( -Jfi'"' ) 



]i;ili'r ill middle; tuil with side-tul'ts Idiudi ;it \v.ixv ;iiid onuiii'e :it lip. I'\iretil)ia 

 witlioiit a]iical tliorn. 



S. Ninth and tenth tui\uitc nut strongly asymiuctrifal (VI. XLlll. 1'. 11. 13), 

 tenth tergite short, mesially divided by a groove, apically separated into two lobes ; 

 sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 12) produced into two processes of iine(]^ual length. Right 

 clasper as in picas, but aj)ex more evenly rounded ; left one much narrower than in 

 picits, its dorsal edge evenly concave, ventral edge evenly convex, apex rounded. 



I/ab. Papuan Subregion : Flores to New Caledonia. 



Three subsjsecies : 



a. C. janus austrosun<!'(iii(s subsp. nov. 



S. Apical border of forewing narrower than in Jti/nf.s ja/u/s. Tenth tergite 

 (PI. XLIII. f. 13) narrowing apicad, the two lobes acuminate, the sinus separating 

 them triangular, small ; sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 14) with the processes short, that 

 (if left side much shorter than the right one, both tapering ai)icad, with apex 

 rounded. 



//(i/k Flores. 



One S in the Tring Museum iVoiu South Flores, Nov. 1895 (A. Everett). 



/;. v. jaiiKS janus. 



Mdiroi/lusxii ciiiiiiini/liiiiiii, Schaufuss (/«)» Walker, 1H5()), /.<•. 



Ileiiutris jdiiiis Miskiii, I.e. 



Cfj'hoiKiilexJainiii, Kirby, Cat. Lcp. ITel. i. p. G28. n. 11 (IStl-J) (partim). 



*C'j>h,im„le>s (!) uiiicolor Rothschild, Nov. Zcmii.. iii. p. 231. d. 2 (IStHl) (Duaringa ;— Mus. Tring). 



c? ? . Border of forewing about 1.^ mm. broad at SC 



S. Tenth tergite (PL XLIII. f. 11) with almost parallel sides, apical sinus 

 broad, the tips of both lobes somewhat curved inwards, acuminate, right lobe a little 

 longer than the left one ; sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 12) with both processes 

 lanceolate, the left-side oue longer than the right one. 



Hah. Australia : Queensland. 



In the Tring TMuseum 5 (Jc?, 3 ? ?. 



c. C. jaxns .'ihnjjlr.r. 

 •CqihniKitlex (!) .■ihnjne.K Rothschild, Nov. Zooi,. i. p. GC. t. 5. f. 1 (1S',)4) (Lifu ;— Mas. Tring). 



S- Border of forewing less than 1 mm. broad at SC ; abdomen behind deeper 

 in tint than iu front. Sexual armature of c? as \i\janus janus. 



Hab. Lifu, Loyalty Is. 



One (f iu the Tring Museum. 



3'.i2. Cephonodes xanthus spec nov. (PI. V. f. 17, ?). 



? . Body aliove unieolorous, rather deeper in tint behind, resembling that of 

 trochilus, imderside orange, palpus the same, black side-line in front of, and white 

 line round eye prominent ; tail black, only dorso-lateral hair-scales yellow. Distal 

 border of forewing more than 3 mm. wide at SO'. 



Hab. Okinawa, Loo Choo Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 1 ? collected by Dr. A. Fritze, 2(i. viii. lS!»l,on Okinawa. 



Resembles trocliilus and janus in the abdomen being without a red belt, but 

 ditfers remarkably from both in the broad apical border to the forewing and the 

 black tail. It is distinguished tVoni nnnutiis.^ moreover, by the absence of tli(! apical 

 claw of the ibretibia. 



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