( 529 ) 



(i ?. Forewiiig more elou.uate than in the eastern form, more distinctly augnhite 

 at 1{\ often with traces of teeth, rather deeper in tint and more sharply marked, the 

 ol)li(pie discal baud more })r(>(hiced distad beiiind If- ; black snbniarginal line of 

 nnderside better marked, more projecting basad at II'-, disc as well as underside 

 of abdomen brighter red. 



//«^. Xortli India to Sambawa. 



In tlie Tring Miiseinn 14 Jc?, 5 ?? Inmi: Sikliim; Bhutan: Clierrapiinji ; 

 Khasia Hills ; Sumatra ; .la\a. 



/). A. (t)iceus ancens. 



Sj)hin.r nitfeiis Stoll, l.i\ 



Eiii/i) nnci'nx^ Hiibner, /.<■. 



*Ziwil),i mUliirii Walker, /.-•. xxxi. p. 34 (18(;i) (Am ;^Mus. Oxford). 



* Acoimeriix ihinlk Boisduval, /.'■. p. 218. n. ,5 (1875) (bab. ?). 



Eiijio r'nuKiiiiomea Herrich-Schiifter, Atisser. Sriimell. ii. f. 558 (1869) (X. Austral.). 



Acosiiieri/.T nnreus, Boisduval, I.e. p. '215. n. 1 (187.'i) (Amboina) : Pagenst., .fnhrh. Xdxx. Vt. Nut. 



xli. p. 105. n. 108 (1888) (Amboina). 

 Kin/ti 1 ciitiuniintiipii, Butler, I c. p. 542. n. 5 (1877). 

 Acoxmrry.r mix'iira, id., I.e. p. 545. n. 5 (1877) ; Swinh., Col. Lej>. Hit. .IA».--. (J.i: i. p. 9. u. :)ti. t. 1. 



f. 7 (1892) (Aru, tyjit); Pagenst., Ahli. St-.n!.: Nat. 6V.s-. xxiii. p. 44:1 n. 422 (1897) (Uliasser Is.). 

 Ac':^mer>/.r mhh-iiii, Kirby, Tnnis. Ent. Sue. Loud. p. 2.34 (1877) (Austral.) ; Misk., Pnir. Jim,. Snr. 



QuefiLilil. viii. p. 8. ii. 8 (1891) (partini ; Newcastle ; Rockhampton ; Brisbane). 

 Ar()sii>ery.c chiereu, Pagenstecher, fri-s i. p. 8li. n. 2 (188{'i) (Aru); id., Jnhrh. Naxs. ]>/■. Nat. xxxix. 



p. 109. n. 2 (1880) (Aru). 

 Arosnifryx meMni (!), Maassen, Sti-tt. Ent. Ztit. xli. p. 54 (1880) (= rinnaiiiomrd). 

 Ariiaiiieryx ser/iru.i, Miskin, Pror. Roy. 8oc. Qncenxlil. viii. p. 8. n, 9 (1891) (partim ; Brisbane ; 



Card well). 

 Acimncrijx nnmiii,,,,,,,,,, id., /..■. n. 10 (1891) ; Kirby, /.,•. p. (M8. n. 2 (1802). 



(? ? . Variable; stigma of forewing generally conspicnous. Two forms. One 

 dark, similar to anceus suMentata; the other much paler, forewing less variegated. 

 The two forms occur together and graduate into one another. 



Hal/. Moluccas eastwards to German New Guinea, the d'Entrecasteaux Islands, 

 \\'oodlark 1. ; Queensland and N. S. Wales. 



In the Tring Museum 3U c?c?, 21 ? ? from : Amboina: Little Key (Kiihn) ; 

 Larat, Tenimber (Kuhn) ; Queensland, from Brisbane to Cajie York ; British and 

 German N. Guinea; Tiobriand Is. (Meek); Fergusson, d'Entrecasteaux Is. (Meek) ; 

 AVoodlark (Meek). 



44."). Acosmeryx naga. 



*Pliiliii,ijiebis luiiia Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. lux. E. I. C. i. p. 271. n. G2G (1857) 



(Darjiiing ;— Mus. Brit.) ; id., Pn,r. Zu„l. So.; Lmid. p. 704 (18i;5) (Bengal). 

 Av.isii.irux niii/.i Boinluval, Sprr. Gen. Lep. Hit. i. p. 217. n. IS (1875) (Darjilinj;) ; Cot. & Swinh., 



(Jut'. .Miit'hs Jiiil. i. p. ;i. n. 48 (1887) (Sikhim ; Simla) ; S*inb., Cat. Lep. Net. .Uu.i. Ox. i. p. 0. 



n. 37 (1892) (India) : Kirby, Cat. Lep. Hel. i. p. G49. n. 8. (1802) (Darjiiing) ; Hamps., in 



Blanf., EauiM Brit. Ltd., Moths i. p. 83. n. 110 (1802) (N.W. & E. Himalayas) ; Leech, Ti-aux. 



Ent. Sur. Loud. \>. -'S-'. u. -I'J (1808) (Hakodate, vi.) ; Dudg., Jonni. Pumbay X. II. Soc. ix. 



p. 400. n. 116 (1808) (Sikhim, :'.00l) ft., common). 

 *.lii,xmeryxshn-fdH Boisduval, I.e. n. 13 (1875) (coll. Charles Oberthilr). 

 *.ln,.'^,„eryx metamui<t Butler. A,i„. .May. N. H. (5). iv. p. 350 (1879) (Japan ;— Mus. Brit.) : Kiiby, 



Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 649. n. 10 (1802). 

 .l.-.v„„,v/..- imrei(.'<. Leech. Pro,: Zool. Sor. Loud. p. 585. n. 10 (1888) (paitim). 



d ?. The most eonspicnously marked species of the genus, easily distinguished 

 from all the others by the pattern of the forewing ; brown discal band extending 

 from costa towards middle of distal margin, sharply defined in front, the triangular 



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