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11. EUCHROMIA RHEBUS. 



Nigra ; caput, thorax et abdominis latera basi ad medium cyaneo 

 aureoque maculata ; antenna subpectinatce ; alee antic ce fascia 

 basali latissima aurata, maculisque duabus post-mediis lim- 

 pidis ; postica cyanece strigis aureis marginibus latissimis 

 nigris. 



Sphinx adscita Rhebus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 72, pi. 234, f. F. 

 Porapostola Rhebus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 120, 1303. 



East Indies and Africa. 



12. EuCHROMIA AURATA. 



Nigra; antennce late pec tinatce ; thorax cyaneo bifasciatus ,• abdo- 

 men auratum nigro unifasciatum ; ala anticce ceneo pulveru- 

 lentce, basi strigaque transversa ante-media aureis, gutta discali 

 post-media limpida. 



Sphinx adscita auratus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 12H, pi. 264, f. A. 

 Pompostola auratus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 120, 1305. 



Coromandel. 



Group 7. AUTOMOLIS. 



Corpus plus minus ve metallicum. Palpi articulo 3o minimo. 

 Antennae usque ad apices pectinatae. Abdomen pone alas posticas 

 terminatuin. Ala? lata?, opacae ; antica? plus minusve maculata? , 

 basi metallica?. Tibia? anticae subtus dentata? ; posteriores calcari- 

 bus parvis. 

 Automolis, MSS. 



Approaches the Lithosiida in structure. Body more or less 

 metallic. Tbird joint of the palpi very short. Antennae pectinated 

 to the tips. Wings broad, opaque, more or less spotted, metallic at 

 the base. Abdomen rather short, extending very little beyond the 

 hind wings. Fore tibiae dentate beneath ; middle and apical spurs 

 of the hind tibia? small. 



