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bai-al and ajjical ciliae : the end-segment is short. Abdomen with many weak 

 spines dorsally underneath the ordinary scaling, apical spines of segments numerous. 

 Tibiae spinose ; spurs unequal, two pairs to hindtibiae ; pulvillus and parunychium 

 present, the latter with two lobes, of which the upper one is very slender. Distal 

 edge of wings entire ; frenulnm and retinaculum present. 



c?. Clasper and seventh tergite without organ of friction ; the former with 

 dorso-basal tuberculated process (PI. XXXII. f. lU, juw) ; penis-sheath without 

 armature. 



5. A large postvagiual plate (PI. XVI. f. 3.— 13), which is strongly chitinised 

 and projects distad. 



Larva green, with oblique white side-stripes, granulose, head triangular iu 

 early stages, large and round in later stages. — Food-plant : Bufea fronrhsa (and 

 probably other plants). 



Pupa (of phalarls) insufticieutly figured, not described. 



llo.b. Japan to Ceylon, eastwards to Timor ; not yet found ou the larger Sunda 

 Islands, the Philippines, Malacca. 



The specimens fade more or less as long as they are on the wing, fresh 

 individuals being redder than those caught after the wings have been exposed for 

 some time to damp and light. 



There are six Asiatic and one African species, the latter deviating obviously 

 from the Asiatic type. 



Key to the species : 



a. Forewiug below with a black streak behind 



the cell h. 



Forewiug below without a black streak behind 



the cell d. 



b. Midtibia white above like the bindtibia . .175. CI. bilineata. 

 Midtibia not white above . . . . . . c. 



c. Forewiug above with a pale costal area and a 



jiale line before R^, long terminal spur of 

 hindtibia more than half the length of the 

 first tarsal segment ..... 



Forewing above without pale costal area and 

 pale line, spurs shorter, very unequal 

 (/. Midtibia with white streak ou upperside like 

 hindtibia ....... 



Midtibia without white streak on upperside 

 e. Large species, head not black iu front . 



Smaller species, head black in front 

 /. Forewiug with pale costal patch and pale line 

 before K-' . 

 Forewiug almost unicoloruus .... 



ITf). Clanis bilineata. 



*H<uiana if/iwata Walker, iio« Lep. Jm. B. M. .\.xxv. \<. 1857 (1866) (Darjiling ;- -Slus. Brit.); 

 Boisd., Siici: Gin. Up. Ha. i. p. 50. n. 7 (1875) (Uarjiling) ; Butl., Tram. Zool. &«: Land. 

 ix. p. 595. n. 2 (1877) (Darjiling ; Shanghai) ; Kirby, Cat. Lcp. Bet. i. p. 702. n. 1 (1802) 

 'UirjiliDg) ; Leech, Trano. Ent. Sor. Loud. p. 280. n. -15 (1898) (partim). 



