( 498 ) 



branch (vein 7); that of liindwing not extended down to 

 origin of kiwi-r in((H:ui vein in ? (I'l. VII., fig. 9) : 



20. M. callimorpha Uberth., Et. cVEiit. XIX. p. 26. 

 t. 3. f. 13 (1894) fsub GcUlhistia), from Dntch Now Guinea. 



r/. Band to forewing touching vein 7 ; that of hindwing more 

 basal than in callimorpha, reaching origin of lower median 

 nervule (PI. VII., fig. 10) : 



21. M. callimorpha euroa .lord. & Kothseh., Nov. Zool. 

 p. 465. n. ()fl89.j), from I'crgusson I., D'Entrecasteau.x Is. 



In the (J (J of lx)th form.s of cdlinurfpha the band on 

 underside of the hindwings is dusted with black scaling. 



/'. Hindwings of ^ roimded, short ; band to hindwing.s not shaded 

 with black below (PI. XU., fig. (i) : 



22. M. brevipennis Koth.sch., I.e. p. 464. n. 4 (189,3), from 

 Dutch and Cierman New (iuinea. Female unknown. 



</. Markings of forewings white (PI. VII.. figj,^. ]. 2— cJ, ?): 



23. M. elegans ,Tord. & Rothsch., Nov. /oou p. 464. n. 1 (1895) 

 (sub Biziirdix), from Kergus.son I., D"Entrecasteaux Is. 



Callhistia Druce, P. Z. S. p. 779 (1882). 



This genus is nearest to Bordeia Walker, List Het. Lep. B. M. XXXI. p. Kil 

 (1864), and belongs to the Geometi-idae, not to the Chcdcosiidae. As in that genus, 

 the neuration and the shape of the forewings is different according to the se.xe.s. In 

 the feiii'df the neuration is almo.st as in Milimua ; in the nude the low'er subcostal 

 nervule of the forewings (vein 7) branches off from the subcosta at about two-fifths 

 of the way from the end of the cell to vein 8. In Bordeta Walk. S it originates 

 nearer the cell, sometimes at the upper angle of the cell together with vein 6. The 

 antennae and legs of Callhistia are as in Milionia. The genus is indeed distinguished 

 from Milionia, and Bordeta only l)y the peculiar shape of both wings of the inale 

 and the more triangular outer margin of the hindwings of the female, as can be seen 

 from the figures (PI. VII., figs. 11. 12— cJ,?^). 



Pagenstecher, in Semon, Zoologische Forschungm'eise V. p. 211. t. 13. f 45 (1895), 

 figures nude and female of C. f/randis Druce, and erroneously puts Oberthiir's 

 C. callimorpha as a synonym to tliat species ; calliiaorpha, of which 1 have both 

 sexes, is a Milionia, not a Callhistia (see above). 



Bordeta Walk.. Lint llel. Lfj). XXXI. y. l(;i (1864). 



B. qiuidnpkujiata W'nlk. and sexplagiata ^\'alk. (Lc.) arc, as already suggested 

 by Walker himself, se.ves of the same species, which William Doherty obtained in fair 

 series on Batjan. Both sexes are very variable in the size of the yellow markings of 

 the wings and the extent of the black colour of the abdomen. In one of my maZes the 

 forewings have two instead of one band, and in many males there appears a small 

 sjwt on the hindwings outside the band where in the female stands a large patch of 

 variable size. 



