( 3G5 ) 



unknown to ns. The /emale (in Dr. Staudinger's collection) has the white cnlouv 

 on the underside of the forewinjj somewhat more extended than tlie male. 



Ilab. Luzon (Manila) ; Mindoro, 2 6 ; Negros, at low altitude (J. Wliitehead, 

 February 1896), 1 i. K. J. 



3*5. Asota tortuosa. 



Neochera tortuosa Moore, P. Z. S. p. 570. t. 33. f. 2 (1872) (ludia) ; Snell., Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXXI. 



p. 121 (1888). 

 Hypsai?) tortuosa, Butler, Tr. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 319. n. 17 (187,5) (India). 

 nijiisa tortuosa, Kirby, Cat. hep. Iht. I. p. 389. n. 21 (1892) ; Swinh., Cat. Lap. TTet. Mits. Oxf. I. 



p. 90. n. 401 (1892) (India ; (//^je-specimen) ; Hamps., Motht of hulia I. p. 501. n. 1141 (i892) 



(Sikkim). 

 Ant/ckera tortuosa, Snellen, I.e. XXXVIII. p. 180 (189G) (Sijn. cxcl). 



The abdomen bears seven series of black spots ; the protlioracic lobes have two 

 black spots each. Male a,m\ female resemble each other in colour very closely; 

 there is no very obvious variability in this species. The white antemedian costal 

 patch is sometimes prolonged across the cell to the median nervure ; in our Chinese 

 male this patch stands close to the basal yellow area, while in all the other specimens 

 it stands well separated from that area ; most specimens have, above, a white mark 

 in the apical half of the cell ; the discal band is in our two Chinese individuals a 

 little more dilated at vein 5 and the submedian fold than in most Indian examples. 

 The second joint of the palpi is shorter, the third longer, than in A. isthmia. The 

 clasper of the S is broader than in A. heliconia, Nov. Zool. III. t. iv. f. 12, less 

 curved ; the harpe resembles that of helkonia; the apical widened part is deeply 

 hollowed out. 



Ilah. China: Omei Shan, 1 J, 1 ? ; Sikkim (Pilcher, July 1889), 1 cJ, 1 ?; 

 Khasia Hills (April 1896), 2 S; Jaintia Hills, 1 cJ, 1 ?. K. J. 



37. Asota contorta. 



Hypsa contorta Aurivilliiis, Ent. Tidslcr. p. 171. f. 4 (1894) (Java). 



Antichera tortuosa, ?>neVLiin, Tijdschr. r. Ent. XXXVIII. p. 180 (1896) (" tortuosa = contorta" ex 

 errore). 



The antennae of the c? have been described in Nov. Zool. III. p. 205 (1896). 

 The clasper is narrower than in .-1. heliconia; the harpe is more pointed at the apex, 

 the latter turned upwards. .4. contorta resembles the preceding species in the great 

 length of the third joint of the palpi and in the pattern of the hindwing and abdomen; 

 in nearly every other respect it is \yidely different from ^i. tortuosa. The hindmargin 

 of the forewing is very long for a species of Asota, and the outer margin short ; in 

 this respect as well as in the form of the male antennae A. contorta and A. kinabalu- 

 ensis stand isolated amongst the species of A.sota. 



Hab. Java : Sukabumi, 2000 feet (H. Fruhstorfer, 1893), 1 <?. K. J. 



38. Asota kiuabaluensis. 



Asota kinabaluensis Rothschild, Nov. Zool. III. p. G02. n. 10. t. 15. f. 42 (189G) (Kina Balu). 



This species agrees structurally with ^1. contorta, but differs remarkably in 

 pattern, as a comparison of the figures will show. 



Ifad. Kina Balu, N. Borneo (<J, ?, in Dr. Staudinger's collection). K. J. 



(jTc W rpjttiiivc(t). 



