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DEIOPEIA BELLA. 
nine lines : anterior wings fine yellow, traversed 
with several narrow irregular white bands, with a 
series of black dots in each, and a regular row of 
black dots on the outer margin ; the fringe pure 
white. The hinder wings are scarlet, irregularly 
margined with black behind ; the fringe white. 
The thorax and abdomen are nearly white, the 
former spotted with black ; antennae of the latter 
colour. 
D. ornatmx, — S uperior wings flesh-coloured, the anterior 
border scarlet with four white spots having a black dot 
in each, a regular row of black dots not far from the 
exterior margin, within which are a few scarlet streaks : 
there are likewise a few scarlet streaks near the base, 
with one or two black dots : hinder wings white, with 
a black border behind emitting broad patches inter- 
nally : thorax spotted. Expansion one inch nine lines. 
— Phal. o matrix, Linn. — Bombyx orn. Fabr., Drury , i. 
pi. 24, fig. 2. 
D. astrea. — Whole surface fulvous ; anterior wings with 
seven transverse white bands spotted with black ; hin- 
der wings with pretty large scattered black spots ; neck 
with two black spots, thorax with four, abdomen with 
three rows. Expansion one inch seven lines. — Phal. 
astrea, Drury , i. pi. 6. fig. 3. — Phal. Geom. crilrata , 
Gmel. — Gold Coast, Africa. 
