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 1 1 . Coelonia solani. 



Sjiliinx solani Boisduval, F.nnir Mmhii/. if- Iloinb. p. Tli. n. 1. 1. 11. f. 2 (1S3?,) ( Bourbon ; Mauritius ; 



descr. of larva & pupa) ; IH.. S/>n: (Ihi. Lqi. lUl. i. p. H5. n. 19 (1875) (partitn) : Vins., Vuf. 



Jinurhon p. 1:! (ISSI) (haocspec. ':■). 

 .S/'*t"-r a*liirotli Boisduval, /..-. p. 80. n. 20 (1875) (Brazil ?). 

 Prolopavce snlani, Butler, Tivm. Znnl. Snc. Lnml. ix. p. COG. n. 4 (1S77) (Madag.) ; Saaltu., /.c. 



p. 129. n. 301 (1891) (partim). 

 ProfojKirrf stilaiii var. iiriscsreii.i Saalmiiller, I.e. p. 129 n. 302. t. 3. p. 37 (1884) (Nossi-be). 

 Phliriilhimliux mhini, Kirby, l.c. n. .') (1892) (partira). 

 Pliliyrlli'iniiiia sulioii var. a. Prol. .«., var. ijrisi'itcrnx, id., l.c. 

 Phlfgellmntlus aMurolh (!), id., hi-, p. f>8S. n. 7 (1892) (Brazil ?). 



(??. Boisduval, in 1875, raw,io6k fiihinotata for his solani, and redescribed 

 n liad specimen of the latter as asfarot/i. Saalmiiller, accepting Boisduval's 

 idcntitii-ition of LsTo as correct, gave a detailed description and a good figure of 

 iiii individual of solani under the name oi (/riscsceHS. 



Tlie type oi ustarotli is most likely no longer in existence. The type of solion 

 is not in Oberthiir's collection, but there is a specimen in the Paris Museum wliich 

 may be the ty))e or a cotype. The original drawing of the figure published by 

 Boisduval is in Oberthiir's possession (together with the drawings of all the 

 plates of the Faiaie i/c M<(<la(i. <)• Boi/r/)., fj<'p.), and is a very e.xact likeness of 

 the ])resent insect. 



('. solani is niucli more grey than fulvinotatu, and differs in many details. 

 The lateral patches of the abdomen are less yellow, being nearl}' white. The 

 hindwiug, above, lias the whole basal half yellow, there being within this area only 

 two rather small, oblique, black streaks, one at the base of M^, the other at SM" 

 uear the black discal band : beneath, the hindwlng is white at the base and along 

 abdominal margin, not yellow. The apical spine of the protarsal segments is longer 

 than in the ])receding insect, and the external spines are less numerous. 



cJ. Foretarsns longer than in fi/lrino/dfii, scaling not prolonged ; foretibia also 

 longer and much shorter scaled ; forecoxae with the scent-organ small. Tenth 

 tergite of even width (in dorsal view) from near base to beyond middle, then rather 

 suddenly narrowed and again remaining of even width to the apex, which is 

 trnncatc (PI. XXVI. f 22. 23) ; the dorsal surface jirojecting apicad, the apex 

 appearing to be toothed in a side-view; tenth sternite longer than in fi/lri/wfnta, 

 broadly rounded at end. (Ilasjier more oblique ventro-distally than in the 

 preceding species, with an elevated patch of spiniform bristles which nearly 

 reaches to the dorsal margin ; harpe with three instead of two processes, the two 

 corresponding to those o( fi/lsinotata both long and pointed, the third shorter, 

 ventral, almost straight, pointing -dorso-ajHcad (PI. XXXV. f. 9). 



?. Flaj) in front of the vaginal orifice not divided, rounded, longitudinally 

 wrinkled (PI. XXII. f 7). 



Larva : according to Boisduval greyish, spotted with black ; head with six 

 black stripes ; three first segments with a dorsal crest composed of rather sharp 

 tubercles ; horn filiform, smooth. 



lldl). Bourbon, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoro Islauds. Not on the Continent. 

 A long series from Grande Comore (L. Humblot) in Charles Oberthiir's collection. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cJJ, 1 ? from : Bourbon (JIaillard) ; Grande Comore 

 (llninblot, received from Mons. (Jharles Oberthiir). 



