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V. Molippa simillima, D. -Jones : A Correction. By 



E. DUKINFIELD-JONES, E.E.S. 

 [Read February 6th, 1918.] 



Plates III, IV. 



In the Transactions of the Society of June 20th, 1907, 

 there is a short paper of mine on the remarkable resem- 

 blance between two species of Molippa. 



I have recently discovered that the specimen I had 

 included amongst the M. simillima group and photographed 

 as such is in reality M. sabina, Wlk. 



I can only surmise that the unfortunate error arose from 

 my having accidentally placed one of the sabina pupae 

 in the box containing pupae of simillima, for I marked the 

 imagines of sabina, a, and those of simillima, b, as they 

 emerged, and this specimen was marked b. 



My statement that the same description will serve for 

 both species was chiefly based upon the specimen figured 

 and must be modified. The principal difference is that in 

 M. simillima the dark postmedial line of the hind-wings 

 is strongly bent outwards from vein 1 to the inner margin, 

 whereas in sabina it is straight. 



The accompanying plates, III and IV, show the two 

 species. 



It is difficult in a subject of this kind to make a satisfac- 

 tory comparison without a long series of specimens. The 

 discocellular spots, for instance, are very variable in size 

 and shape in both species, and the very dark shade on 

 the inner margin of the hind-wings of M. sabina is, I find, 

 almost absent in many of the specimens in the British 

 Museum. 



Explanation of Plates III, IV. 



[See Explanations facing the Plates.] 



trans, ent. soc. lond, 1918. — PARTS I, II. (dec.) 



