COLLECTED AT SARAWAK. 



So 



Geu. Acheroxtia, Ochs. 



14. Acherontia Satanas, Boisd. Hist. Nat. hep. pi. 16. f. 1. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, China, and Java. 



Geu. Daphnusa, Walk. 



15. Daphnusa ocellaris, Walk. Cat. hep. viii. 238. 



16. Daphnusa orbifera, n. s. Mas. Rufescenti-cinerea, alis schis- 

 taceo suffusis linea exteriore cinerea angulosa non obliqua, anticis 

 subfalcatis plaga postica exteriore testacea liueolaque adhuc exteriore 

 transversa testacea, posticis lanuginosis macula postica picea angu- 

 lata cano-marginata. 



Male. Reddish cinereous. Abdomen and under side paler. Antennae 

 testaceous, slightly serrated. Wings with a slate-coloured bloom, 

 which is obliquely interrupted near the base, and in the fore wings is 

 divided from the apical part by a cinereous upright zigzag line. Fore 

 wings subfalcate ; interior borders lightly excavated, with a tuft of short 

 upright fawn-coloured hairs near the base, and with a large nearly 

 round testaceous spot near the tip; this spot is connected with a 

 marginal streak of the same hue, and between the latter and the 

 interior angle there is a little transverse testaceous line ; under side 

 with a piceous exterior line of lunules, and with piceous tips. Hind 

 wings partly lanuginous, more reddish than the fore wings, with a 

 piceous angular hoary-bordered spot on the somewhat truncated inte- 

 rior angle ; interior border mostly cinereous ; under side with three 

 blackish hues. Length of the body 18 lines; of the wings 48 lines. 



Fam. AGAKISTLDiE, Swainson. 

 Gen. Etjsemia, JDalman. 



17- Eusemia bijugata, n. s. Mas. Atra, fronte albo biguttata, 

 oculis albo cinctis, thorace maculis quatuor anticis pallide flavis, abdo- 

 mine fasciis sex luteis subtus luteo fascia subapicali nigra, alis anticis 

 fasciis duabus luteis abbreviatis subexcavatis, posticis ochraceo-rufis 

 basi fascia interrupta fasciaque marginali nigris. 



Male. Deep black. Head white about the eyes beneath, and with a 

 white dot on each side of the front. Palpi with two white bands. 

 Thorax with four pale-yellow spots in front. Abdomen with six 

 luteous bands; under side luteous, with a black band near the tip. 

 Legs piceous. Fore wings with two abbreviated slightly excavated 

 luteous bands, the interior one much shorter than the exterior one ; 

 these bands are pale yellow on the under side, where there are four 

 little white longitudinal streaks nearer the tip. Hind wings orange- 

 red, black at the base, and with a black interrupted excavated band, 

 which is connected by a short line with the black excavated marginal 



