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Show 472 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [June 5, Genus E U R Y C U S , Boisduval. 33. E U R Y C U S CRESSIDA. Papilio cressida, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 448 (1775). Several specimens of both sexes. Cape York. 34. EURYCUS TROILUS. o* Eurycus troilus, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii. p. 247. n. 27 (1876). Two or three worn specimens. New Guinea. Tbe female chiefly differs from that sex of E. cressida in its more rounded wings and less-defined markings. HETEROCERA. Family SPHINGIDJE. Subfamily CH^EROCAMPiNiE, Butler. Genus CHCEROCAMPA, Duponchel. 35. CHCEROCAMPA CELATA, n. sp. d Primaries above pale sandy brownish, clouded with pale brownish, olivaceous at the base and across the end of the cell to inner margin; the whole wing, but especially the external area, sprinkled with black and grey scales; an ill-defined greyish elbowed line crossing the wing at the basal fourth, a second greyish line crossing the wing obliquely from apical third of costa to middle of inner margin ; traces of two parallel lines beyond the latter, followed immediately by a strongly defined dark brown line from the apex to the inner margin : secondaries buff-coloured, the costal area silky testaceous ; a broad dull-black belt almost covering the basal half of the wing: body above pale pinky brownish, becoming gradually olivaceous towards the head; the head and thorax with well-defined pinky white borders. Wings below sandy ochraceous, sprinkled with greenish-grey scales, and crossed by two parallel greenish-grey oblique streaks, the outer one less defined than the inner; body below pinky whitish or pale flesh-coloured, the hinder part of the pectus being palest. Expanse of wings 3 inches 4 lines. One example. Cape York. Most nearly allied to C. bistrigata. Family AGARISTID^E. Genus AGARISTA, Leach. 36. AGARISTA NEPTIOIDES. Agarista neptioides, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. p. 138 (1875). A single male. Cape York. |