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Asia. 
5. Pergesa Castor. 
Cervina , subtus alba luteo varia ; capitis thoracisque later a albida ; 
abdomen vittis duabus lateralibus luteis lineisque duabus dor - 
salibus e guttis nigricantibus ; alee anticce fascia obliqua dif- 
fusa obscuriore nigro guttata aut lineis tribus ferrugineis , 
gutta discali maculisque tribus costalibus nigris , macula api- 
cali fusca , fascia una aut lineis nonnullis angulosis pallide 
purpurascentibus apud marginem exteriorem; posticce fuscae 
fascia lutea. 
Deilephila Castor, Boisd. MSS. 
Bright fawn-colour, white and luteous beneath. Head and 
thorax whitish on each side. Abdomen with a luteous stripe along 
each side, and with two dorsal rows of blackish dots. Fore wings 
with a diffuse oblique slightly darker band, which contains several 
black dots, and adjoins the larger black discal dot; three small 
black spots on the costa in front of the above band, and a brown 
apical spot ; a lilac band along the exterior border. Hind wings 
brown, with an irregular pale luteous band. Length of the body 
14 — 16 lines ; of the wings 26 — 30 lines. 
Var. (5. Fore wings with three ferruginous lines instead of the 
darker band and the black dots ; a zigzag lilac line instead of 
the lilac band. Hind wings with the luteous band narrower and 
interrupted. 
a. Java. From Mr. Henry’s collection. 
£>, c. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
d. Silhet. From Mr. Stain forth’s collection. 
6. Pergesa Acte us. 
Cervina , subtus lutescens rufo varia ; vertex viridis ; thorax et ab- 
domen viridi bivittata ; abdomen lineis fuscis ; alee anticce 
vitta lata subobliqua viridi , gutta discali margineque exteriore 
nigro fuscis ; posticce nigro-fuscee vitta postica scepissimee ab - 
breviata lutea. 
Sphinx Acteus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 93, pi. 248, f. A. 
Oreus Acteus, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 136, 1464. 
a. Borneo. From Mr. Low’s collection. 
b. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
c. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 
