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40. Euplocia membliaria incouspicua Butler. 



I-^iijiluciii inconspiciiu Butler. Ti\ I^iil. Si»\ L.,„(l. p. :',■>><,. n. 4 ( XH'Ti) (ilacassar) ; Swinh., Oil. Lt)!. 



Uet. Oxf. I. p. 83. n. .S74 (1892) (Flore.x, Macissar). 

 AganaU memhliaria var. rtnliuiis Snellen, Tijit^rlu: r. Ent. XXII. p. 77. n. 34 (1879) (Celebes: 



Bontkain. Balangnipa, Amparang). 

 Euplocia membliar'ui form iiicunsjiicua, Hamp-on, Mollis </ India I. p. 496. sub. n. 1131 (1892) 



("Java" ejc err.). 



This form is in the Tring Mu.'^onin from S. Celebes (W. Doherty, August and 

 September 1892 ; 4 c?, 6 ?), Kalao (A. Everett, December 189o ; 1 c?, 2 ?), Sambawa 

 (W. Doherty, 1 S, 7 ?), Adonara (\V. Doherty, November 1891 ; 2 S), Pulu Laut 

 (S.E. of Borneo; \V. Doherty, Maroli 1891 ; 4 c?, 1 ? ). Swinlioe records it also from 

 Flores. 



The specimens fi-om Celebes are of a darker shade than those from other 

 localities; the Adonara specimens are palest. 



The nervular and internervular lines are in Celebes males seldom marked on the 

 upperside of the hindwings, while in three out of our four Pulu Laut examples and 

 in one of the two Adonara males the white lines of the fore- and hindwings are as 

 long as in Andaman specimens. In the Celebes males there appears often an orange 

 line upon the costa of the forewing con-esponding to the basal orange patch of the 

 female. 



In our Pulu Laut ? and in one of our Celebes ? ? the basal orange patch is 

 represented by a small numljer of orange scales situate along the costa ; in some 

 other specimens from Celebes there is an orange line upon the costa, and in others 

 again from the same place, as well as in two femali'n from Sambawa, the basal patch 

 has at the apex a width of 2h mm. and attains a length (measured from the base of 

 the wing) of 11 mm.; some orange scales are occasionally present upon the disco- 

 cellulars. K. J. 



Neochera lUibner. 



Phalaemi l}oml>y:r, Cramer, Pup. Exot. III. p. 174 (1782). 



Xeochera Hiibner, Vei-z. hek. Srlimell. p. 173 (18Ifi) ; Moore, Cat. Lep. hm. ihin. E. I. C. II. p. 294 



(18.59) ; Bull., Tr. Ent. Sor. Land. p. .328 (187^-.) ; Snell., Tijilsi-lir. r. Ent. XXXI. p. 120(1888) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Lep. Uet. I. p. .389 (1891) ; Swinh., Cat, Lep- Uft- (>V'- I- P- 84 (1892). 

 Ililimi. Group 4. Xeochera, Walker, Lep. Uet. B. M. II. p. 448 (1854). 

 rii/p.w. Group 9. Pltilona, Walker, I.e., p. 456 (18.54). 

 Philona, Moore, I.e. p. 294 (1859) : Butl., I.e. p. ^2;y (1875) ; Snell, I.e. p. 119 (1888) : Kirby, I.e. 



p. .391 (1891) ; Swinh., /.-•. p. 95 (1892). 

 IJypm. Sect. I. {Ifi/psa), Hampson, Moths of hid h I. p. 498 (1892). 



Notwithstanding Snellen, I.e., enumerates a number of characters .*aid to dis- 

 tinguish Philona from Xeochera, to which generic names he puts as author Butler, 

 instead of Walker and Hiibner respectively, though Butler never published a line 

 about the generic characters of the insects in question, I cannot accept Philoim as 

 a genus distinct from Neochera. Snellen dilTerentiates Philona from Neochera by the 

 following three characters (I.e. p. IIG) : — 



1. Philona: "Rand van dc middencel der voorvleugeis tuschen ader 3 en 4 

 schuin " ; 



Neochera : " Kand van de middencel der \oor\leugels tuschen ader 3 en 4 recht." 



I fail to find this difference. In our specimens of N. inops (Wlk.), hhawana 

 (.Moore), marmorea (Wlk.), etc., the partitions of the median nervure and the 

 discoeelluiar veinlets of the forewing do not exhibit any constant differences. 



