LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 639 



yellow, with three rows of hlack spots. Fore wings with a brown 

 discal stripe, which is interrupted towards the tips. Hind wings 

 with a brown diseal dot. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 10 — 14 lines. 



Var. /3, male. Discal stripe of the fore wings much interrupted 

 and almost obsolete. Hind wings with no discal dot, much smaller 

 than var. a. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



c. (Fern, P) North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



3. Creatonotos? Vuteria. 



Testacea ; alee anticce guttis duabus discalibus punctisque margina- 

 libus nigris ; posticce albce. 



Phalaena Vuteria, Cram. Pap. Exot. v. 161, pi. 36, f. 5. 



Cape. 



Genus 19. EVIUS. 



Corpus breviusculum. Oculi magni, extantes. Proboscis cor- 

 poris dimidio vix brevior. Palpi longiusculi, ascendentes ; articulus 

 2us lo multo longior ; 3us minutus, conicus. Antennae subpectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes sat graciles, non longi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor minutis. Alae sat angustae ; posticae 

 antice convexae. 



Empusa, p., Hubn. 

 Creatonotos, p., Hubn. 

 Automolis, p.? Hubn. 



Body rather short. Eyes large and prominent. Proboscis 

 nearly half the length of the body. Palpi rather long, ascending; 

 second joint much longer than the first ; third minute, conical. 

 Antennae minutely pectinated beneath. Abdomen extending some 

 little distance beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, not 

 long ; hind tibiae with four minute spurs. Wings rather narrow. 

 Fore wings straight in front ; first, second and third inferior veins 

 contiguous at the base ; fourth remote from the others. Hind wings 

 convex in front. 



A. Alae antics? flavo-variae. 



A. Alae anticae dimidio apicali ftavo. - auro-coccineus, Walk. 



a. Alae anticae flavo bimaculatae. - - flavo-roseus, Walk. 



b. Alae anticae flavo unifasciatae. - - Psamas, Cram. 



c. Alae anticis maculis plurimis flavis. - - Hippia, Stoll. 



B. Alae anticae non flavo varise. - bifasciatus, Cram. 



