Volume II Part 40 (2/2)

154. Satyrus banksia. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 477, 3.

155. Satyrus abeona. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 497. 72.

156. Satyrus merope. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 500. 80.

157. Satyrus archemor. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 500. 81.

158. Argynnis niphe. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 261. 17.

159. Argynnis tephnia. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 262. 18.

160. Acrea andromacha. Fab. Ent. Syst. 3 182. 564.

A. entoria. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9.

Obs. The original insect of Fabricius is in the Banksian cabinet, and affords further cause of regret, that the article ”Papillon,” of the Encyclopedie Methodique, should have been undertaken by a person who had not studied the cla.s.sical collections that exist out of Paris. M. G.o.dart describes this insect as a new species, under the name of Entoria, and makes it an inhabitant of the West Coast of Africa.

161. Cethosia penthesilea. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 248. 13.

Obs. This species bas. .h.i.therto been described only as a native of Java, but Captain King found several specimens of a variety of it on the North Coast of New Holland.

162. Hesperia rafflesia, (n.s.) H. atra alis integerrimis; anticis fascia maculari abbreviata sulphurea atomisque apicem versus subviridibus aspersis, posticis rotundatis fascia basali ovali sulphurea abbreviata, caudata corporis fascia media sulphurea ano palpisque vivide rufis.

Obs. This beautiful species I have named after Sir Stamford Raffles, to whose scientific ardour and indefatigable exertions in Java and Sumatra, every Naturalist must feel himself indebted.

The undersides of the wings are spotted like the upper, the only difference being, that round the whole disc of the four wings there runs a band of ashy-green atoms. The antennae and feet are black, and the breast whitish. The vivid colour of the yellow spots on the velvety black of the wings distinguish it at once from every known species.

163. Urania orontes. G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 710. 4.

Var. alis atro-viridibus, anticis fasciis duabus posticis cupreo-viridibus, unica lata.

Obs. This beautiful variety of an insect hitherto described as peculiar to Java and Amboyna was found in immense numbers, flitting among a grove of Panda.n.u.s trees, growing on the banks of a stream near the extremity of Cape Grafton, upon the North-east Coast of New Holland. See volume 2.

164. Agarista agricola. Don. Ins. of New Holland.

Agarista picta. Leach, Zool. Misc. volume 1 table 15 -- G.o.dart. Enc. Meth. 9 803. 2.

Obs. As Donovan described and figured this insect many years before Dr.

Leach, his name has the right of priority.

165. Sphinx latreillii (n.s.) S. alis integris; superis griseo-flavescentibus atomis brunneis aspersis, punctis duobus nigris basalibus et fasciis quatuor obscuris subapicalibus, inferis griseo-nigrescentibus apicem versos subflavescentibus.

Dielophila Latreillii. De Cerisy ma.n.u.scripts.

Obs. The underside of the four wings is very pale, of a yellowish-gray colour, traversed by a line of blackish points, which indeed are dispersed very generally over the whole surface. The disk of the upper wings is rather blacker than the rest. The head and thorax are of the colour of the wings, their sides and the conical abdomen being rather lighter. The antennae are ciliated, whitish above, and brownish beneath.

166. Sphinx G.o.darti (n.s.) S. abdomine griseo linea media longitudinali guttulisque lateralibus nigrescentibus, alis integris; superis griseo-nigrescentibus maculis irregularibus nigris punctoque medio albo, inferis griseo-flavescentibus fasciis tribus nigris.

Dielophila G.o.darti. De Cerisy ma.n.u.scripts.

Obs. All the wings are of a gray colour beneath, the fringe being alternately white and brown. The thorax is gray, with a narrow, tawny, transverse mark, a lateral white fascia, two black curved marks, and on the hinder part a black spot. The body beneath is of a whitish colour.

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