226 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Sphinx adscita Thelebas, Cram, Pap. Exot. ii. 86, pi. 150, f. D. 

 Euchromia Thelebe, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 121, 1310. 

 Euchromia Irus, var. ? 



Bengal. 



37. Euchromia Irus. 



Nigra, cyaneo viridique varia ; abdominis dimidium apicale coc- 

 cineum ; alee anticce basi et macula arcuata discali cyaneis 

 fasciisque duabus abbreviatis macularibus limpidis ; posticce 

 basi fas ciaque lata discali limpidis. 



Sphinx adscita Irus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 150, pi. 368, f. A. 

 Euchromia Ira, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 121, 1309. 



a. Australia. From the Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake. 



b, c. Australia. From Mr. Dring's collection. 



Var.? Glaucopis Ganymede, Doubleday, Lortfs Discov. Austral. 

 Append, i. 519, pi. 3, f. 3. 



" Wings black, fore wings with a small diaphanous spot near 

 the base, below the median vein ; a larger one before the middle ex- 

 tending from the subcostal to the radial vein, divided by the median 

 vein into two unequal portions, the extremity of the areolet marked 

 by a crescent-shaped, metallic blue spot, beyond which are two dia- 

 phanous spots, one placed just below the origin of the second sub- 

 costal veinlet, the other much larger, divided by the last median 

 veinlet. Hind wings with a white, partly diaphanous spot, close to 

 the base, and a transverse diaphanous band a little beyond the 

 middle. Body and legs black. Face, orbits of the eyes and coxae 

 white. Abdomen crimson ; first and second segments both above 

 and below, the third above, of a sooty black ; fourth, fifth, sixth, 

 and seventh margined with black above, in front, eighth entirely 

 crimson. Female wanting the small spot near the base of the fore 

 wings, the third segment of the abdomen slightly bronzed ; coxae 

 black. Length of the wings 30 lines." 



38. Euchromia Irius. 



From, prothorax et thoracis fascice dues viridi-aurea ; abdomen 

 cingulo basali supra albido, cingu Usque quinque apicalibus 

 rubris, subtus rubrum ; alee nigrce ; anticce macidis sex dia- 

 phanis, una ad basim, duabus mediis, tribus posticis ; alee pos- 

 ticce basi fasciaque diaphanis, illis puncto medio basique 

 viridi-aureis. 



