( 511 ) 



h. JK luijtothoui pnUcsccm. 



''Ihiphnh jxilli-xreiis Butler, Pruc. Zi,„l. S,„: Loml. p. (i. n. I'l. (187o) (Queensland ;— Mus. Brit.) : id., 



Tnmx. Zool. So,: Loml. ix. p. b~rl. n. 3 (1877) (Qufeiisland) : Kirby, Cut. I.ep. Ilel. i. p. 072. 



n. 4 (1892) (Queensland) ; Rothsch., Niiv. Zooi.. i. p. So (1804) (= miigmficu). 

 *n<ipliiiis mat/iiijira Butler, .!»«. .Maij. X. 11. (4). xix. p. 4iU (1877) (Rockhampton ;— Mus. Brit.); 



Swiuh, hit. Let,. Iht. Mux. Ox.'i. p. 24. n. 89 (1892) (N. Guinea) ; Kirby, C<il. Lpj>. Hct. i. 



p. 072. n. 3 (1892) (Rockhampton). 

 Dophnix J,;/poH,o,(x, IMiskii), Pro: R,,;,. Sor. Qu.-eiishl. viii. p. 19. n. 33 (1891) (partim). 

 *Diiphnx (lUirhixa Rothscliild, Nov. Ziioi.. i. p. 85(1894) (•' N. Borneo '' err. loci ;— Mus. Tiiii^) ; id., 



/..'. ii. t. 8. f. 8 (1890) : Pagenst., iu Chun, Znulo.iira xii. 29. p. 15. n. 13 (19011) (Raluni. ii. ; 



X. Meckl). 



S 2 . The iutersp;ic(! M' — M- of the upperside of the forewiiig outside the green 

 ana nearly as dark as this area itself; no white lines beliind M- ; the border ('^R' 

 of the green area less wliite than in the western subspecies ; the two lines between 

 the subbasal band and the antemedian olive-green line not distinct ; buff band of 

 the hindwing on the whole broader tlian in h. hypothous. Left process of penis- 

 sheath shorter than iu the preceding, not reaching the base of the right one. 



In some of the Queensland individuals the base of the hindwing above is more 

 extended bnff tliau in oidinarv specimens, and the under surface is also much 

 less red. 



Hub. Queensland : New Guinea ; Bismarck Archipelago ; Solomon Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 39 c?c?, 12 ?? from: Queensland; New Guinea: 

 Bongn, Huon Golfe, Milne Bay, xi. i. ii. (Meek); Fergusson, i.v. — xii. (Meekj; 

 St. Aignan, xi. (Meek) ; N. Mecklenburg (Ribbe) ; Kulambangra, Solomon \<., ii. 

 (Meek and Eichiiorn). 



It is wortliy of si)Ocial note that the Moluccas and tlie Key Islands are inlialiitcd 

 by the Indo-MahiyiUi and nut by the Papuan form. 



421). Deilephila layardi. 



*I)aplniix Uuinnli I\Ioore, Lq>. Ceylon ii. p. 10. t. S4. f. 1 (J) (1H82) (Ce>lon; -Mus. Biit.) ; 

 Cot. ^; Swiuh , Cut. Moth.-: Ind. i. p. 22. n. 117 (l«-<7) : Kiiby, Cat. Leji. Het. i. p. 072. n. 5 

 (1892) (Ceylon) ; Harnp^., in Bianf., Faumi IJnf. Im!.. .l/»/.'/x i. p. 96. n. 149 (1892) (Ceylon). 



tS ?. Subbasal band of forewiug, above, liroader than the interspace between it 

 and the dark discal area ; antemedian line distinct only iu front, almost tout.hing at 

 'SI- the olivaceous line whicli runs jiarallel with tlie onter edge of the subbasal 

 liand ; proximal eilge of discal area straight ; a white dot at apex of forewing above 

 and below. 



S. Sexual armatni'c siniihir to that of hiij)ot]ioiix, but the harpe smaller (I'l. 

 XLVIII. i-. IU). 



Early stages not known. 



llah. ('eylon. 



In the Tring Museum (i iS. 



4:Jo. Deilephila placida. 



Ihir.ipxa hi/jio/liaii.-<, Walker {iiou CrauuT, 178 i), /.'■-' P'J'. l"". P. M. viii. p. is.j. n. ij (l.S.'iO) (partim): 

 Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, C(it. Lep. In: .I/m.s. E. L C. i. p. 272. n. 02H (1857) (partim ; Java). 

 *lh,nipw plarUla Walker, I.e. p. 186. n. 8 (1856) (Sumatra :— Mus. Oxford). 



(^ ? . Antemedian line t)f forewing above midway between subbasal and discal 

 liands ; the latter band not wider between M' and M- than at liinder margin, 



