LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 369 



White. Head and thorax with black spots. Thorax with a 

 red spot on each shoulder. Fore wings with alternate black and red 

 bands, the former macular, the latter angular and very variable as 

 to breadth ; under side deep red with a few black spots. Hind wings 

 red, with two or three variable black white-bordered spots in front, 

 and with a black border. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 V ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



6. Deiopeia dulcis. 



Albido-testacea ; thorax nigro maculatus ; abdomen luteum, non- 

 nunquam e maculis nigris bivittatum ; alee anticce e maculis 

 nigris albo cinctisr septemfasciatce ; posticce lutea maculis non- 

 nullis nigris. 



Phalsena Geometra cribraria, var. Cram. Pap. ExoU iii, 172, pi. 288, 

 f. D. 



Whitish testaceous. Palpi with black tips. Proboscis tawny. 

 Antennae black, testaceous at the base. Abdomen luteous, occasion- 

 ally with three stripes of black spots. A black spot on each of the 

 fore coxae. Fore wings with seven bands of white-bordered black 

 spots which on the under side are larger and without white borders. 

 Hind wings luteous, with some black spots which vary in number 

 from three" to ten. Length oi the body 5^—7 lines ; of the wings 

 16—20 lines. 



a. Malabar Coast. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 



b. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



c. East Indies. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



d. — 



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7. Deiopeia cingulifera. 



Lutea ; thorax nigro bimaculatus ; alee anticce e maculis nigris 

 albo cinctis septemfasciata ; posiicce macula transversa discali 

 vittaque marginali margineque interrupta nigris. 



Luteous. Head with a black and white band in front. Palpi 

 black towards the tips. Proboscis tawny. Antennae black. Thorax 

 with a black spot on each shoulder and'one on the scutellum, Fore 



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