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Cluterufdiujia nifilo'i, Iliimpson, l.r. t. 175. f. 3 (larva) (IS0.'5). 



Cliaenimiiijia lioerluiriue. Semper, Schm. PliiUjip. ii. p. ;!y4. n. .'!0 (18V0) (Luzon : Uohol ; Gametes ; 



Cebu ; ii.). 

 [snpUs IhifpJiii, Kirljy, iu Allen, XhI. I.ibr.. Moths iv. p. 24 (18!17). 



S ? . There is si good deal of individual variation in this species as regards 

 (tolour and size. It is not always an easy matter to distinguish certain individuals 

 from rq///('.s/. Some Papuan specimens are fully as vinaceous as raffleAi on the 

 wings and body ; but also here the first palpal segment is paler and does not show 

 the white line so well. A baud or patch on tlie u))perside of the forewing near 

 hinder angle beyond lines o or 6 is in western individuals often somewhat ocliraceous, 

 ill eastern specimens, however, mostly as reddish as in many ra0esi. 



6. Tenth segment as in rafl/rsi, liut the apical Imok of the sternite oliviously 

 longer (PI. LVIII. f. ■,':). Process of harpe (PI. Lll. f 'J'.)) stout, rounded at cud, 

 with a long dorso-apical tooth curved towards tlie clasper. Penis-funnel elDiigalc- 

 triangular : peuis-sheath as in rallh-.v, but the row of teeth on the left side witli 

 more teeth, which are either simple or divided. 



? . Edges of vaginal aperture less raised than in nijf/esi. 



Larva with a large eye-spot on segment 4, tlie eye-spots on the following 

 segments gradually smaller ; much less regular than in rnfflesi, often vestigial ; 

 horn short, pale. 



Hub. Ceylon to North India, eastwards to the .Solomon Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 1 larva, "JUU-odd specimens from : Ceylon ; South and 

 Nortli India : Malay Pen. ; Penang : Punguran, Natuna Is. : Porneo ; Smnatru : 

 Java ; Lombok ; Snmba ; Celebes ; Kisser ; Parat ; Key ; Queensland : New 

 Cninea ; Trobriand Is. ; Lonisiade Archipelago ; W'oodlark ; N. Pommerii ; N. 

 Laueiilnirg : N. Hanover ; Kulambangra and (iuadalcaiiar, Solomon Is. (Meek and 

 Eichhorn). 



ToT. Hippotion brennus. 



S,,hnix l.iriniim Stoll, in Cramer, Pup. Kmt. iv. p. 23.'^. t. 398 f. n (178-2) (Amboina). 



Aiiipluvii bvcitwis, Hubner, Ve.i-. Ink. Sr/,,„. p. 18o n. 1445 (182-2). 



Chacromntpn hrenmm, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 144. n. 29 (185Ci) ; Butl., Trims. Zonl. Sur. 



Lond. ix. p. 566. d. 74 (1877) : Pagenst., J,ihrb. Xh.is. Ver. X,>l. .\li. p. 108. n. 207 (1888) ; id., 



in Chun, Zoologira xii. 29. p. 11. n. 5 (1900) (Ralum, vi.). 

 Cliocriimiiipii hreiiiMs, Boisduval, Sprc. Oeii. Lep. Hcl. i. p. 248. n. 29 (187;")) (Aru), 

 Therclni breiiiiiis. Kirby. Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 659. n. Ill (1892). 



(J?. This is a variable insect. The markings of tlie forewing are often very 

 prominent, while in other individuals the linos are vestigial and the median Ijand 

 widened, being straiglit proximally and gradually shading off distally ; the postdiscal 

 interspaces K-— SM" are not rarely rufous. The base of the hindwing is sometimes 

 blackish. The genital armature varies in detail, but this variation does not 

 correspond to tliat of the wings. E.xtreme individuals have the appearance of 

 belonging to distinct species. Tlie variation is not local. However, there is a 

 form in <,)ueensland which we have not seen from other localities. This form is 

 rather pale, has the forewing sharply marked, does not possess a white mesial 

 stripe on the thorax, and has the white lateral stripe of the head and thorax shaded 

 with vinaceous ; in structure it agrees with the form which has the white mesial 

 stripe of the tliorax. The two forms occur togetlier iu Queensland; they have 

 lieen bred, but iiotliiiig is published of the larvae as far as we are aware ; and both 

 ha\(' been sent to this country iia Jo//'u//t<i by the collector who lired them. 



