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fore sink. In the absence of a figure of dolopia we think it useful to amend 

 Druce's description as follows : 



Female. — Head, collar, tegulae, thorax and base of the abdomen dark 

 brown ; abdomen black ; antennae black, the tips pale brown. Primaries dark 

 brown glossed with green ; a large greyish-brown spot at the end of the cell, 

 beyond which the wing is crossed from near the apex by a series of dull greyish- 

 brown spots, those nearest the apex very indistinct and merged with a large 

 patch between veins 6 and 9, which is joined to two well-defined spots in cellules 

 4 and 5 ; below these two larger spots in 2 and 3 ; the spots are edged \\ ith 

 black ; below the spots on the inner margin are two lunular black marks. 

 Secondaries velvety blackish-brown, the base shot with bluish- green ; a row 

 of 6 white spots crosses the wing from near the anal angle, the anterior spot in 

 cellule 5 indistinct. The underside of both wings pale brown, with all the spots 

 much more distinct, and all edged with black ; some blackish-brown scaling at 

 the anal angle. 



2. Sympalamides sera Druce (p. 394). 



We compared the type of this species with the figure and description of 

 ruhrophalaris Houlb. (p. 387) and there is no doubt as to their identity. Houl- 

 bert's name must therefore sink. He expressed the opinion that sora was 

 probably the ? of mygdon Dahn. The type is a <? and we regard it as a red 

 form of rnirnon Hiibn. The variation exhibited in 4 tJc? of sora in the Joicey 

 collection is the same as seen in (Jo of mimon. 



3. Aciloa staudingeri Druce (p. 459). 



Although A. palatinoides Houlb. (p. 458) presents a close resemblance to 

 ■staudingeri we cannot say that it is the (J of Druce's species. The tj^pe of Druce 

 is in the Staudinger collection, but a specimen bearing the same data exists in 

 the Joicey collection. In this specimen the brown discal spots on the underside 

 of the hindwing are placed more as in jmlatiriKS and form a less oblique line 

 than in the figured jialatirwide-s . On the forewing below, the black costal spot 

 is much broader distaUy, as in palatimis. On the forewing above are two white 

 spots, and the three lower submarginal spots are nearer the post-discal line. 

 On the hindwing above, the costal area is more broadly orange, the four 

 anterior black spots separated, the whole band being farther from the margin 

 and leaving in cellule 1" two yellow submarginal spots instead of the two white 

 dots enclosed by black as seen in •palatinoides. The abdomen is pale yellow, 

 but in the figure of Houlbert's species it is white. 



We judge therefore that in staudingeri we have a race, equally with pala- 

 tinoides, of palatinus. 



We note in passing that Aciloa palatinoides is headed as being a ? in both 

 the original description and the present transcription, whereas it is defined in the 

 description as being a <J in each case. 



4. Orthia amalthaea Druce (p. 508). 



This is a very distinct species and appears more nearly allied to iherapon 

 than to any other form. 



We can add to Druce's description that the submarginal black spots on the 

 hindwing are irregular in shape, are slightly separated at veins 2 and 4, and 

 bear irregular white centres in cellules T, 2, 3, 5, and 6. 



