UTETHEISA. 511 



instead of ciliated and in the hind wing having the fold and tuft 

 on inner area. 



It varies much in the same Avar as TJ. pulchella, hut never seems 

 to lose the hlaek spots of fore wing, which usually has the ground- 

 colour rather white ; in specimens from the New Hebrides and 

 Solomons the black terminal band on hind wing is largely developed, 

 and it appears to he confined to Oceanic and other islands and to 

 N. Australia. 



The form salamonis from the New Hebrides and Solomon Is. 

 has the black and red markings of fore wing much stronger, the 

 terminal black area of hind wing very broad with a more or less 

 developed white spot between veins 4, 3. 



The form stigmata from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Is. has 

 the terminal black band of hind wing still wider and without 

 white spot on it and with a black discoidal patch. 



The form marshallorv/m from the Marshall Is. is large with the 

 black markings of fore wing reduced and the red markings strongly 

 developed. 



Hob. Seychelles, Praslin (Fletcher), 2 d, 1 $, Aldabra 

 (Fryer), 1 $, Bird I. (Fryer), 1 $ ; Cargados Cabejos 

 (Fletcher), 1 d ; Coetivy (Fletcher), 1 d , 1 $ ; Amirantes 

 (Fletcher), Poivres, H, 1 ?, D'Anos, 1 d 1 , St. Joseph, Eagle, 

 1 d , Desroches ; Chagos Is., Peros Banhos (Fletcher), 1 d type, 

 Salomon Atoll, Diego Garcia ; Ceylon, Kandy ( Green), 3 d , 2 5 > 

 Peradenyia, Hambantota, Trincdmali (Fletcher), 1 6 , 1 2 ; Cocos- 

 KeelixgI. {Darwin, fl'ood-Jones),S d ; ChristmasI. (Andrewes), 

 Id, 2$ ; Singapore (Ridley), Id , 1 $; Formosa {Seebohm, 

 Dickson, Hobson, Wilemari), 1 d , 5 $ ; Loo-choo la. (Fri/er), 



1 d ; New Guinea (Maihew), Id, 1 2, Arfak Mts. (Pratt), 



2 d , Port Moresbv (Turner), 1 rf, 1 <2 ; N. Australia, Baudin I. 

 (J. J Walker),* 3 d, 4 d, Pt. Darwin (J. J. Walker), 3 d , 

 2 2» Montebello Is. (Montague), Id; Queensland, Cooktown 

 (de la Garde), 2 d ; Solomon Is., Alu (Woodford, Ma f hew), 2 d ; 

 Gilbert Is. (Woodford), 2 d ; Marshall 'is. (Maihew), 1 d , 

 2 $ ; Ellice Is. (Woodford, Matheic), 4 d , 1 $ ; Marquesas Is., 

 Henderson L, 3 d , 1 2 ■ Exp. 34—44 millim. 



The larva feeds on Tournefortia argentca. 



20S8. Utetheisa pulchella, insert : — 



ah. pallida, Spiiler, Schinett. Eur. ii. p. 143 (1906); Seitz, Gr.-Schin. pal. 



ii. p. 73, pi. 13 fc. 

 Fore wing with the markings pale. 

 ab. melampyga, Spiiler, Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 143 (1906). 

 Abdomen nearly all black. 



ab. fasdata, Spiiler, Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 143 (1906). 

 Pore wing with the black spots conjoined to form lines, 

 ab. semisignata, Spiiler, Schmett, Eur. ii. p. 143 (1906) ; Seitz, Gr.-Schm. 



pal. ii. p. 73. pi. 13 k. 

 Pore wing with the black spots confined to the terminal area. 



