( 514 ) 



S $ . This species is easily tlistinguislied from all the others by the marginal 

 area of the forewiiig below, bordered by tlie pale, oblique, diseal line, being 

 chocolate-brown. The diseal area of the npperside of the forewing is not sharply 

 defined proximally ; it extends often, in front and behind, to tlie sliarply marked, 

 straight, aiitcniedian line, externally it is mueli j)rodnced between It- and R', the 

 most distal j)oint lying between the two veins ; no white apical dot above or below ; 

 tiie brown diseal area of the hiudwing reduced in size and de])tli of tint. 



cJ. Tenth segment as m plucida, sternite rather slender, sides almnst iiaraliel, 

 rounded at end, tip obtusely pointed. Harpe (PI. XLVIII. f 21j with long distal 

 process, not dentate. Penis-sheath (PI. LV. f. 'Z^) with a short left process and a 

 very long right one, the left process differing from that of jjlacida especially in not 

 being dentate. 



Early stages not known. 



llab. Papuan Subregion : Moluccas to Queensland, the Bismarck Arcliipelago, 

 and the Solomon Islands. 



lu the Tring Museum 3 c?(J, 8 ?? from: Queensland; Gilolo ; Tugela, 

 Solomon Islands (Woodford). 



CXVI. PHILODILA gen nov.— Typus : asUjanor. 

 Eta-y.r Boisduval, Siwc. Gen. Lq>. Het. i. p. 208 (1875) (partim ; type : inyron). 



? . Pilifer long ; genal process narrow and long. Palpus large, rather slenderer 

 than in' JJeilephila. Eye large, not lashed. Antenna slender, faintly incrassate 

 distally, with slender hook ; end-segment long, with three very long apical bristles ; 

 last but one segment conically produced ventrally. Spines of abdomen numerous, 

 rather stiff, pale tawny. Legs wanting except one middle leg, which has, however, 

 only three tarsal segments left ; midtibial spurs equal in length, about twice as 

 long as the tibia is broad at end ; midtarsns with promiuent comb. Ajjex of 

 forewing produced, distal margin obtusely angulate at R^ ; lower angle of cell of 

 hindwing about To" ; SC- and R' stalked, R- before centre of cell, 13* longer than 

 D", and longer than in Deilephila. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. ? Probably Oriental Region. 



One species. 



Differs from Deilephila and Ampelophaya in the midtibial spurs being equal in 

 lengtJi, etc. 



433. Philodila astyanor (PI. VI. f. 3, ?). 



*Ever!/x antyaiior Boisduval, l.r. p. 211. ii. 3 (1875) (Mexiquo?) ; Kirby, Cat. Lqi. lid. i. p. 673. 

 n. 4 (1892). 



? . Vjiperside : see figure. 



Uiuhrsiih very much paler ; wings with a brown distal border, which is 

 indented at the veins on the forewing ; between this band and the subcostal fork 

 there are on the forewing two brown parallel bars extending from costal margin to 

 R' ; the border of the hindwing gradually narrows from R^ backwards. 



Hah. ? 



The only specimen known (hi coll. Charles Oberthiir) is labelled " Mexiipie ? " 

 We believe it to be Oriental. 



