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 234. Marumba amboinicus. 



^Snieritilhaa amho/ti/rits Felder, Sifthfr. Ah. Wiss. W/rn xliii. p. 29. D. 33 (186*2) ($. Amboina ; — 

 Mu8. Tring) ; id., Reine Nomm, Up. t. 78. f. 1 (1874) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. HH. i. p. 21. 

 n. 7 (1875) ; Pagen.st., Jdhrh. N<:«s. Ver. Nat. xli. p. 101. n. 192 (1888) (Amboina). 



Smerinlhiis umhoinhns (!), Walker, Lint Lrp. Ins. B. M. xxxi. p. 41 (18G4). 



Meiamimas ainboiiiiciis, Butler, TniHu. Zoul. Hiir. Loud. ix. p. 583. n. 2 (1877) ; Kivby, Cut. Lep 

 Eel. i. p. 701. n. 3 (1892). 



(??. Distal margin of forewing concave between R' and JV : distal area of 

 furewing darker than rest of wing, above and below. 



(?. Tenth tergite (PI. XXVI. f. 3) comparatively slender, the sinns not very 

 deep, the lobes with a notch at the end ; sternite with liell-shaped outline in 

 a ventral view, strongly curved upwards, forming a pointed hook in side-view 

 (PI. XXVI. f. 4). The dorso-apical lobe of the clasper (PI. XXXIV. f. 15) 

 ibliquely truncate, without a pointed dagger-like ])rocess ; hook of harpe long, 

 ■jointing upwards. 



? . Vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f 19. 20) with an obtuse process of geographically 

 variable length at each side of the vaginal orifice. 



Hal). Southern Moluccas and Celebes. 



Two subspecies : 



a. M. a7nboinicu.<^ amboinicu.s. 

 Smerlnlhus amhohiirns Felder, I.e. 



(J?. Onr series shows some variation in the position of the lines of the 

 irewing ; in one S the first discal and the most distal antemedian lines are 

 luited at M- and do not extend farther anad ; the distal margin is sometimes 

 ..most even, sometimes faintly undulate. 



S. Sexual armature see above. 



?. Middle part of aiitevagiiial ridge of vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f 19) not 

 I'ominent, jirocesses variable in length, but always shorter than in our specimen 

 I' the Celebes farm. 



Hah. Southern Moluccas. 



In the Tring Museum .T Jc?, 8 ? ? from Amboina {ti/j>e, ?, Doleschall ; in 

 |4 condition) ; Ceram ; Kayeli, Burn, iii. 1807 (W. Doherty). 



h. M. amboinicuH celebcn.Hia subsp. nov. 



erintltm «/">y7(i/«, Snellen (h™ Mi'n^tri^a, 1867), T'ljihchr. Eiit. xxii. p. C.'i. n. 3 ( 1 879) (S. Celebes). 

 erinlliiit dijiiis, Staudinger («ra Walker, 1856), in Rom., Mim. Lip. vi. p. 233. sub n. 221 (1892) 

 (MinahasBa). 

 termlhutdryiiK, Baitel (ihw Moore, 18G5), in RuhI,Gv-os.s.«c/(w/. ii. p. ICO (1900) (partini; Minahassa). 



(J. Not known. 



?. Distal margin of forewing undulate, the rounded lobes not quite so strong 

 in dyraii. Wings paler than in amboinicus, tibiae less blackish ; discal line of 

 I lernidc of hindwing crossing cell near the liasc of M-. Processes of vaginal jilate 

 I'g (PI. XVIII. f ^^0), middle part of jilate convex, prominent. 

 Hob. Celebes. 



In the Tring Museum 1 ? {ti/pe) from Tawaya, north of Palos Pay, viii., ix. 

 1*! (W. Doheiiy). 



