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centre of cell, aud a much aiigulateil spot enclosing disco-cullular nerviiles ; a large spot on each side of 

 the base of the lower median nervule, followed by a discal obliijue series of irregular spots, the upper two 

 near costa fused and subquadrate, the remaining sis more or less oblong or rounded, in straight oblique 

 series between the nervules ; a submarginal series of large duplex spots, terminating in a spot at end of 

 each nervule, and a marginal series of pyriform spots. Posterior wing with a spot in centre of cell, and 

 two beneath it, a discal series of eight irregularly rounded spots, two of which are between the costal and 

 subcostal nervures, a submarginal series of large duplex spots, terminating in a spot at end of each 

 nervule, but becoming u-regular, much broken and partially effaced towards anterior angle, and a marginal 

 row of pyriform spots. Head aud thorax above black, spotted and streaked with white ; abdomen black 

 above, with the sides and under surface white ; palpi beneath, undersides of trochanters and femora white ; 

 sternum black, broadly streaked with white. Underside of wings marked as above. 



Exp. wings, 147 to 180 millim. 



Has. — Malay PeninsiUa ; Province Wellesley (coll. Dist.) ; Malacca. — iSumatra (Bnt. Mus.i. — -Java 

 (colls. Brit. Mus. aud Moore). — Borneo (colls. Brit. Mus. and Godm. & Salv.). 



This species appears to be peculiar to, and dominaut in, tlie true Malayan region. It is 

 extremely variable in size and also in liue, the amount of fuliginous shading being inconstant, 

 and some specimens are very much paler than the melanic form here tigured. It also varies 

 in the size of the black macular markings. 



Tavo varieties have been elsewhere figured : — 



Yar. '(. I'lij). idea, Stoll [uw. Linn.), 8up2)l. Cram., t. 4-2, tig. 1 (1787 — 17'J1). 

 Yar. b. llcstia idea, Doub. it Hew., Gen. Biurn. Lep., t. 13, tig. 1 (1847 1. 



2. Hestia linteata. (Tab. II., tig. 1). 



Hestia linteata, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, i., p. .530. pi. Ixis., fig. (1879). 



Male and female. Wings semihyaline, creamy white, neuration black. Anterior wing above with a 

 pitchy basal costal streak, and the following black macular markings : — a much waved and augulated spot 

 about centre of cell which reaches the subcostal nervure, and is contiguous to a smaller spot situated above 

 that nervure ; a large angulated spot, enclosing disco-cellular nervules ; a large spot on each side of the base 

 of the lower median nervule, followed by a discal oblique series of irregular spots, consisting of four 

 suboval spots in a waved line situated between the nervules near apex, and a straighter more oblique 

 and broken series on and between the median nervules ; a submarginal series of duplex spots terminating 

 in a thickened streak at end of each nervule, anil a marginal series of obovate spots. Posterior wing with 

 a spot in centre of cell, and two beneath it ; a discal series of eight irregularly rounded spots, two of which 

 are between the costal aud subcostal nervures ; a submarginal series of duplex spots terminating in a 

 thickened streak at end of each nervule, which become exceedingly irregular, broken, and partially 

 eradicated near anterior angle, aud a marginal row of large obovate spots. Head and thorax above 

 black, spotted and streaked with white ; abdomen black above, with the sides and under sui-face white ; 

 palpi beneath, undersides of trochanters aud femora white; sternum white, streaked with black. Under- 

 side of wmgs marked as above. 



Exp. wmgs 145 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula; Provmce \Yellesley (coll. Dist.). — Malacca (colls. Brit. Mus. and Moore). 



H. linteata is allied to II. hcUa, Westw., a Javan species, to which Mr. Moore idso 

 compares his H. malabarica from S. India. It appears to be constant in form, and I have 

 seen no dark specimens. It is probably (juite confined to the southern portion of the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



