222 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Nearly allied to E. Sperchius. Black. Head mostly, two fore 

 spots and three stripes of the thorax, and three rows of transverse 

 spots on the abdomen blue or green or gilded. Head white in front. 

 Proboscis ferruginous. Thorax mostly green beneath. Wings 

 blackish brown. Fore wings with an oblong yellow spot near the 

 base, and with two almost connected and forming a short band in 

 the disk. Hind wings with two yellow spots, one at the base, the 

 other in the disk. Abdomen with a yellow interrupted band at the 

 base, and an orange entire one in the middle, and corresponding to 

 a white band beneath. Coxae mostly white. Male sexualia tawny. 

 Length of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 23 — 24 lines. 



Var. /3. Male. Abdomen wholly blue between the orange band 

 and the tip. Legs testaceous beneath. 



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



c. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society. 

 d. -? 



29. Euchromia Madagascariensis. 



Alee nigra, maculis luteo-fulvescentibus basi rubicantibus ; abdomen 

 nigro-cyaneum, cingulo basali albo, alteroque medio supra rubro 

 subtus albo ; prothorax humerique rubro-fulvi. 



Glaucopis Madagascariensis, Boisd. Faune Ent. Mad. Bourb. et 

 Maur. 83, 2, pi. 11, f. 4. 



Madagascar. 



a. Zoolu, South Africa. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 

 5, c. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



d. Port Natal. From M. Becker's collection. 



30. Euchromia Melanthis. 



Nigro-fusca ; pectus coccineo guttatum ; alee quatuor fascia sub- 

 basali, anticceque lata apicali albidis. 

 Sphinx adscita Melanthus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 147, pi. 367, f. C. 

 Pseudomya Melanthis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 124, 1344. 



Surinam. 



Group 10. HIPPOLA. 



Mas. Corpus cylindricum, gracile. Palpi sat longi, basi valde 

 pilosi ; articulus 3us parvus, apice conicus. Antennae sat late plu- 



