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Show 1877.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM FORMOSA. 815 HESPERIID.E. 40. P A M P H I L A MATTHIAS. Hesperia matthias, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 433 (1798). One or two specimens. 41. PLESIONEURA FOLUS. Papilio folus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 74. F (1779). Several specimens. This list of Diurnal Lepidoptera, taken in conjunction with that of Mr. Wallace in 1866, brings the number of Formosan butterflies up to 70 : there is, however, little doubt that in a year or two we shall be able to add greatly to this number. HETEROCERA. SPHINGID^l. MACROGLOSSINJ;. 42. MACROGLOSSA PROXIMA ? Macroglossa proxima, Butler, P. Z. S. 18/5, p. 4, pl. i. fig. 1. One rather rubbed specimen. CH^ROCAMPIN*, Butler. 43. CHCEROCAMPA SILHETENSIS. Chcerocampa silhetensis, Walker, Lep. Het. viii. p. 143 (1856). One specimen. 44. CHCEROCAMPA JAPONICA. Chcerocampa japonica, Boisduval, Lep. Jap. p. 36 (1869). Two examples. ARCTIID^!. 45. AREAS LACTINEA. Phalcena lactinea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pl. 131. D(1779). One specimen. LITHOSIID^l. HYPSIN^E, Butler. 46. HYPSA ZEBRINA, n. sp. Allied to H. dama, but the thorax brownish above, the black transverse bands on the abdomen narrower, primaries more glossy and without the white veins, black spots at the base larger, longitudinal claviform white streak more regular: expanse, d 2 inches 7 lines, 5 2 inches 6 lines. A pair. H. dama is a species only found in the Australian Region. CHALCOSIIDiE. 47. CHALCOSIA DIANA, n. sp. Allied to C. ideeoides, but the veins and borders distinctly bluer, 53* |