LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEP.A. 
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aa. China. 
bb. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 
cc. Zoolu Country. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 
dd — ff. Turkey in Asia. Presented by W. K. Loftus, Esq. 
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Asia. 
2. Acherontia Lethe. 
Nigro-fusca ; caput ferruginosum ; thorax vittis duabus cyanescen- 
tibus , disco albido aut testaceo lituris nigris , postice strigis 
transversis rafis et cyaneis ; abdomen nigrum , maculis trans- 
versis dorsalibus cyanescentibus maculisque transversis later ali- 
bus longioribus luteis ; alee anticce ferrugineo-fuscce , f asciis 
variis undulatis nigris , lituris nonnullis cervinis , gutta discali 
fasciaque exterior e albidis ; posticce nigrie antes f asciis duabus , 
maculis nonnullis marginalibus costaque luteis. 
Sphinx Atropos, var., Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 74, pi. 237, f. A. 
Acherontia Morta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 140, 1496. 
Acheroutia Lethe, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 87, pi. 42, f. 2. 
Acherontia Satanas, Boisd. Hist. Nat. Lep. pi. 16, f, 1. 
Blackish brown or dark brown. Head somewhat ferruginous. 
Antennae with whitish tips. Thorax with a bluish stripe on each 
side ; disk whitish or testaceous, with black marks, its hind part 
with red aud blue transverse streaks. Abdomen black, with bluish 
transverse dorsal spots, and with more elongated transverse luteous 
spots along each side. Fore wings ferruginous-brown, with various 
undulating black bands, with some fawn-coloured marks, with 
a whitish discal dot and a whitish exterior band. Hind wings 
blackish, with two luteous bands, and some luteous spots along the 
exterior border ; costa luteous. Length of the body 20 — 23 lines ; 
of the wings 44 — 54 lines. 
Java. 
a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk’s collection. 
b. Assam. From Mr. Warwick’s collection. 
c. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham’s collection. 
d. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
e. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby’s collection. 
/. Silhet. Presented by J. C. Dale, Esq. 
