XANTHORHOE. By L. li. l'Korx. 2o5 



X, callisthenes Prout (25 h). Stnietui'c and wing-shape about as in h((h/p/iafs. aiiieal dasli and tornünal nilli.^thcirx. 

 inarkings siniilar. Variable, biit ahvays with niorc or less strong nd'ous sufTusions; median band «f fbrewing 

 liroad, n()tal)ly in anterior half, anteraediaii line (jiily gently curved. cential part of'ljand generally ])ale. Under- 

 side fsti'ongly rufous-tinged with lilack cell-spots, otherwLse weakly niarked. ' ' niore nnifoi-nily ruf'ous. Maiuisela. 

 with the ])reeeding. — ^-ah. albifusa Pmnf is a very beautiful abcrration, with the pale parts alinost clear white. (ilhifK.-«!. 



X. ludifica Warr. (25 g). l'al])us mnderate. rectinations of the ,j antenna long. A glo.sHV speeies. but tudijica. 

 with less brightly coloured forewing than either of the three preceding. Variable: hindwing in both sexes whitish 

 or pale above. more sufTused and better maiked beneath; i'orewing in the j with median band dark. at least 

 at its boi-ders. and sharply (sometimes nither broadly) bordered with white; in the '■ more .sombrely and uni- 

 formly coloured: median band with the central projection in its distal part (piite weale, especially in the o- 

 Loeally connnon in the mountains of E. Java np to 90(>() feet. — {-ab. incognita Wdrr. is the ordinarw almost hiroijnila. 

 unicolorous form of the V- niercly with the edges of the median band anii the siibterminal line a little ])aler. 

 Name-typical $$ (i. e. with the coloration of the ,j. on\y \Aith tlie median band l)roadei-) are quite rare. 



X. nubilosa Warr. (25 h). l*ossi))ly, as Warren supposed, a rcmarkalile dimor])]i of the preceding, nubihm. 

 together with which it is generally taken; but amongst very large numbers I have not found a single example 

 that links them. Band of forewing shaped more as in raUisthenes, much broader anteriorly than jJosteriorly. 

 commonly with a slight additional projection distad just beforeitbeginsto narrow ; its white edgingsslight. Very 

 variable as regards the filling-in of the liand. which may be eomplete and intense or slighter. or confined to broad 

 or narrow ante- and postmedian strijies. which may be confluent behind the median vein: more rarely the whole 

 wing is suffused. though M'ith the band darker than the rest. — klossi .s/z/^s/;. nor. (25 h). (!reyer, especially klosni. 

 on the hindwing: antemedian of forewing straighter, postmedian ])erha])s scarcely so strongl}' lobed, postmedian 

 of the hindwing, on the other band, somew hat more sharply beut than in ii. rutbilosa. Korintji. W. Sumatra 

 (RoBiNSOx and Kloss) 2 oo '^nd 1 +' at 73UO feet; also 2 larger VV (•^•"' t" •"' "i"') f'om Sungei Kumbang, in 

 the same district, at 10 000 feet. 



X. pratti Front (25 h). .Strnctm'e as in JM'djiphaes, from which it ditfers as follows. Forewing nowhere pmili. 

 clear green, only in the subbasal and the narrow band beyond the postmedian shaded with brownish olive; 

 basal patch more uniformly mixed with red-brown. less deeply indented ; an ill-detined liand in the succecding 

 area; median band shaped more nearly as in (■(illislhenes, or as in ludifica. its colour less variegated than in hedy- 

 ■phaes; white subterminal line continnous, though rather irregulär, acconi]janied by irregulär brown shadings 

 and betweeu the radials proximally b\- well-developed l)lack spots; terminal line broken into pairs of shar])ly 

 black dots. Manusela, Central Ceram, 2 ])airs. the ?? larger (34 — 35 mm), slightly darker. the band of the fore- 

 wing considerably broader. 



X. dissociata Warr. (25 h). Another variable speeies, rather large. the palpus longish-moderate, the j rfi.s.soc«//«. 

 pectinations long, the median band moderate in the ^, very broad in the ?. J^uzon. In the type foim the median 

 band is reddish, the lines well developed. — In ab. iligrimedia Warr. the lines are evanescent. the median band niijrimcdia. 

 black-brown. — In ab. ruptifascia Warr. the forewing is wholly dull reddish brown. the lines faintly darker. niiitiJKsria. 

 the band brown-shaded towards costa, witli a black horizontal blotch across it in liout of the median and a 

 smaller, less eomplete one behind the submedian: transitions occur. 



X, simplicata Front (25 h), Antenna jjectinate (only the stumps reniaining). Apjjarently intermediate ■■'tmiilimla. 

 between callisthenes and snlxidaria, nearer to the former except in its small size. Forewing i)ale grey. the mark- 

 ings fuscous, mixed with red and black; median band, as in callisthenes. considerably broader anteriorly than 

 posteriorly, the first postmedian line similarly very oblique outward from costa and sharply- beut subcostally. 

 Hindwing above and both wings beneath with rather large cell-dot; and weak waved lines. Buru; Gamoe 

 Mrapat, 5000 feet, only the type o known. 



X. everetti Warr. (= roseopieta 1IV(;7-.) (25 i). Suggestive of the l'alaearctic Cidaria ciipreata H.-Sc/i.. crcrftli. 

 though with more of the Xanthorhoe facies and with well (moderately) i)ectinate j antenna. \ rather larger 

 with more uniformly lined median area. Celebes. I have sunk roseopieta. which is not even an aberration though 

 (being in good condition) its rosy tlush is rather more noticeable. 



X. sodaliata Walk. (= divisata Walk., urbana Mej/r.) (25 i J, V). \'eiy near sithidaria. of which it was a,>iMi(ii<t. 

 formerly supposed to be a $ form, this being the more easily differentiated sex. It diiTers form V siihidaria in 

 its almost uniforni dark suffusion. The J {diri.sala). as Turner says, "has a uniformly dark median band on 

 the forewing, without brown or purplish finge, while the terminal area is i)aler or e\ en whitish". 1 believe a 

 further synonym is multijilarin Walk. (Tasmania, as '' Fana<jra"\). but the ty])e V is lubbed and weakly marked 

 and will need to be subjected to a more thorough exaniination. sodaliata is distributed from X. tjucensland to 



