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curious iDstance of incousisteucy. On the other hand, Tntt, I.e., proposed for species 

 oi ^f(tl■umha several generic names, witliout giving definitions. 



230. Marumba gaschkewitschi. 



SiiiiviiilliH.f gasriil-eioit.fclii Bremer & Grey, in Motsch., Et. Eiil, i. p. G2. n. 20 (1852) (Pekin ; — Mus. 



St. Petropolis) ; id., Schm. N. Chhm's p. 13. n. ,58. t. 5. f. 2 (1853). 

 Poli/pti/rhits f/tisrhkrwitffhf, Leech, Trans. Eiif. Soc. Loud. p. 276. n. 36 (IH'JB) { — rmnphicem 



= rosc>j)eiiiiis = carxtmiJciii = }icipi(i ; Yokohama; Nagasaki, v. ; Hakodate; Mupin, vi.). 



(? ? . Antenna rather short and thin, seriated ciliae very short in ?. Pilifer 

 variable. Tongue with long ciliae. HinJwing above, and basal half or two- 

 thirds of forewing lielow red. Sj)ots at anal angles of fore- and hindwing generally 

 Large, tliose of hindwing mostly merged together, seldom small. 



S- Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 5. 6) broad, the lobes rounded, their inner 

 edge often obviously more obliqne than the outer edge, this not continuous with 

 the lateral edge of the more proximal part of the plate which ends in a ventral 

 fold (//) \ PI. XXVI. f. 6 gives a side-view of the apex of the tergite; the 

 steruite (A'r) vestigial, represented by an inconspicuons fold which bears no mesial 

 lobe ; the lateral piliferons tubercles (f) strongly developed. Clasper in shape 

 halfway between those of .fperchiu.'i and amhoinicns, tlie dorso-apical lobe pointed, 

 somewhat curving downward ; harpe similar to that of xperckixs ; the two processes 

 above the penis-sheath broad. 



?. Distal edge of vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f. 21. 22) incrassate ; proximal 

 edge of orifice raised to a high ridge which covers the orifice in a ventral view ; 

 the outer surface of the ridge convex, its edge irregularly notched, mesialiy more or 

 less deeply incised ; the proximal part of the vaginal plate deeply concave, mesialiy 

 obtusely carinate, this cavity laterally limited by the lower end of the eighth tergite 

 which projects ventrad. 



Larva not sufficiently known : yellowish green, with seven thin white side- 

 bands, in front of which stand red blotches, granulose ; horn straight and long. — 

 Food-j)lants : Vninus ; Pints ; Crataegus. 

 tlhrysalis not described. 



Hab. Japan, Amurland to Amoy and Moupin. 



Four subspecies, which differ in colour and in the se.xual armature of the ?, 

 apparently not in that of the i. 



a. M. gaschkewitschi carstanjeni. 



*Sineri)ilhiis edrslaiijriii (rosripiiiiiis Bull. Vi)r. ?) Staudinger, in Rom., Mrm. Lrp. iii. p. 150. t. 9. 



f. 2. a. b. (1887) (Ussuri ; larva on Prumis and Pini.i ; — coll. Staudinger). 

 Snieriiillius riiisclilx-ririlxc/ii var. carslaiijnii, Graeser, Berl. Ent. Zeilxrhr. xxxii. p. lO.i. n. 18'.l (1888) 



(Amurland ; larva mentioned) ; Staud., l.r. vi. p. 234. n. 224 (1892) (Amur) ; Stand. & Rob., 



Cm. J./p. ed. iii. p. 9!i. n. 722 (I'.IOl) (Ussuri merid.). 

 Smeriiilhiis rosei^iieiiuU, Bartel, in Riihl, Groxsschm. ii. p. 162 (1900) (parlim ; Amur). 



c??. Only bred specimens seem to us to be in collections, and these appear 

 to be more or less dwarfed. The small size, however, may be a character of the 

 Amur form. A series of caught specimens should be compared. Individuals as 

 small as a medinm-sized carstanjeni occur also in Japan. Many examples have an 

 ochraceous-red tint (only bred ones ?). Markings strongly pronounced ; fringe 

 conspicuously white between the veins. 



