726 CATALOGUE OF 



White. Head with a black dot on the vertex and another on 

 the front. Proboscis tawny. Palpi red, with three black bands; 

 a whitish streak beneath. Antennae brown, red at the base. Tho- 

 rax with fourteen black dots ; prothorax with red borders. Pectus 

 with three black spots on each side. Abdomen bright red above, 

 with two rows of black dots along each side. Legs bright red ; 

 femora white beneath ; anterior tibiae and fore tarsi blackish above ; 

 fore femora streaked with brown beneath. Fore wings brown, 

 white towards the base, which has three white spots ; middle part 

 nearly hyaline, except the borders and a streak across the tip of the 

 discal areolet Hind wings pale fawn-colour, whitish along the 

 fore border and the interior border. Length of the body 8 — 10 

 lines ; of the wings 20 — 26 lines. 



a. Australia. From the Voyage of H.M.S. Eattlesnake. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Hunter's collection. 



c. Australia. From Mr. Children's collection. 



d. Australia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



2. Ameetla maukitia. 



Rufo-cervina ; caput nigro quadripunctatum ; palpi nigri, rufo 

 bivittati ; antenna? nigrce ; thorax nigro decern maculatus ; 

 pectus nigro sexguttatum ; pedes rufi ; alee anticce basi nigro 

 biguttatce ; posticce albidce. 



Phalaena mauritia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 105, pi. 345, f. B. 

 Arctia mauritia, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Mad. Bomb, et Maur. 86. 

 Phalaena vidua? Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 127, pi. 264, f. C. 

 Pelochyta vidua? H'tibn. Verz. Schmett. 172, 1772. 



Guinea. Mauritius. 



Reddish fawn-colour. Head with two black dots on the vertex 

 and one on each side in front. Proboscis piceous. Palpi black, 

 with two red bands. Antennae black, fawn-colour at the base. 

 Thorax with ten black dots. Pectus with about three black dots on 

 each side. Abdomen red above, with two rows of black dots along 

 each side. Legs red ; a black dot on each eoxa. Fore wings with 

 two black dots at the base ; disk more or less hyaline. Hind wings 

 whitish, with a very slight tinge of fawn-colour. Length of the 

 body 6 — 1\ lines ; of the wings 16 — 20 lines. 



a, b. West Africa. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 

 c. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 d— f. Congo. Presented by £. Doubleday, Esq. 

 g. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



