254 XANTHORHOE. By L. B. Prout. 



molata and frusa: postmedian line. particularly of the hindwing underside. with a deeper ciirve inward betweeii. 



Hampson notices a remarkable venational anomaly in so-called magnijicata, but inaccurately attributes it to 



the (5 only; the discocelhüars of the hindwing are soniewliat. or even quite strongly, biangulate, though decidedly 



variable, and I siippose he coinpared with the anomalous albilinea and $$ of the vcrv closely allied fnmipennis, 



which he has sunk. Tiie present species is also variable in wing-markings, althougii (judged from a far shorter 



series) less so than molata. The type is a large ^ with white patches in the median band, that which surrounds 



alltilhwa. the cell-spot large. — ab. (V) albilinea Hmps., only known from the type $, is large, cleanly marked and as it 



has actually non-biangulate discocellulars and shows a brown suffusion on the cell -mark of the forewing, which 



otherwise I have only noticed in the type o of fmnipennis, it may have to be removed to that species notwith- 



standing that the hindwing seems too liglit. Median band broad, its pale patches rednced, greyer, its distal 



suhseparala. boundary-line clear white. — ab. subseparata Wall., founded on a rubbed ^, has the band more unifornily 



inspiircatfi. darkened than in the type, almost solid. Discocellulars of the hindwing strongly biangulate. — ab. inspurcata 



Walk, is a $, not very fresh, the brownish parts still greyer, the hindwing rather inore dusky, but may be cou- 



sidered as the corresponding $ to the preceding. Discocellulars similar. 



himipenms. X. fuiTiipennis Hmps. (25 f ). fienerally easy to distinguish by its dark colouring, very notable on the 



hindwing. Discocellulars not biangulate, o pectinations less long (about 0:8), antemedian of forewing less 

 bent out ward. Nilgiris. 



griseiririclis. X. griseiviridis Hmps. (= curcumata Moore part., nee typ.) (25 f), Pectinations quite short. terminating 



in tufts of cilia. Hindwing and underside in both sexes dusky; forewing with outer lobe of median band longer 

 than in molata. Fresh specimens show some olive-green admixture in Ijasal and distal areas of forcw ing. The 



nequifascia- type form has a characteristic grey suffusion in the distal part of the median Ijand. — ab. aequifasciata nov. 

 '"• has the median liand unifornily darkened throughout. — Bhotan to Simla, the type oi griseiviridis from Bhotan. 

 that of aequifasciata from Darjiling. 



f-ybelc. X. cybele Prout (25 f). Near griseiviridis but with tlic pectinations still shorter (less than diameter of 



shaft), the fascicles of cilia longer than themselves. Forewing with median band wliolly dark, its jjroximal 

 edge twice indented, as in formosicola. its distal almost as strongly produced behind the 3rd radial as in grisei- 

 viridis. Hindwing rather more unifornily dusky than in formo.sicoki. Formosa: Arizan. Not difficult to dist- 

 inguish from the last-named by its smaller size, more projecting postmedian and especially the subpectinate- 

 fasciculate ,^ antenna. 



nirc'iniiata. X. curcumata Moore (= placida Prout) (25 g). Moore mixed no less than 3 species under his curcumata. 



his "type" (hulotype) being a Darjiling $ of the present species, his allotype a (^ of griseiviridis, while another 

 9 of his original series belongs to formosicola. Much confusion has resulted and Hampson determined yet a 

 fourth species as curcumata (see hampsoni). The true curcumata is rather large, the median band less broad 

 than in the similar forms, with its distal lobe very slight, the hindwing largely glossy white; both wings beneath 

 with the postmedian much less projecting than in hampsoni. Pectinations about as in hampsoni, secondary 

 processes apparently more clevelo]ied. Sikkim to N. E. Burma, the type from Bhotan. 



hampsom. X. hampsotii Prout (=; curcumata part.. Hmps.. err. det.) (25 g). Very similar to curcumata, on the 



whole smaller (33 mm), hindwing with more suffusion and markings, postmedian different (see above). Antennal 

 pectinations a little longer than in griseiviridis (about 1 Y>) ', slight secondary processes present, somewhat as 

 in fluctuata L. (Vol. 4, p. 223). Simla (type) and Dalhousie. 



hi/iilidiiuti. X. hyphagna Prout (25 g). Rather smaller tlian hampsoni and structurally quite distinct in that the 



S pectinations, though slender, are rather long; palpus little over half as long again as diameter of eye. Hind- 

 wing in the $ a little less clear than in the o (here figured). Java (type) and W. Sumatra. 



fis.sifcrula. X. fissifcrula sp. n. (25 g). Larger than hyphagna (^ fully as large as the largest $$ of that species), 



palpus and pectinations rather longer. Forewing with termen rather longer and more waved; median vein and 

 its fork (to the end of the median area) ochreous, strikingly consjiicuous; median band much broader than in 

 hyphagna, its proximal edge with l)lunt indentation at each fold, its distal irregularly dentate but without any 

 large projections. Hindwing much less pure wliite than in hyphagna . its jiroximal and posterior jiarts. with 

 the tornus, having considerable smoky suffusion, on which some lines are traceable. W. Sumatra: Sungei 

 Kumbang, Korintji. 4500 feet, April 1!»14 (Robinson and Kloss). only the tyjie o known (Mus. Tring). 



hcdi/pliaf.f. X. liedyphaes Prout (25 g). Palpus nearly twice as long as diameter of eye. Antennal pectinations long. 



Forewing green, with the markings blackish; basal patch less oblique-edged than in the following, with a rather 

 deejj indentation on the median vein; median band constricted in the middle. its coloration variegated; distal 

 area with some variegated patches on the green ground. Manusela, Central Cleram, 6ÜÜÜ feet. tJreat as is the 

 variabilitv of manv Larentiinae. it does not seeni feasible to regard this as an aberration of the following. 



