( 471 ) 



In coll. Charles Oberthilr 1 c? from Vatii Lele, Fiji, ex ]\Ins. Godcffrny. In the 

 Berlin Mnseum one ? from Ninafu (Septemlier ; Fricdhinder). 

 In coll. Drnce a series from Snva, Viti Levn (Wooilf'onl). 



h. V. armaius marianna subsp. no v. 



? . Abdomen with a ferrnginoiis belt upon segment •), becoming ochraceous 

 at the sides, a ferrnginons mesial spot and a smaller and paler side-spot on 

 segment 6. 



Hab. Mariannes. 



One ? in the Paris Musenm from Rota, Mariannes (M. A. Marche). 



4u0. Cephonodes lifuensis (PI. IX. f. 9, ?). 



*Ciph,nio(k^ (!) l}fnen«}K Rothschild, Nov. Zooi.. i. p. CC, (1804) (Lifu ;— Mu.s. Triiig). 



?. Abdomen with red band on segment ;"i and a red side-sjiot on 0; tail black 

 at base, side-tnfts orange at end or almost wholl}' tawny; abdomrn liclow cinnamon- 

 rnfous, greyish in middle of tirst sternites. Distal border of I'orewing broad, 

 somewhat narrower than in khigi, gradually narrowing behind, \\ mm. broad at 

 R''. Foretil)ia ending in a thorn as in piciis. 



llab. Lifu, Loyalty Islands. 



In the Tring Musenm 2 ? ? from Lifn. Not seen in otiier collections. 



CXI. SATASPES.— Typus: infenmlis. 



Srxia, West wood (mm Fabricius, 1775), Cab. Or. Eut. p. 60 (1848). 



Miin-ofiluxxii, Walker {mm Ochsenheimer, 181G), List Lep. Ins. li. M. viii. p. 9.1 (1850). 



Sal<i>t/ies Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Cut. Lep. Iti,\. Miis. E.I. C. i. p. 2(51 (1857) (typus : iiifenialis). 



.Vi/oihzki Boisduval, S/wc. Geii. Lep. Het. i. p. 377 (1875) (= Sataspes). 



c? ? . Closely allied to Hat'tnorrhagia ; differs especially in the following points : 



Antennae shorter, not clubbed in $, more strongly compressed, deeply grooved; 

 in ? slightly clubbed; end-segment distinctly widened at base ; penultimate segment 

 of the same shape as the preceding one. Spines of abdomen as in IIaemorrha()ia, 

 except that those of the proximal rows are all longer than broad. Spurs shorter, 

 those of midtibia less unequal. Cell of hindwing more t"han twice as long as broad. 



S . Tenth tergite divided into two diverging processes (PI. XLIII. f. 27. 28) ; 

 sternite vestigial, wilhout lobe. Clasper reduced and distorted (PI. LII. f. (3); 

 dorsal margin dilated intt) a iiroad plate («), whicii lies ujjon the inner surface of 

 the clasper, and is continuous with a dorso-apical process (jx/d) into which the 

 clasper is produced ; a ventral process (p<h) represents the distal part of the large 

 harpe; this process is armed at the upper corner with a prominent tooth (d). 

 Penis-sheath without armature, flattened dislally, ratlier stouter than in 

 ///i/'morr/iu(//a, short, not produced into a tliin a])ical proiu'ss ; a slight transverse 

 thickening ventrally in middle. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. Indo-Malayau Snl>region : South India, China, eastwards to the 

 Philippines, (Celebes, and Java. 



Three species. 



