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Triptogou xjieirhws, Butler, Tr<iii>:. Ztml. Soc. Land. ix. p. 580. n. 4 (1877) (Japan) ; Leech, Pmr. 



Zool. Siii: Loud. p. 585. n. 21 {lSSS)(=picrijieiiiiis = gij/iiii ; Tsuruga, vii. ; Yokohama) ; Swinh., 



Oil. Lep. Hit. Mils. 0.r. i. p. 27. D. 108 (1892) (Japan). 

 'Triptogim pimpenmn Butler, Ann, Mng. N. It. (4). xx. p. .393 (1877) (Japan ;— Mas. Brit.) ; itl., 



miiKli: Tjip. spei-iiii. Lep. Net. B.M. ii. p. 4. t. 21. f. 4 (1878). 

 *.'iiiiciiiilliu.f mklmelis Oberthiir, BnU. Soc. Eid. Fr. p. 50 (1880) (Manchuria, vii. ■.--coll. Charles 



Oberthiir). 

 .Viiriiiiibii .yieri-liiiis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het.i. p. 700- n. (1892). 

 Mariimha pirripeimis, id., l.r. p. 707. n. 16 (1892). 

 Miiriimhii iiiii-hieJix, id., l.i: p. 707. n. 18 (1892). 

 Puh/pli/iliiis di/nis, Hampton (»"« Walker, 1850), in Blanf., Fauna Brit, hid., Mollis i. p. 69. n. 91 



(1S92| (partim ;— mixture of four species) ; Leech, Truii«. Eiit. Soc. Loud. p. 276. n. .S4 (1898) 



(partim ; Moupin, vi. ; larva ou Chestnut). 



S ? . Both wings vary somewhat in the (le[)th of the tint ; the spots at the anal 

 angles of tore- and hindwing are si'iuctimes large, sometimes small, the upper one 

 of the hindwing is absent in one of onr ? ¥ from the right wing, while it is vestigial 

 on the left wing. The distal area of the forewing, above, is shaded in the middle 

 with tawny in most specimens, this shade e.xtending basad between R' and R-', in 

 other indiviilnals the distal area is uniform in colour. The tenth sternite of the S 

 is slightly bnt visibly curved upwards. 



JIah. Yezzo to the Loo Choo Is. ; Amnrland ; Manchuria ; China. 



In the Tring Museum 22 c?c?, 18 ? ? from Yokohama, Tokyo, Mnkoyama, 

 dated June, July, August ; Okinawa, 12. vii. 1,S9] (Dr. Fritze) ; one larva. 



b. M. sperchius gigas. 



Smerintlms dijrii.t Walker, Lint Lep. Lis. B. M. viii. p. 250. n. l.B (1850) (partim : Silhet). 

 *Tnptnyon gigas Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 253. n. 38 (1875) (Silhet) ; id., Tivns. Zool. Soc. 



Loud. ix. p. 580. n. 2 (1877) ; id., IllusU: Typ. Specim. Lep. flet. B. .U. v. p. 12. t. 80. f. 5 



(1881) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Moths Ind. i. p. 25. n. 137 (1887). 

 Miirnmha gigas, Kirby, Cat. Lep. ILt. i. p. 700. n. 4 (1892). 

 FoUiidychns diiras, Wampaon (iion Walker, 1850), /..■. p. 09. n. 91 (1892) (p.artim) ; Leech, Trans. 



Ent. Soc. Land. p. 270. n. 34 (1898) (partim). 

 Triptngon gigans (!), Cotes & Swinhoe, I.e. p. 25. sub n. 139 (1887). 

 Sinerinlhus sjiercliins, Bartel, in Riihl, Gross.i,-lim. ii p. 158 (1900) (partim). 



c??. A large form ; more grey than sperch. spercliiiis, distal margin of fore- 

 wing proportionally longer, the lobes rather more prominent. Tenth tergite of S 

 less deei)ly sinuate, the sternite straight. Mesial jiart (///) of ridge of vaginal plate 

 rather higher than in Japanese specimens. 



Hub. Assam. 



In the Tring Museum 1 (J, 1 ¥ from the Khasia Hills. 



c. M. sjH'rc/niis albicans. 



*Triptogon albicans Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 254. n. 40 (1875) (Massuri ;— Mus. Brit.) ; id.. 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 580. n. 3. t. 93. f. C (cj) (1877) ; Cot. .^c Swinh., Cat. Moths Ind. i. 

 p. 25. n. 139 (1887) (Dharmsala ; Massuri) ; Swinh., Cat. Lep. Hel. Mas. 0.c. i. p. 27. n. 107 

 (1892). 



.Uuruinlia alliicans, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 700. n. 1 (1892). 



Polijptijchus dijras, Hampson, /.'■. (1892) (partim). 



(J?. A very pale form, the ? often losing the lines of the forewing and the 

 spots in the anal area of the hindwing. Tenth tergite more deeply notched than 

 in the two other subspecies, the sternite feebly curved. 



