( '^7r, ) 



quite jidssililr tliiit the iliftereiices wliicli iijiijeur tii ns lo be geof;i;i])liieiil will turn 

 out to 1)0 individual ou examination of larger numbers, and this is the reason why 

 we leave the s]ieeira('ns from eontinental Asia, (A'vlou and the Andamans under one 

 subsjteeifie name. There are names for nearly all the ]iossible subspecies of which 

 specimens exist in collections. The name of dijru» would ajiply to the Ceylon fori),; 

 mnssiircnxis to that from N.W. India; orie/)s=f//$a'»'(:iix to that from Sikhim anil 

 Bhutan ; etc. 



In the Sikliim sjiecimens the tenth sternito of the S (PI. XXVI. f. '.)) is 

 elongate-bell-shaped, the sides being rounded, and the mesial tubercle of the vaginal 

 plate (Plate XVIII. f. 17) of the ? is heavy, globose, more or less faintly grooved 

 in middle. 



The sjiei^iniens from Assam have a more slender and longer tenth sternite, it 

 being sometimes very narrow and straight (PI. XXVI. f. 12), while the antevaginal 

 tubercle is the same as in the Sikhim individuals. 



In South Indian cJc? the tenth sternite stands in shajie midway between that 

 of Sikhim and Assam examples, while it is broad, obtnsely triangnlar (PI. XVIII. 

 f. 10) in Ceylon individuals. The antevaginal tubercle is in Ceylouese ? ? very 

 prominent, constricted at the base, knob-shaped, sulcate. 



The differences in colour on which Bntler relied when describing his "species" 

 are quite inconstant. 



Larva and chrysalis figured by Moore (see above). 



Ilab. C'hiua, Tonkin, Siam, N.W. India, Bhutan, Sikhim, Assam, southward 

 to Ceylon and the Andamans ; certainly also in Burma and Tennasserim. 



In the Tring Museum 24 S(i, 12 "? ? from : (JeYh)ii ; S. In.lia ; Jaintia Hills : 

 Khasia Hills ; Sikhim ; Tonkin. 



/>. }[. (h/ras jaeanica. 



Siiin-iiilhus tlri/dK, Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Cut. Lep. Ins. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 264. n. ti08 (1887) 



(p.irtim ; Java) ; Boisd., tipic. Gfn. Iji'-p. HH. i. p. 20. n. 5 (1875) (partim ; Java); Battel, 



ia Rtthl, Gmxxsrhm. ii. p. 160 (I'.IOO) (partim ; .Java). 

 l>iiicrint]iHii inn'itjlflia Moore, l.r. (nom. nud. ; sub f^ju.). 

 Smerinthiix lior-ifielili Moore, I.e. (nom. nud ; sub syn.). 

 *Tri,ptiigoii jdraiiica Butler, Proc. Znol. Soc. Loud. p. •J54. n 42 (187.5) (Java ; — Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Tnin.'i. Znol. Snr. Loml. ix. p. hUl. n. 8 (1877). 

 iliiiKinVa javanirii, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 708. n. 22 (1892) ; Huwe, Berl. Eiil. Ztitsehr. xl. , 



p. 371). n. 46 (1895) (Java). ; 



rohi/iti/rhiis ili/riis, Hanipson, in Blanf., Fkiiihi lint. Intl., Mottm i. p. 69. n. 91 (1892) (partim; | 



Java) ; Semp.. Hrkm. PhiVpp. ii. p. .391. n. 21 (1896) (Luzon, ii. ; Cebu ; Mindanao). 

 Siiin-iiilhi(« spn-rliluf. Piepers, Tijihrhr. Eiii. .\1. p. 98. t. 1. f. 23. 24 (horu of /.) (1K97) ; Barlel, /.c 



p. 158 (19011) (partim ; Java). 



S ? . Apical area t)f underside of forewing in S less tawny than in di/ras r/i/ras, 

 sometimes not niore tawny than the disc ; ground-coloiu' of forewing of ? deeper 

 tawny than in (///rati >/i/rri,i, less grey. Tenth abdominal st<'rnite of cJ broadly 

 bell-shaped (PI. XXVI. f. 11), broader than in the eontinental individuals. Mesial 

 tubercle of vaginal jilate (PI. XVIII. f. IS) not very ju-ominent, the [lart of the 

 ]ilate at the sides of the fubeirlc not concave, soiuetiiues even slightly convex, 

 the structure recalling that of the plate oi fj/ii'rcit.i. 



Ilab. Java; Phili|)pine Islands: Luzidi, Cebu, Jlindaiiao. Pi'obiihly also on 

 Sumatra, Boniei>, and Palawan. 



In the Tring Museum 2 cJcJ, 5 ? ? from Java, 



