Mr. T. B. Fletcher on the gemis Dcuterocopus. 137 
of the species, specimens with these markings w^ell de¬ 
veloped or quite obsolete being found side by side in 
Assam, Ceylon, Batian, Tambora, etc. 
I have examined 37 examples, as under:— 
In my oivn collection ;— 
Ceylon —C. Prov., Peradeniya, July 1907 {E. E. Green), 
one; S. Prov., Galle, June 5, 1907, June 4-24, 1908, 
eight, including three bred specimens. 
In Lord Walsmgham's collection :— 
Assam—M argherita, 1889 {Doherty), two. 
Tenasserim —Mergui, 1888 {Doherty), one. 
S.E. Borneo —Pulo Laut, 1891 {Doherty), one; Riam 
Kiwa, 500-1000 feet, 1891 {Doherty), one. 
Tambora —low country, 1896 {Doherty), three ; 3000 feet, 
1896 {Doherty), three. 
Batian —August 1897 {Doherty), eight. 
Bali —1896 (Doherty), four. 
Ternate —1892 {Doherty), one. 
Halmahera —Gani, 1897 {Doherty), one. 
N. New Guinea —Humboldt Bay, April 1893 {Doherty), 
two. 
Neu Pommern —Kinigunang {C. Bibhe), one (type of 
rnhrodactylus, Pag.). 
Early Stages. —These are as yet practically unknown. 
The moth was bred by me from pupae found at Galle, 
Fig. 6.—Deut. ritsemae. 
Ceylon, suspended anally from the upper surface of leaves 
of Leea sambucina, which is evidently the foodplant. The 
different method of suspension, as compared with the pupa 
