( 544 ) 

 403. Angonyx testacea. 



*J'n-i,/u„;., hshina Walker, List I.,,,. /„.. II. M. viii. p. lOJ. ii. ;{ (185i;) (/,r,/,.V ;-Miis. Brit.) : d.. 

 /.'■. .\x.\i. p. L'it (IHtU) ((Jejlon). 



(^?. Iiitlividiially variable. IVIctaiHitiuii often russet. Forewinir ; grey or 

 white (Hscal band mostly narrow : most specimens with black subniarginal sjjots 

 between R- and M^ often e.xtended to margin liiiidwing sometimes entirely 

 l)Iackisli nmber-brown, with a grey s])ot before anal angle, sometimes witli a clearly 

 marked orange-rnfons baud, which is ])urest in colour in individuals from the 

 Solomon Islands. Underside russet brown, or yellow, shaded with ))ale green in 

 fr(!sh specimens. Penis-sheath see PI. LV. f. S. 



Hub. Ceylon and North India eastwards to tlie Solomon Islands. 



Two subspecies, which differ ajiparently only in the genital armature of the Jc?. 



a. A. testacea testacea. 



*Peri(iimia testnrra Walker, I.e. (185G). 



*'r!/lnijmaliiis ciiidx Boisduval, /.c. p. 2',I4. u. 2 (187JJ) (SylhetV Amer. mrr. '? ; — coll. t'Larlps 



Oberthiir). 

 I'nii/aimi '! t'istiimi, id., I.e. i. p. 329. n. 15 (1875). 

 *. I „,/,>„;/.,■ rmllla id., /.r. i. p. 31«. t. 8, f. 1 ((?) (1875) (Ternate ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir); 



Pagenst., Jnhrb. Xtis.f. Ver. Kut. xli. p. lO'J. ii. 211 (1SS8) (Amboina) ; Hiiwe, Bnl. E„l. Zril. 



xl. p. 3(56. n. 33 (18i)5) (Java). 

 *Panacra ella Butler, iVoc. Zool. Sur. Loiiil. p. 240. n. 21. (1H75) (Silhet ;— Mus. Brit.); id., 



'Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 550. n. 3. t. 02, f. 7 ( ? ) (1877) (Silhet) ; Kirby, TruM. Ent. Sor. 



Loml. p. 235 (1877) (Silhet, ^). 

 riuiacni tt'stfiaa, id., I.e. ix. p. 550. ii. 2 (1877) ((Jeylo'i) : Kiiby, /.c. (1877) (Aiidamans) : Cot. & 



Swiiib., Cat. Moths Ind. i. p. 11. n. ('.:; (1K87) (Silhet ; Cejloii) ; Hanips., lUnstr. Tjip. Spnin,. 



Lcp. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 1. d. ICi (IH'Jl) (Nilgiris, GUOO ft.) ; Swinli., Cut. Lep. Hit. Mks. O.r. i. 



p. 13. D. 52 (18112) (Nilgiris). 

 A iif;u7i)/.r teslaceii, Moore, Lep. Cei/loii ii. p. 2G. t. 89. f. 1 (^) {]8H'2) ( = eiiiilia = ella) ; Hamp.a., in 



Blanf., Finind Brit, hid., Mothx i. p. 101. n. 160. f. 58 (^) (1892) (Silhet : Nilgiri-s ; Ceylon) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Lep. TI,t. i. p. 663. d. 4 (1892) (E. Ind.). 

 C,ixi4a emm, Kirby, Ir. p. 641. n. 2 (1892) (Silhet V). 



Harpe (1*1. IL. f. 115) ending in a conical jirocess which bears one tooth 

 on the underside and is finely granulose beneath proximally. 



Ilah. Ceylon and North India to the Moluccas. 



In the Tring Museum 5 SS, 5 ? ? from : Kha^ia Hills ; Java merid., loOti ft. 

 (Fruhst<;rfer) ; Amboina, ii. viii. (Doherty). 



b. A. testacea papuana subsp. nov. 



Piiiiiiirn ti'xtaifii, Miskin, Pior. Roi/. .Sw. QveenM. viii. p. 9. n. 13 (1891) (partini : Cairns). 

 .\iii/iiii!/.r tentaira, Pagenstecher, in Chun, Zonlnrjira xii. 29. p. 16. n. 15 (1900) (Kinigiinang). 



Harjje (PI. IL. f. 14) ending in a very slender ])rocef<s, whicli is often somewhat 

 lanceolate or spatulate, and has the liiiider edge (ventral in figure) serrate. 



The S from Neu Pommern has a non-dentate harjie. We have no S from the 

 Solomon Islands ; all our ? ? I'rum tlicre have a cunsjiieuous orange-rufous band on 

 I he hindwing. 



JIab. (jueeusland, Tenimber Islands ; eastward to the Solomon Islands. 



In Ihe Tring Museum 8 c?cJ, 7 ? ? from; Queensland ; Selaru, Tenimber Is., 

 iii. iv. (MicholitK) ; Ron I., Geelvink Bay, vii. (Doherty); Milne Bay, Brit. N. 

 Guinea, ii. (Meek); Kinigunang, N. Pommern (llibbe) ; Florida, i., and Guadalcanar, 

 v., Solomon Is. (Meek). 



Ti/pe : cJ, Cedar Bay, Queensland. 



