(8) 



?. A small flan in front of the va.irinnl upcrtnro (PI. XXII. f. 4. .')). 



Larva : a grocn and a brown form, sometimes almost black, very variable ; 

 horn (of ailnlt) sim])ly (uirvcil, nearly smooth : head similarly striped with blaik 

 a-! in Ar/i,Ton(i(i nuil Coi'loniii. — Food-jdants : Conenlnilus, Tpomoeu. 



Pupa with free, reenrvcd, tongne-case ; in a cell in the gronnd. 



Ilttb. Cosmopolitan ; fonr sjiccies in the eastern, one in the western hemisphere. 



Key to the species : 



a. A yellow tnft at each side of tlie metanotnm . 2. //. liictij'cm. 

 No yellow tuft at each side of the metanotum . . h. 



b. Abdominal tergites white at base with large 



black ])atches at sides, bindwing dark 

 brown with a pinkish tint on the inter- 

 spaces between the lilack bands . . .1. Il./asciatus. 



Abdominal tergites with huffish lateral jiatches, 

 bindwing ]ialc buff between the black bands, 

 the black discal band narrower, not double ;l. //. goilarti. 



Abdominal tergites with red m rosy red i)atclies c. 



c. Ilindwiug rosy red, discal black band not divided 4. //. cinyiilata. 

 Hiudwing dull grey, without red, discal ban<l 



more or less double i*. //. convoh-uli. 



1. Herse fasciatus. 



*S/,hi,i.r f,isr;,ilHS Rotlischild, Nov. Zimu,. i. p. 94 (IH'.UJ (Lifii ;— Mus. Tring) ; id., /./■. iii. t. I.'?, f. 9 

 (18i)G). 



?. Similar to the following, but easily distinguished by the absence of yellow 

 spots from the metanotnm, the strongly marked black lines on the seventh tergite, 

 and the jieculiar vinaccous tint both on body and wings. The rounded flap before 

 the vaginal aperture as in ha'tifcni. 



There is no stigma on the forevving, the antemedian and discal lines are barely 

 vestigial, the traces of the external discal line consist of long, thin, almost longi- 

 tudinal, streaks which form very acute angles upon the veins ; a long, thin, black 

 streak R'' — M', a similar one behind ^V mostly rather faint ; a large, blackish 

 brown, jiostmedian costal cloud. The external discal band of the underside of 

 the bindwing is deutatc. The black mesial line of the abdomen, above, is sharply 

 marked ; the seveatli tergite has, besides, a black line on each side corresponding 

 to the black lateral patches of the otlicr segments. 



Early stages not known. 



Ildb. Lifn, Ijoyally Islands ;;"■)?? in the Tring Museum. 



2. Herse luctifera. 



*Mucr<>sHa luclifrrd Walker, Lhl Lrp. lux. 11. M. .\xxi. p. .^5 (ISiH) (N. Guinea ; Mysol ; Ceram ; — i 



Mus. Oxford). ] 



Pseuddnjihiiix ('i) liirli/rrii, Hutler, Tmii.i. Ziml. Soc. Lomh ix. p. fllO. n. .3 (1877). j 



*Prt/lviiririi sdtmrlizi ijiitler, Ami. .Uari. N. 11. {J)), x. p. 158 (18H2> (Australian Region;— Brit. Mu.s.). | 



I'Krmhfjihiiu- liicli/em, Swinhoe, Gil. Lrji. Ilel. .Mus. Ox. i. p. ,32. n. 127 (1892) (N. Guinea, lype ; 

 Ceram ; Dorey ; Morty). 



ifegaunion (?) lurljfim, Kirby, Cut. Up. Het. i. p. fiS.'i. n. 12 (1892). 



Phlegrlhonlius sell nil ll~.i, id., l.r. p. 688. n. 17 (1892) (Oceania). 



*Pliiegellimiliuii lij-i Ilothscliild, Ndv. Zoor,. i. p. 91 (1894) (Nicura, Tirit. N. Guinea ;— Mus. Tring). 



*Prolopurre Iriuiiijulaiix Holland, Nov. Zoor,. vii. p. &5G. n. I&.O (1900) (IJuru ;— coll. Holland). 



