( 218 j 



basal and ajiicul ciliae : the fiiil-segiueut is short. AlHlouit'ii witli luauy weak 

 sjiiufs dorsally uudenicath the ordiuary scaling, apical spiues of segments numerous. 

 Tibiae spuiose ; spurs unequal, tiro pairs to hindtibiae ; pulvillus and paronychinm 

 present, the latter with two lobes, of which the upper one is very slender. Distal 

 edge of wings entire ; frenulum and retinaculum present. 



6. t'lasper aud seventh tergite without organ of friction ; the former with 

 dorso-basal tuberculated process (?1. XXXII. f. Ill, jjo) ; penis-sheath without 

 armature. 



J. A large postvaginal plate (Fl. XA'I. f. 3.-13), which is strongly chitinised 

 aud projects distad. 



Larva green, with oblique white &ide-stripes, granulose, head triangular in 

 early stages, large and round in later stages. — Food-plant : Bfffea /ronr/osa (aud 

 probably other plants). 



Pupa (of jjhalaris) insuHiciently figured, not described. 



IIo.b. Japan to C'eylou, eastwards to Timor ; not yet found on the larger tSunda 

 Islands, the Philipiiines, Malacca. 



The specimens fade more or less as long as they are on the wing, fresh 

 individuals being redder tlian those caught after the wings have beeu exposed for 

 some time to damp aud light. 



There are six Asiatic and one Africau species, the latter deviating obviously 

 from the Asiatic type. 



Key to the species : 



a. Forewing below with a black streak behind 



the cell ......... b. 



Forewing below without a black streak behind 



the cell 



h. Midtibia white above like the hindtibia . 

 Midtibia not white above .... 



i-. Forewiug above with a pale costal area and a 

 pale line before H^, long terminal spur of 

 hindtibia more than half the length of the 

 first tarsal segment ..... 



Forewiug above without pale costal area aud 

 pale line, spurs shorter, very unequal 

 <l. ilidtibia with white streak on ujiperside like 

 hindtibia ....... 



Midtibia without white streak on upperside 

 c. Large species, head not black in front . 

 Smaller species, head black in front 

 Forewing with jiale costal patch and pale line 



before W 



Forewiug almost unic<i!orous .... 



cl. 



175. Cl.bilineata. 



176. 

 177. 



CL undulosa. 

 Cl. deacalion. 



180. 



178. 



/• 



170. 

 181. 



Cl. titan. 

 CL euroa. 



CL phalaris. 

 CL bicolov. 



175. Clanis bilineata. 



*Basiana biliiicata\\a\]ier, List Lep. Ins. B. M. xxxv. p. 1857 (1866) (Darjiling ; — Mus. Brit.); 

 Boisd., Spec. Gill. Up. Hct. i. p. 50. n. 7 (1875) (Darjilinj;) ; Bull., Trans. /.ooL So<: Loud. 

 is. p. 5?5. n. v! (1«77) (Darjiling : Shanghai) ; Kirby, Cat Lcp. Het. i. p. 702. n. ] (1802) 

 (Darjiling) : Leech. Tran^. Ent. Soc. Loud. p. 280. n. 45 (1898) (partim). 



