570 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



wings with seven irregular bands of black white-bordered spots. 

 Hind wings with an oblique transverse spot in the disk, and with a 

 black interrupted stripe near the hind bo'rder. Length of the bod? 

 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. h y 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



8. Deiopeia Astrea. 



AlcBfulvcz; antic* fasciis septem albidis nigra punctatis ; postic* 

 Julvce nigro punctata. t 



— — Drury, Ins. Exot. ii. 11, pi. 6, f. 3. 



om M° C ! Ua) A A f rea ' Drw y> A W' iL 0liv ' E ™> MSth. viii 

 261, (Noctua, A.) 



Phalaena (Bombyx) Pylotis, Fair.. Ent. Sust. iii. i 479 222 Gmel 



ed. Smt. Nat. i. 5, 2440, 575. Clerck, Icon. pi. 54, f 4 

 Fnalaena Geometra cribrata, Gmel. ed. Si/st. Nat i 5 2482 *751 

 Argma Pylotis, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 167, 1729. 

 Deiopeia Astrea, Westiv. ed. Drury, ii. 13, pi 6 f 3 

 Euchelia Pylotis, Boisd. Faune Ent. Mad. Bourb. e't Maur. 85, 3 

 Gold Coast, Africa. Madagascar. Bourbon. Mauritius. 

 Abdomen with three stripes of black spots. 



<\^7 fcVrZ!Tui Wit i b SeVen somewha t regular bands of 

 dwtuictly white-bordered black spots. Hind wings with two bands 

 ot black spots and one black spot in the disk. 



Vary White borders of the black spots indistinct. Hind 

 wings with two black spots in the disk. 



Var. o\ Black spots without white borders. 



Var. €. Hind wings with three black spots in the disk. 



Var. f. Abdomen without spots. 



Var. v. Spots of the fore wings clouded with gray, 

 a— c. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 d— f. Nonh India. From Mr. Stevens' collection 

 g—k. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 

 /. East Indies. Presented by E. Doubledav, Esq 

 m, n. East Indies. 



o. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq 

 p, q. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 





