

LEPIDOPTERA HKTEUOCERA. 209 



120. Much ROM] a Ma mo A. 



Sphinx adscita Rfarica, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. 31, pL 20, f. F, G. 

 Eucereon Marica, Hubn* Verz. Schmett. 123, 1335. 



Surinam. 



Var. ? Nigra ; caput supra testnceum macula nigra ; thorax late- 

 ribus vittisque duabns testaceis ; abdomen luteum, dimidic 

 bnsali fusco, apicem versus e maculis nigris trivittalum ; ala> 

 antic ct fusca>., rtigro guttata albidorjue bifasciatrz ; posticce cine- 

 rece, basi albidca semihyalince ; femora subtus teslacea. 



Black. Head testaceous above, with a black spot between the 

 eyes. Proboscis tawny. Thorax testaceous on each side, and with 

 two testaceous stripes on the disk. Fore wings pale brown, with 

 many black spots, and with two broad irregular whitish bands ; these 

 are most distinct beneath which is darker brown and unspotted. 

 Hind wings dark gray, whitish and semihyaline towards the base. 

 Abdomen luteous ; disk brown above for half the length from the 

 base; a black dot on each of the fifth and sixth segments ; a large 

 subquadrate black spot on the seventh, and a row of black spots 

 along each side ; under side luteous with a brown tip. Femora tes- 

 taceous beneath. Length of the body &J lines; of the wings 17 

 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



121. Euchromia Sylvius. 



Ala anticce fuscct aut cervincs strigis plurimis nigricantibut ; ab- 

 domen ex parte rufum aut luteum aut Jlavum. 



Sphinx adscita Sylvius, Stoll ; Cram. Pap. Exot \. 65, pi. 14. 

 Eucereon Sylvius, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 123, 1334. 

 Sericaria Sylvius, An<m. Ins. Surinam, 149, pi. 71. 



Var. a. Fore wings brown ; areolets full of blackish marks of 

 various size and shape, but mostly cuneiform. Abdomen partly red. 



Var. /3. Fore wings fawn colour, their spots large and less nu 

 merous. Abdomen partly red. 



Var. y. Like Var. /3, but abdomen partly luteous. 



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