UüNANTlCl.EA. ]?,v L. B. Proxjt. :271 



G. multistriata Warr. (27 c). Oiil.v knowii IVoin a single ;. hiil inanitcstly a o:ood s])ccies. Xr.t only is mulllMriuO,. 

 the multipliwition uf liiies veiy cluuaoteristic l)ut its largo size and especially the imicli inore direct postmcdian 

 line of tlie forewing are agaiiist its iinion witli any otlier (lonaiilidm. \\ . Java, witliout exact locality. 



G. subfalcata WUciikui (27 h). Related tu uversa hat larger, imich darkei', the einargiiiatioii of tlie tbre- suhUdcniu. 

 wing stronger. the iiiie.s nioie unifmiii in expression throughoat, very mimerous and ai)pruxiniately parallel, 

 aiore reealling the scheine iA tnallislriala. Forniosa: Arizan. only the type j known. 



viraii. 



G. aversa Sirinh. (27 c). The shape of both wings. the dark liindwing and the form of the band.s of the u 

 central area ubundantly distinguish this species froni the ocdiisala groiip. The yellow coloiuing. so prevalent 

 in the genus, only apjjears oii parts of the iinderside and even there it is ratiiei' jiale and in part obscinod witii 

 grey. N. India. Bnrnui. the Malay I'eninsula, rormosa. KinaliaJu and Java, the {\\>r lidni the Khasis. The 

 sexes differ little. but the $ is somewhat the larger and more uniloriu. 



G. siphla sp. n. (27 c). This species and the following constitute yet another section. the j forewing sii,hht. 

 beneath having a large area of specialized rongh scaling and hair. >Shape and pattern also characteristic. though 

 .sipMa is slightly intermediate. Specialized clothing of forewing also perhaps scarcely so extreme. Otherwise 

 differs chiefly from one of the forms of snhlustris in its greyer tone, above and particularly beneath. Bands 

 narrowed, antemedian not dentate on its {)roximal side, subterminal pale but not whitish. not very conspicuous. 

 Paloe, W. Celebes; (Junong Rangkoenau. isoo feet (K.\Ms). 1 j in the Tring Museum. 



G. sublustris UV///-. (27 c). Forewing Ijroad. elbowed, witliout the pronounced anterior concavity oi' .suhl u^slris. 

 aversa but liere more denticulate. Dark bands of median area broad. tiieir apjiroximated sides convex. often 

 coalescing centrally. — ab. (et ^-f.) deleta Warr. (27 c). described as a separate species. a])pears to be mercly dvlda. 

 the normal $ form, distinguishable by the strong reduction of the dark bands of the median area. \\'.\rken 

 based it on 1 (^ and 1 $ from the Upper Aroa River, the type locality for the species; l)ut the holotyjie turiis 

 out to be a q with '1^ coloration and perhaps witli the sex-scaling of the underside redueed (overlooked by 

 Warren on aecount of its jiale colouring). Considerable material has since aceumylated and shows the col- 

 lective species to have a wide distribution from the Moluccas to the Solomon Islands. CJeograjjhical Variation 

 moderately pronounced. The name-typical race, inhabiting New (Juinea and its satellite Islands, has the distal 

 side of its postmedian costal sjjot irregulär and the dark liand wliicli terminates the basal patch nearly always 

 very slender, often linear er thread-like. — subpilosa Warr.. from Batjan, has the coalescence of the broad bands .luhpilosa. 

 of the median area much stronger than in any except extremely rare aberrations of the more eastern races, 

 but differs chiefly in the obsolescence of the broad pale or white subterminal stripe of the forewing. This is 

 particularly noteworthy as being the direct antithesis of the conditions in the following, but as only one specimen 

 is yet known it must not be over-stressed. — stagnatilis .subsp. nov. Rather large and sharply marked, q ^\itll sOujn'ilUis. 

 the coalescence of the bands almost as strong as in .subpilosa. the longitudinal pale patch from the central jiale 

 area to the slender postmedian line generally very clean-cut, subterminal stripe broad. whitish, 

 b e n e a t h b uff, very conspicuous, at least in its middle; $ large, costal spots rather heavy. Central Ceram: 

 Manusela, (5000 feet, (i ^^, 1 $ (ex coli. Joicey); also 1 o fi'<im 3000 feet; all in the British Mu.seum. - novellata nm-clhita. 

 subsp. 710V., from New Ireland (loc. typ.) and New Britain, has the dark sul)basal band of the j forewing liroader, 

 and generally projecting outward in the cell, the distal edge of the ])ostmedian costal spot forming a gentle 

 curve, or almost straight; the $$ also begin to approach the following in some strengthuning of the antemedian 

 band. — choiseuli siihsp. nov. ,^ very like that of novellata . perhaps on an averagc smaller and less pur[)lisli; choiifuU. 

 $ developing a stronger (in the type form complete) antemedian band and. at least at hindmaigin. a darkening 

 of the narrow postmedian band also. Bougainville, Choiseul (t\'])e series) and Rendova. 



G. (?) ochreivittata Ba.stdh. (---- latifasciata Wilenum) (27 d), descri])ed as a Cidaria and later referred orlmiril- 

 to Gunanticleu, is of tloubtful location, having somewhat the coloration and scheine of markings of some Ecliplo- " "■ 



pera, the apical markings of the Ortholitha propingiiata group. Palpus moderately long. :5rd Joint rather small. 

 drooping. Abdomen (except anteriorly) with small lateral tufts. Iinderside. as in most Ediptopera. with fore- 

 wing less, hindwing more, strongly marked than above. the cell-dot and |)ostinedian line the best developed. 

 Formosa. — yunnanensis nov. Perhaps a separate species. Forewing with the discocellulars (and therefore the yiinwiiii»- 

 elongate cell-streak) very slightly more oblique (but perhaps inconstant V) ; colour-contrasts less strong. the *'•''■ 



bright ochreous-brown shades weaker; basal jiatch little darkcned. angled in the cell; antemedian line 

 somewhat more oblique; median band much i)roadencd, at costa !• mm \\ ide. at hindmargin fiilly 4. Hindwing 

 with the grey tone less yellowish, the postmedian line more distally placed ; sui)termiiial i-ather slender, fairly 

 well defined by greyish shading proximally and distally. 'N'unnan, probably froin the Yulingshan district 

 (Forrest), the unicpie type J in the British Mu.seum. receivcd from -Mr. M. .V. .Mansfield through the Brighton 

 Museum. 



