432 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Var. ? Viridis aut cyanea, subtus alba ; caput et thorax anticus 

 coccinea, nonnunquam rufescente-alba ; thorax albo bimacu- 

 latus ; abdominis segmenta albo fasciata ; pedes subtus albi ; 

 alee albidce, anticce fusco varice, venis Jlavis ; posticce maculis 

 subapicalibus fuscis. 



Green or blue, white beneath. Head and fore part of the tho- 

 rax bright red, sometimes reddish white. Thorax with a large white 

 spot on each shoulder. Abdomen with a white band on the hind 

 border of each segment. Legs white beneath. Wings whitish. 

 Fore wings mostly brown towards the tips and along the hind bor- 

 ders, with some darker brown spots in the disk at two-thirds of the 

 length; veins yellow. Hind wings with brown spots towards the 

 tips which are generally pale brown. It most resembles E. Risa in 

 the form of its fore wings, and the anteunae are less pectinated than 

 in the preceding species of this genus. Length of the body b\ — 7 

 lines; of the wings 17 — 19 lines* 



a. East Indies. Presented by Lady S. Amherst. 



by c. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



d. East Indies, From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



e. North India. Presented by E. Doubleday, Fsq. 



10. Eterusia sexpunctata. 





Luteo-flava ; caput album, antice coccineum ; palpi albi, apice 

 fusci ; antennce cyanece ; thorax antice coccineus ; pectus al- 

 bum, cyaneo varium ; abdomen cyaneo alboque fas datum ; 

 pedes cyanei, albo vittati ; alee anticce maculis duabus, posticce 

 una cyaneis. 



sexpunctata, Doubleday, MSS. 



Fern. Luteous yellow. Head white, crimson and very conical 

 in front. Palpi white, with brown tips. Proboscis piceous. An- 

 tennae blue. Thorax crimson in front. Pectus white, partly blue. 

 Abdomen with alternate blue and white bands, the latter colour pre- 

 vailing most towards the tip. Oviduct exserted, long and slender. 

 Legs blue, with white stripes. Fore wings with two blue dots be- 

 tween the second and fourth inferior veins. Hind wings with a blue 

 dot between the second and third inferior veins. Length of the 

 body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 18 — 22 lines. 



a, b. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



d, e. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



