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Fern. Blackish brown. Head with a half-interrupted luteous 

 band on the hind border. Proboscis testaceous. Scutellum yellow. 

 Fore wings with a small whitish semihyaline spot near the middle 

 of the fore border, and with a very irregular oblique pale brown band 

 near the tip and most apparent by the hind border ; veins brown ; 

 under side with several whitish spots. Hind wings limpid, with 

 very broad black borders. Abdomen with a very broad orange band 

 near the tip, connected on each side in front with an orange spot ; 

 under side brown. Legs brown ; coxae luteous ; hind femora pale 

 testaceous at the tips. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 

 a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



118. EUCHEOMIA AECHIAS. 



Sphinx adscita Archias, Stoll ; Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 66, pi. 14, f. 9, 



10. 

 Eucereeon Archias, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 123, 1333. 



Surinam. 



Var. ? Mas. Nigro-fusca ; caput rufo bimaculatum ; abdomen 

 apicem versus fascia lata rufa, subtus pallide rufum,apice fus- 

 cum ; ala? anticce fuscce, fasciis duabus albicantibus,venis tes- 

 taceis ; posticce nigro-fuscm basi albido-semihyalince ; femora 

 subtus tesiacea. 



Marica Male P Dark brown. Head with two red spots on the 

 vertex ; under side clothed with whitish hairs. Proboscis tawny. 

 Thorax with some luteous hairs on each side in front and behind the 

 scutellum. Pectus with pale testaceous hairs. Fore wings brown, 

 with two irregular whitish bands which slightly intersect some of the 

 brown part ; veins testaceous. Hind wings dark brown, whitish and 

 semihyaline towards the base. Abdomen with a broad bright red 

 band beyond the middle ; under side pale red, brown at the tip. 

 Femora pale testaceous beneath. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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