( 435 ) 



?. Differs in liaviiig the wliole hinJwini!; orange wirli a, narrower brown 

 margin. 



Ihh. Gani, Halmaheira, Moluccas, November 1896 (W. Doherty), 3 (?<?, 4 ? ? ; 

 Halmaheira (Waterstradt), 3 Jc?, 3 ? ?. Type ? Halmaheira (Waterstradr). 



29(f. Amata perixanthia sinensis subsp. nov. 



ri. Differs from puixintJu i. jji'rixxnfJii'i Hamps. from Formosa by its birger 

 size ; by the yellow, not orange, frons, tegiilae, and patagia ; by the narrower 

 yellow, not orange, abdominal rings ; by the broad pale yellow scale! edges of the 

 hyaline and subcostal areas, a'ld tiie autotinae having tlie apical one-fifth white, not 

 being entirely black as in ji. /tcrixantitin. 



Length of forewing : prrix. perixanthia, S l!) mm.; ? 19 mm. 

 .) )i „ perix. sinensis, S 24 mm. ; ? :i7 mm. 



I/aL Kwei-chon, West China, July 6, 1890 (A. E. Pratt), ISc^J, 11 ??; 

 2 JcJ no locality ; Monpin, West China, June 189(» (Ivricheldorf), lOT (Jt^, 47 ? ?. 



3u. Amata fruhstorferi sp. nov. 



?. Allied to ,1. signata Wile. Differs by the white, not orange, frons ; by the 

 entirely black thorax, tegiila", and patagia ; l)y it having only three orange 

 abdominal rings (one at base, one on segment 3, and one on segment 8), instead 

 of si.v". On the forewing tlie liyalinc patch between veins 2 and 3 is half as long as 

 that between veins 3 and 4, while in siijn'ifft, they are eijual in lent^th. 



c?. Similar, but with smaller hyaline markings. 



Length of forewing : $ Is nini. ; H 22 mm. 



Hah. Matison Mountains, Tonkin, 30U0 feet, April and May (H. Fruhstorfer). 



2??,3cJc?. ? type. 



31. Amata khasiana sp. nov. 



?. Frons black; collar orange; antennae black, tips wliite ; thorax black; 



abdomen black witli six orange-yellow bands. Forewing black-brown, a semihya- 



line yellowish buff [)atch below base of cell, one towards apex of cell, one between 

 veins 1 and 2, one between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 5, one between 6 and 7, and a 



small one between 7 and 8. llindwing black-brown with two large buff semihya- 



line patches. 



Length of forewing : 17 mm. 



Hah. Khasia Hills, Assam, June 1^94 (Native coll.). 



1 ?. 



32. Amata pseudextensa sp. nov. 



?. Frons white ; antennae sooty brown, last two segments white; collar very 

 narrowly bnffy yellow; thorax sooty black-brown; abdomen sooty black-brown, 

 basal and fifth segment lemon-yellow. Forewing sooty black-brown, a large hya- 

 line creamy patch reaching from below base of cell and vein 1 to origin of vein 2, 

 when it curves olili<picly between veins 1 and 2 to tornns; in the centre of this patch 

 are two sooty spots :; between veins 2 and 3 is a small creamy hyaline patch, and 

 two larger ones between veins 3 and 4 and 4 and 5, and a very long one between 6 



and 7 ; a large similar patch occnjiies the apical two-thirds of cell. Hiudwing, 



basal three-quarters creamy hyaline, apical fourth sooty black-brown. 



