( 5:52 ) 

 -II''. Acosmeryx miskini. 



*Jkijil,iiiixu luidini Murray, Chi. F.nl. i. |>. 17« (187:1) ( Qiiectislund ;— Mu». Brit.). 



Ai-iixmenjj: mhkiiii, Bmler. 7'm/w. Zou/. Soc. Lam}, ix. ]). .544, n. 4 (1877) {Ijipe in B. M.) ; Misk., 

 Pioc. Roy. Six: (JwniaUI. viii. p. 8. ii. 8. (ISUl) (parliin) ; Kirby, Cat. Liji. Ilil. i. p. G4;l. n. :i 

 (1892) (partini) ; Swiiili , Cal. Lfp. II, I. Miih. Or. i. p. '.I. n. 38 (18',l:i) (Moreton B). 



(^f)Ai-osiiier)i.c Kericeus, Miskiii, l.r. u. '.) (18'.II) (partim'?). 



cf?. Similar tu ^l. socratcs /. cinerca, Lut forcwiiig more deeply sinuate at 

 apex, lobe SC^ heiug as much prodiiceil as lobe .SC, margin below S(J'' ratlier 

 (Icejjly concave, iip{)er surface more uniformly grey, discal band less black. 

 Abdomen pale grey above, witii blackish triangular lateral patclies at tlie bases 

 of tcrgites 3 to 5. 



S. Process of harpe (I'l. XL V ill. f. ~'2) much less triangular than in soi-rtiffi^, 

 coming neai'est that of omissa, teetli not prominent. Left process of ijenis-shcatli 

 (i'l. L\'. f. 20) triangular ; f. 2.") representing tiie sheath from the right side. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Queensland ; New Guinea. 



In the Tring Museum 3c?(Jfrom: N. S. AVales (ex coll. Felder) ; Milne 

 r.ay, Brit. N. (ininea, xii. '98 (A. S. Meek). 



A line S in tlie Museum at Budapest from Stephansort, (jierman New Guinea. 



450. Acosmeryx socrates. 



PhilaiiipeliiH sericeuH Walker, l.r. (185('i) (partim). 



*Acoxmer!i.e shennlli Boisduval {ixm id., I.e. ii. Ii), Spec. Ge/i. Lip. llil. p. "^17. n. 4 (1875) 



(Darjiling ; — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 * Acosmeryx .focrale-s id., I.e. p. 219. n. G (187:")) (Manila ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir). 



(S ? . Differs from all the other species in the less deeply sinuate apex of 

 the forewing, the lobe SC'^ being less produced than the apical lobe. Grey like 



mis/nni.. "Wings not dentate. Forewing, ubote : markings nearly as in omixsa ; 



third discal line M' — >SM- faint or absent. Hindwing blackish in apical third, 



this area not divided, the dark discal line of the other si)ecies being visible only 

 near anal angle. 



I'ndcrside less ferruginous tawny than in sericeus, omissa, etc. ; marginal 

 band of forewing widest at R-, this projection generally rounded or sinuate. 



<S. Sexual armature as in misliini, differing in the harpe, which is shaped 

 and armed as in sericeus. 



?. Vaginal plate (PI. XLI. f. 9) as in castnnea and i^'iya, orifice rather 

 more })roximal, with a concave space in front surrounded by a fold. 



Larva figured by Moore and Sem]ier (l.Lc.c, see below) : the figures do not 

 quite agree, but that may be due to individual variations in the caterpillars, or 

 in the artistic talent of the authors. 



Pupa also figured, but details not recognisable. 



Ilab. North India, Ceylon, eastwards to the Philii>pine Islands and Java. 



There are two forms, occurring together and being apparently not sjiecitically 

 distinct : 



a'. A. socrates f. socrates. 



*Ac(isiiicr>/.r ynrriile.1 Boisduval, /.r. (187.')) (Manila); Kirby, Cat. Lep. I/ct. \. ]). M'X n. 4 (1892) ; 

 Semper, Srli„„ll. I'/ii/ipp. ii. p. :{93. n. 27. t. I>. f. G. 7 (/.,;).). t. 51. f. C. (;.) (189G) (Luzon; 

 Cobu). 



