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of the forewiiig, the pn'sfiice ol' a small creamy white stigma on the forewing, 

 the absence of the first anal spot from the hind wing, and the rosy tint of the 

 underside sej>arate cr/.sfrffa at a glance from the other Mariimha. Antenna of S 

 less than one-third the length of the forewing, thinner than in dyras; in ? grooved, 

 the seriated hasal ciliae of the middle segments nearly as long as the segments. 

 Tarsi very stont. 



$. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. '!) deeply divided into two slender lobes which 

 are jjointed ; sternite triangular, rather broad, not acute, sliglitly curved upwards 

 at the ape.x, covered with minnte granules. Clasper (PI. XXXIV. f. is) differing 

 essentially from that of the allied species in the dorso-apical lobe being pointed 

 and curved u})wards and in the ventral lobe being broad and rounded : harpe not 

 so strongly curved as in sperchius and dyras, not denticulate, reaching nearer to 

 the end of the clasper. 



?. V^aginal plate (PI. XIX. f. 1) with a long, truncate or slightly sinuate, 

 process in front of the orifice, which process becomes visible on removal of some 

 scales from the apex of the seventh sternite ; at each side stands a dentate flap {I). 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. Sikiiim ; W. China. 



In the Tring Museum (i SS ,~ ? ? from Sikhim, some in June. 



232. Marumba spectabilis. 



'Triptn,/,,,, sprrtahili>i Butler, Pmr. Zi,.iL Sor. Loud. p. 25(5. n. 48 (187,'i) (Darjiliug ;— Mus. Brit). 



6 ? . Antenna shorter and tliinner than in dyras. A much more conspicnously 

 coloured insect than dyras, spei-chius and cristata. Underside : a large area between 

 hinder angle and R' of forewing, and a snbmargiiial patch before anal angle of 

 hindwing, of an orange-tawny colour. 



<S. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 1) deej)ly divided, the lobes slender, obliquely 

 rounded at end, not pointed ; sternite a low ridge, mesial lobe short and broad, 

 almost vestigial. Dorso-apical lobe of clasper more curved downward than in 

 sjji'rchius and c/'/ras ; harpe not dentate, long, resembling that of amhoinicus. 



?. Antevaginal ridge of vaginal plate (PI. XIX. f. 2) sinuate in front of the 

 vaginal orifice, the lobes rounded ; from each side of the ridge extends a longitndinal 

 fold towards the eighth sternite. 



Early stages not known. 



Hah. N. India ; Sumatra. 



Two subspecies : 



a. M. spectahilis speetahilis. 



•Tnplu,jn„ spectiihilis Batler, I.e. (1875); id., Tram. Zool. S.:r. L,,ml. i.\. p. 588. n. 15. t. 93. f. 1 

 (1H77) (Darjiliug) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cut. Muths Ind. i. p. 27. n. 147 (1887) (Darjiling) ; Swinh., 

 Cat. Lep. Het. Mm. Ox. i. p. 27. n. 109 (1892). 



Marumha spertahilis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 707. ri. 14 (1892). 



Pitliiphirhiis spcctdhilh, Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Iml, Mothx i. p. 71. n. 92 (1892) 

 ( j', Sikhim) ; Dudg., J,„ini. linmtMii N. 11. S„r. xi. p. 406. n. 92 (1898) (" not seen "). 



c? ? . Underside of wings : forewing with an apical patch of the same orange- 

 tawny colour as the anal area ; first discal line several mm. proximal of base of 

 SC'' ; first line of hindwing between M' and M-, fourth line angulate behind 11', 

 4 to 6 mm. distant from tip of M'. Tenth abdominal tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 1) with 



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