatis cervino plus 

 minusve marginatis ; anticce orbiculari e annulo parvo obscure 

 fusco, ocello 3-formi postice iridescente, macula subtus albida 

 apud marginem interiorem; posticce subtus guttis submar- 

 ginalibus albidis. 



Ferruginous-brown. Third joint of the palpi very slender, 

 much more than half the length of the second. Wings slightly or 

 much tinged with glaucous or whitish glaucous, which hue mostly 

 accompanies the transverse lines ; these are dark brown and undu- 

 lating, and more or less bordered with fawn-colour ; under side with 

 a submarginal row of whitish dots, which are much more distinct 

 in the hind wings than in the fore wings. Fore wings with the 

 orbicular forming a small dark brown ringlet ; ocellus 3-shaped, its 

 hind division somewhat iridescent, with a black border, which is 



