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curidiis iiisliuice of iiicdiisistciicv. (_):i tlic fitlicr liiuid, Tiitf, I.e., iiroposed ibr s|>ecies 

 oi' .\/<(rum//f( seniTiil giMiei'ic iiiiiiu'S, witlioiit giving definitions. 



~':io. Marumba gaschkewitschi. 



l^mnhilhii^ ijasrhkcwiUcli'i Hremcr & Grey, iu Motsch., /■;/. Eiil. i. p. 62. n. 20 (1852) (Pekin ;— Mus. 



St. retropolis) ; id., Hchm. N. China's p. i;5. D. h». t. 5. f. 2 (1853). 

 I'uly/ili/cliHS iiiisriihioitichi, Leech, Tniiis. Eiil. Sue. Land. p. 270. n. .■?('> (18'J8) (=niiiij)!iiceiis 



= ronei}>eii)ih = cur«tanjcui = hc>jnei \ Yokohama; Nagasaki, v. ; Hakodate; Mupin, vi.). 



c? ? . Antenna rather sliort and thin, seriated ciliae very short in ?. Pilifer 

 variable. Tongue with long ciliae. llindwing above, and basal half or two- 

 thirds of forewing below red. Spots at anal angles of fore- and hindwing generally 

 large, those of hindwing mostly merged together, seldom small. 



S. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 5. 6) broad, the lobes rounded, their inner 

 edge often obviously more oblique than the outer edge, this not continu(nis with 

 the lateral edge of the more proximal part of the plate which ends in a ventral 

 fold («) ; PI. XXVI. f. 6 gives a side-view of the apex of the tergite ; the 

 sternite {Xv) vestigial, represented by an inconspicuous fold which bears no mesial 

 lobe; the lateral piliferous tubercles (/) strongly developed. Clasper in shape 

 halfway between those of sperchius and nmboinicus, the dorso-apical lobe pointed, 

 somewhat curving downward ; harpe similar to that of .sperchius ; tlie two ])rocesses 

 above the ])enis-sheath broad. 



?. Distal edge of vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f. 21. ^':.!) iucrassate ; proximal 

 edge of orifice raised to a high ridge which covers the orifice in a ventral view ; 

 the outer surface of the ridge convex, its edge irregularly notched, mesially more or 

 less deeply incised ; the proximal part of tlie vaginal plate deeply concave, mesially 

 obtusely carinate, this cavity laterally limited by the lower end of the eighth tergite 

 whicli projects ventrad. 



Larva not sufficiently known : yellowish green, with seven thin white side- 

 bands, in front of which stand red blotches, granulose ; horn straight and long. — 

 Food-i)lants : Primus ; Pirus ; Crataegus. 



Chrysalis not described. 



Hah. Japan, Amurland to Amoy and Moupin. 



Four subspecies, which differ in colour and iu the sexual armature of the ? , 

 apparently not in that of the c?. 



a. M. gaschkewitscJii carstanjcni. 



*Smcn>ithi(s curstaiijciii (i-umijieiinis Butl. var. ?) Staudinger, in Rom., Mem. Lep. iii. p. 169. t. 9. 



f. 2. a. b. (1887) (Ussiiri ; larva on Pnnids and Pintx ;— coll. Staudinger). 

 Smcrhithus gaschkemtsrhi var. curstanjuti, Graeser, Beil. Ent. Zeitschr. xxxii. p. 105. n. 180 (1888) 



(Amurland ; larva mentioned) ; Stand., I.e. vi. p. 234. n. 224 (1892) (Amur) ; Staud. & Reb., 



Oil. Lfj,. ed. iii. p. 99. n. 722 (1901) (Ussuri merid.). 

 Siiin-hilhii.'< roseipeiiiiix, Bartel, in Riihl, Groxsuchm. ii. p. 162 (1900) (partim ; Amur). 



6 ? . Uniy bred s[)ecimens seem to us to be in collections, and these appear 

 to be more or less dwarfed. The small size, however, may be a character of the 

 Amur form. A series of caught specimens should be compared. Individuals as 

 small as a medium-sized carstanjeni occur also in Japan. Many examples have an 

 ochraceous-red tint (only bred ones ?). Markings strongly pronounced ; fringe 

 conspicuously white between the veins. 



