PLATE CL. 



We have no reason to believe that this very rare and curious 

 insect has hitherto been figured in the works of any author. The 

 species is described by Fabricius from the drawings of Mr. Jones, 

 and those figures are repeated for the first time in the plate now sub- 

 mitted to our readers. The original specimens, from whence those 

 drawings were taken, occurred to Mr. Jones in the museum of 

 Dr. Hunter, as referred to by Fabricius, Its native country is 

 unknown. 



From the description of this species, to be found in the Fabrician 

 writings, the entomologist would be led to conceive that all the 

 wings are of a deep black : this is not correct, for the anterior wings 

 are of a f uscous colour 5 it is only the posterior wings that are of a 

 deep black : this error it must be of some importance to correct ; in 

 all other respects the Fabrician description is very accurate. 



