_Under Side._ Palpi, head, and breast white. Legs white and brown. Wings fine silvery white. A small, narrow, orange-coloured line begins at the middle of the anterior edge of the fore wings: which, crossing them and the hind ones, runs almost to the abdominal corner, where it suddenly turns back and ends at the abdominal groove. Near this part are two small black spots, one placed between the two outer tails, and the other on the abdominal edge. Fabricius gives the sexes of this insect as distinct species, under the names cited above, stating India to be the habitat of Hesiodus (or the male). Palisot de Bauvois has, however, satisfactorily cleared up the error, by figuring both sexes from Africa. The male has the disc of the wings, on the upper side, of a rich blue colour. {3}PLATE II. [Illustration] EREBUS HIEROGLYPHICUS. Plate II. fig. 1. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Steph._ GENUS. EREBUS, _Latr._ Thysania, _Dalm._ Noctua, _Fabr._ EREBUS HIEROGLYPHICUS. Alis dentatis atris; anticis fasciâ abbreviatâ albidâ maculâque subocellari, posticarum margine bisinuato. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 7 lin.) SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) hieroglyphica, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Donovan Ins. India_, _pl._ 54. _fig._ 3. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._ 8. 253. 11. Noctua hieroglyphica, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 2. _p._ 11. _No._ 10. Phalæna Magdonia, _Cram. Ins._ 2. _t._ 174. _f._ F. HABITAT: Madras. _Upper Side._ Antennæ setaceous. Tongue spiral. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Wings beautiful mellow dark brown, or deep chocolate, appearing like velvet. Anterior wings with two long, square, yellow spots on each, joined together at their corners, placed near the tips, and joining to the anterior edges of each wing; and also a rather large central eye, almost joining to the anterior edge; iris black and narrow, the pupil large, and the same colour with the wing. Posterior wings immaculate. _Under Side._ Palpi filiform at their extremities, and standing erect over the head. Breast, sides, and abdomen dark brown. Wings dark brown, rather lighter than on the upper side. Anterior with three yellow spots on each. Posterior wings immaculate. All the wings dentated; the scollops of the anterior wings being small, and those of the posterior very large. DEIOPEIA? PUELLA. Plate II. fig. 2. ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Lithosiidæ, _Steph._ GENUS. DEIOPEIA? _Steph._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_. DEIOPEIA? PUELLA. Alis anticis albis, maculâ parvâ discoidali nigrâ, fasciisque 4 transversis rubris, posticis abdomineque carneis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.) SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Puella, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Madras.