( (il8 ) 



(I. Iliiulwiiif;' with yellow liaiid above, 

 often iiitcrruiitcd : In-cast greyish 

 wliite ..... ."1(15. .)/. hoiiihi/htns. 



Hindwiiig without yellow band 



above ; breast yellowish white . .")f;6. M. 'iricidd. 

 e. Costal margin of hindwing dilated 



into an antemedian lobe . . (102. M. a<]uila. 

 Costal margin of hindwing simple . . • ./• 

 /. A band from middle of costal 

 margin of forewing to liinder 



angle c/. 



No sncli band. . . . . . . //. 



g. No distinct antemedian and discal 



lines ...... GdS. .)/. hrmirhronui. 



These lines distinct . . . 007. .lA tinnunoibiti. 



h. Forewing above with two sharply 

 defined creamy bands, one median, 

 one postdiscal .... 589. M. doltcrti/i. 



No sncli bands /. 



?. Antemedian band of forewing above 

 strongly oblique, with a pale 

 proximal border which is straight 



from costal margin to SM^ . 597. M.fnt.-oi (PI. III. f. 4). 

 Antemedian band curved in front, 



or transverse j. 



). Interspaces of lines of forewing 



marked with bluisli wliite scaling 606. ^f. viidtifasriu (PI. YI. f 7). 

 No sucli wliite scaling ...../'. 

 k. Tail and preceding tergite yellow, 

 the latter with black mesial 



spot m\. M.eichhorni {V\. III. I '[X). 



Not so : head and thorax with two 

 broad grey stripes contrasting 

 sharj^ly with the greenish olive- 

 black colour of head and thorax 612. ^f. mitrheUi. 



Not so . . • /. 



I. Basal area of forewing above black 

 or greenish black, sharply limited 

 by the straight antemedian band . . m. 

 Basal area much paler than ante- 

 median band w. 



m. Yellow band of hind wing interrupted 611. M . meeki (PI. l\ . t '1). 

 Yellow Viand of hindwing not inter- 



rui)ted ; abdomen below brown . 61 1 1. M.faro (PL lY. f. 14). 

 Yellow band of hindwing not inter- 

 rupted ; abdomen below tawny . GnO. }f. jtasAdhis. 

 V. Hindwing with very narrow tawny- 

 lirowu border ; abdomen with 

 creamy white side-patches . . GoS. M. stellatarum. 



