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CATALOGUE OF 
20. Macroglossa errans. 
Cinereo -fusca, sublus alba ; caput et thorax fusco univittata ; tho- 
rax vittis duabus lateralibus arcuatis fuscis ; abdomen canes- 
ccns , e maculis ferrugineo-fuscis quadrivittatum , maculis 
lateralibus albis , maculisque quatuor lateralibus basalibus 
luteis ; ala> anticce f asciis undulatis transver sis fuscis, maculis 
duabus nigricantibus oblongis subapicalibus maculisque dua- 
bus trigonis marginalibus albidis . 
Macroglossa errans, Boisd. MSS. 
Cinereous-brown, white beneath. Head and thorax with a 
darker brown stripe. Thorax with two curved lateral dark brown 
stripes which have darker inner borders. Abdomen mostly hoary, 
with four ferruginous-brown spots on each segtnent; two luteous 
spots on each side near the base, and smaller lateral white spots 
from thence hindward. Fore wings with brown undulating trans- 
verse bands, with two blackish oblong subapical spots, and with two 
triangular whitish spots, one on the costa, the other on the interior 
border, which is brighter and much more clearly defined than that 
of M. Passalus. Length of the body 13 — 16 lines; of the wings 
24—26 lines. 5 
This species has the structure of M. Passalus , and otherwise 
much resembles it, but is sufficiently distinct. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Strange’s collection. 
Var. /3. Fore wings with a white band instead of the two white 
spots. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Strange’s collection. 
Moreton Bay. Presented by J. Gibbon, Esq. 
Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
Australia. Presented by Sir W. Jardine. 
21. Macroglossa micacea. 
Fusca , sublus alba ; caput et alee anticee viridi aut cyaneo micantes ; 
abdomen strigis quatuor albidis transversis basalibus , macu- 
lisque lateralibus albis ; alee anticce f asciis nonnullis obscu - 
rioribus unaque exteriore glaucescente ; posticce nigro-fuscce , 
costa strigaque apud marginem exteriorem maris testacea , 
feem. albida. 
Brown, white beneath. Head, thorax and fore wings tinged 
with shining green or blue. Abdomen with two whitish transverse 
