396 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY., 1891. 



f orewing is imicli elongated, the hindwing is orate ; in coloration it 

 resembles several species of the old genus Astictopterm (such as- diodes, 

 Moore, olivaseem, Moore, butleri, Wood-Mason and de Niceville), 

 but according to Mr. Distant, differs widely in structure from that 

 genus as restricted by him in that the second median nervule of the 

 fore wing originates at about the same distance fro-m the base of the 

 first as from the base of the third, instead of being about twice as far 

 apart from that of the first as from the third. It agrees, however, 

 with the type species of Astictopterus (jama, Felder, from the 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java r and Bantam) according to Mr. 

 Distant, in that the first subcostal nervule of the forewing originates 

 about opposite to the base of the first median nervule. The type 

 species of Sanctis is quite unique amongst Hes per iidm as far as I am 

 aware in having the first subcostal nervule of the forewing touching 

 the costal nervure for a short distance, and in the position and shape 

 of the " male-mark," which is composed of a very dense mass 

 of androconia. I am unable to give a detailed comparison between 

 Sancus and Astietopterus, as I have not seen the type species of the 

 latter genus, nor does Mr. Distant give a detailed diagnosis of it in 

 his " Rhopalocera Mai ay ana." 



38. (1). SANCUS SUBFASCIATUS, Moore. 



Astietopterus mbfasciatus, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, p. 842; id., Wood- 

 Mason and deNiceVille, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lv, pt. 2, p. 380, n. 204, pi. xviii, figs. 1, 

 1 a, male (1886) ; id., Harapson, 1. c, vol. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 305, n. 223 (1888); Tagiades pul- 

 ligo, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, fifth series, vol. vi, p. 272, n. 20, Bulletin, p. 

 xxvi. n. 20 (187fi)i Astietopterus ulunda, Plofcz, M$, ; Astictoptentit {Psoitis) ulnnda, 

 PlOtz (pulligo, Mabille), Standing-er, Iris, vol. ii, p. 147 (18S9). 



Habitat: Ahsown in Upper Tenasserim; South India (Moore); 

 Silcuri in Cachar (Wood-Mason and de NiceviUe); western slopes of 

 the Nilgiris, 500—3,000 feet (Sampson) ; Malacca; Java (Mabille) ; 

 Palawan; Java; Jolo, Sulu Islands (Staudinger); Modah, Upper 

 Burma (Butler) ; Wynaad in South India ; Cachar ; Upper Tenasserim 

 (coll. Indian Museum); Nilgiri Hills; Sibsagar in Upper Assam ; 

 Akyab, Rangoon, nenzada, Dawnat Range, all in Burma ; Perak in 

 the Malay Peninsula; Borneo (coll. de Niecville). 



I have experienced much difficulty with regard to the synonymy of 

 this species, and though I have written to Dr. O. Staudinger, M. 

 Charles Mabille, and Heir V. C. T. Snellen with regard to certain 



