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 234. Marumba amboinicus. 



*Smennthii.'i iimhoi/iiriis F elder, Sit-her. Ak-. U'i.i.i. )I',V» xliii. p. -'H. n. 33 (1802) (?, Amboina ;— 

 Mus. Tring) : id., /?e;.sv Norara, Lep. t. 78. f. 1 (1874) ; Boisd., Sper. Gen. /,(=/). Hit. i. p. 21. 

 n. 7 (1875) ; Pagenst., Jahrh. Nas-i. Ver. Nal. xli. p. 104. n. 192 (1888) (Amboina). 



Smermthu.1 aiiihiiiniens (I), Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. x.txi. p. 41 (1804). 



ifelaiiiima.s (imbniniriis. Butler, Trans. Zool. Sor. Loud. ix. p. 58;}. n. 2 (1877) : Kiiby, Oi/. Lep 

 Ret. i. p. 701. n. 3 (1892). 



c??. Distal margin of forewing concave between R' and R' : distal area of 

 forewing darker than rest of wiug, above and below. 



c?. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 3) comparatively slender, the sinus not ver\- 

 deep, the lobes with a notch at the end ; sternite with bell-shaped outline in 

 a ventral view, strongly curved upwards, forming a pointed hook in side-view 

 (PI. XXVI. f. 4). The dorso-ajHcal lobe of the clasper (PI. XXXIV. f. l.")) 

 obliquely truncate, witliout a jiointed dagger-like process ; hook of liarpe long, 

 pointing upwards. 



? . Vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f. 111. "Jii) with an obtuse process of geographically 

 variable lengtii at each side of the vaginal orifice. 



Hah. iSouthern Moluccas and Celebes. 



Two subspecies : 



a. M. atnboinicKs amboinicus. 

 'Smeriiithiis aniljoiiiiciis Felder, I.e. 



(? ? . Our series shows some variation in the position of tlie lines of the 

 forewing ; in one S the first discal and the most distal antemedian lines are 

 united at M- and do not extend farther auad ; the distal margin is sometimes 

 almost even, sometimes faintly undulate. 



S- Sexual armature see above. 



?. Middle part of antevaginal ridge of vaginal jilate (PL XVIII. f. 19) not 

 jiromineuf, processes variable iu length, but always shorter than in our specimen 

 of the Celebes form. 



/lab. Southern Jloluccas. 



In the Tring Museum 5 cJc?, 8 ? ? from Amboina (t_i/pe, ?, Doh'scliall ; in 

 bad condition) ; Ceram ; Kayeli, Burn, iii. 1897 (W. Doherty). 



b. Af. amboinint.s celcbotsi.-i subsp. nov. 



Smerhithii.i xpercliins, Snellen(»o« Mi^nt'trit's, 1857), Tijihcin: Eiit. x.xii. p. 03. n. 3 (1879)(S. Celebes). 

 Smer'mlhiis thjras, Staudinger (wh Walker, 1856), in Eom., Mem. Lep. vi. p. 233. sub n. 221 (1892) 



(Minahassa). 

 Smerhithtis clii/ii.t, Bai tel (imii Moore, 1865), in 'RxM.Gi-nssxehni. ii. p. 100 (1900) (partini ; Minahassa). 



<S. Not known. 



?. Distal margin of forewing undulate, the rounded lolies not ijuite so strong 

 as iu (li/ras. "Wings paler than in uiiiboiniats, tibiae less blackish ; discal line of 

 underside of hiudwing crossing cell near the base of M-. Processes of vaginal jilate 

 long (PL XVIII. f. ~ii), middle part of jdate convex, prominent. 



Hub. Celebes. 



In the Tring Museum 1 ? {t;/pe) from Tawaya, north of Palos Bay, \iii., ix. 

 1890 (W. Doherty). 



