( 596 ) 



give, whii'li is ilniwii iVoin onr 8iulest S. Tlie flap bears a number of sjjiiiiforiu 

 teetli, and is narrower and longer, ajiproacliing hinuja a little in dentition. We do 

 not venture to exjilain when these c?-segnieiits were stuck on, and whence they 

 came : bnt their presence is in so far of interest as they show that the armature of the 

 penis-sheath is either individually or geographically variable. Further material must 

 decide which alternative is correct, but it seems to us that tiie diift^rence will turn 

 out to bo geographical, as our two New Guinea inilividuals are far more red lieneath 

 than the type of molnccu. 



CXXXIX. tilGANTEOPALPUS.— Typus : mlrahiUs. 



Kiirt/pteri/.r, Rothschild (//<-// Boisdaval, 1875), Jiis vii. p. 300 (1894). 

 <;ii/ti„teoj)iiljws Huwe, Jicrl. Ent. Zelt. .\1. p. 360 (1895) (type : c(ij,itu = i„iraMi!s). 



c? ? . Differs from lui/-//jj(f'r>/x chiefly in the following points : palpus much 

 larger, second segment broader than long ; eye more heavily lashed, proportionally 

 smaller ; abdominal sjiines weaker ; midcoxal merum not angnlate ; costal 

 margin of hindwing produced into a prominent antemedian lobe. 



(?. Tenth tergite and steruite the same in length and breadth, with the sides 

 jiarallei, the ujiperside of former and uuderside of latter slightly convex, and the 

 apex of both rounded. I'lasper small ; a large patcli of obliipiely erect friction- 

 scales ; harpe of the type found in Deilephila, upperside concave, inclining towards 

 clasper, apex somewhat curved upwards, obtuse (PI. IL. f. '.»). Penis-sheath 

 (PI. LV. f. Is) with a right and left process of nearly the same length, each 

 shaped almost like the tail of a shark, dentate. 



Early stages not known. 



Hub. Sunda Islands. 



One S2)ecies. 



0:34. Giganteopalpus mirabilis. 



* Eitri/iifery.r luinihUis Rothschild, /.■•. n. II. t. G. f . 3 ( ? ) (ISUi) (Kiua Balu. ,^ ; Sumatra, ? ; 



— coll. Staudinger). 

 Uinantiopalpus vapito Huwe, /.-■. n. 13. t. 3. f. 1 ( ,^ ) (IS'Jj) (South .Java, 1.J0U ft.). 



The differences relied upon by Huwe are not constant. 



flab. Borneo ; Sumatra ; Java. 



In the Tring Museum 1 c? from Java merid., loOtl ft. (rec. from H. Fruhstorfer). 



A ? from Sarawak, Borneo (Pryer) in the British Museum. 



Two cJcJ, 1 ? from Tjampea, A\'est Java, in coll. Snellen. 



CXL. ANTINEPHELE.— Typus : anomdu. 



Xcphch; Butler («o« Hubner, IS-'i'). -I""- l^",'/- -V. H. (5). x. p. 434 (18H2). 



Aiitinfphele Holland, Trims. Aiiier. Knl. Sm: xvi. p. 68 (1889) (type : aitumahi) ; Kirby, Gd. Liii. 

 Uet. i. p. 642 (1892) (partim). 



S ? . Genal process broad, obtuse, not reaching to end of pilifer. Palpi 

 prominent, rounded in dorsal and in lateral aspect. Antenna filiform in both sexes, 

 in S strongly, in ? feeldy compressed, basal seriated ciliae 2)resent in ?, hook very 

 gradually curved, end-segment nhort, conical, about three times as long as basally 

 bniad (side-view). Eye lashed Abdomen somewhat flatteued, rather suddenly 



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