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(liscisignn) in addition to the points mentioned above. It is 

 possible that the two specimens from Mt. Murud may prove 

 to be the Sarawak representatives of discisigna and lunifera, 

 but it is quite impossible to form any definite opinion from 

 two 9 , one of which ('the lunifera form) is distinctly worn. 



Sir G. Hampson has a MSS name for this fjeniis, which 

 seems to stand quite alone, comprising" only two or three 

 species of almost exactly similar pattern ; but it has seemed 

 undesirable to take up space here with the diagnosis of a 

 genus in which no new species is described. I have therefore 

 as with "BJpptina'' delosiichn been obliged to employ the 

 original, incorrect generic name. 



90. SiMPLICIA BUTES.\LIS Wlkr. 



Lihiosa hiitesaJis Wlkr., Spec-. Lep. Ins., xvi, p. Ift7, 1858. Sarawak. 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet— 1 Q : Mt. Poi, 4500 feet and 

 8500 feet— 2 9 . 



In the absence of cT this cannot be regarded as quite a 

 certain determination, especially as the Mt. Dulit 9 and one 

 of the two from Mt. Poi are in poor condition ; but they 

 apnear to belong to hutesalis. Forms of this species are 

 before me from Ceylon. Central Buru, New Guinea and 

 Eook Is. The eastern form may probably prove racially 

 distinct from the western. 



91 . SiMPLICTA NIPHONA Btlr. 



Bncann niphona Btlr., Til. Plot. B.M., ii, p. ."ifi, pi. xxxviii. fig. 9. 

 1876. Japan. 



Mt. Murud. 6000-fi500 feet. October— 2 9 ; also 1 9 from 

 this collection without data. A single 9 from Mt. Penrissen. 

 2000 feet, is placed here provisionally, though the fore wing 

 apnears slightly narrow, with the distal spot unusually lunular. 



As I have not at present been able to find any constant 

 difference between Malayan. Indian and Japanese specimens 

 of this species, I have employed the oldest name, iiiphonn 

 Btlr. ; but it is more than probable that a clear study from 

 mach larger material will reveal some racial distinction : 

 in which case, the Indian form will stand as S. simUis. 

 (Aginua similis Moore, Lep. Atk.. p. 195. 1882. ParjeelingK 

 a name sunk by Hampson in his "Moths of India" to 



