paler in miildlL' ; tail with siile-tnl'ts Maitk at base ami (ifaiige at tip. Foietiliia 

 witliiiiit apical thorn. 



J. Ninth and tenth ter.uito not strongly asymmetrical (I'l. XLlil. t'. 11. 13), 

 tenth tergite sliort, inesially divided liy a groove, apieally separated into two lobes ; 

 slernite (PI. XIJII. f. 1:^) i)roduced into two ])roeesses of uneipial length. Right 

 clasper as in picu><, bnt apex more evenly rounded ; left one much narrower than in 

 jiiciis, its dorsal edge evenly concave, ventral edge evenly convex, apex rounded. 



Hub. Papuan Subregion : Flores to New Caledonia. 



Three subsjjecies : 



ti. (_'. jdiiiis auxtrosiiiiihiniis subsp. nov. 



S . Apical border of forewing narrower than in jiuiKti jaiiiis. Tentli tergite 

 fPl. XLIII. f. 13) narrowing apicad, the two lobes acuminate, the sinus separating 

 them triangular, small : sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 14) with the processes short, that 

 of left side much shorter than the right one, both tapering apicad, with ajiex 

 rounded. 



Ilah. Flores. 



One S in the Tring Museum from South Flores, Nov. 18U5 (A. Everett). 



h. C. janus janus. 



.)ftirrof/loiina I'mniiwjhami, Schaufuss [iioit Walker, 18,56), I.e. 



Ili-iitaris .jiiiiiis Miskin, /.'■. 



Ceiihonndex janus, Kirby, Cat. Lip. Ilet. i. p. G2S. n. 11 (1S92) (partim). 



*CritlHi nudes (!) imkolor Rothschild, Nov. ZoOL. iii. p. 231. d. 2 (ISOti) (Duaringa ;— Mus. Tring). 



S ? . Border of forewing about 1 h mm. broad at SC\ 



i. Tenth tergite (PI. XLIII. f. 11) with almost parallel sides, apical sinus 

 broad, the tips of both lobes somewhat curved inwards, acuminate, right lobe a little 

 longer than the left one ; sternite (PI. XLIII. f. 12) with both j)roces8es 

 lanceolate, the left-side one longer than the right one. 



Ilah. Australia : Queensland. 



In the Tring Museum 5 cJc?, 3 ¥ ?. 



('. C. janus simplex. 

 •r,Vy,/,„«™fo (!) «H,y,/fl.,: Rothschild, Nov. Zoiii,. i. p. 66. t. .5. f. 1 (1894) (Lifu ;— Mus. Triag). 



cT. Border of forewing less than 1 mm. broad at SC^ ; abdomen behind deeper 

 in tint than in front. Sexual armature of c? as xnja mis janus. 



Ilah. Lifu, Loyalty Is. 



One (J in the Tring Mnseiun. 



:v.i:.'. Cephonodes xanthus spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 17, ?). 



?. Body above unicolorous, rather deeper in tint behind, resembling that of 

 Irochilus, underside orange, pal])us the same, black side-line in front of, and white 

 line round ey(' proniinent ; tail blac^k, only dorso-latcral hair-scales yellow. Distal 

 iiordei' III' I'orewing nnu'e than 3 mm. wide at iS( V''. 



Hull. (Jkinawa, Loo Choo Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 1 ? collected by Dr. A. Fritze, 2(i. viii. 1891, on Okinawa. 



Ut'Bcmblcs Irai-liiliis and janus in the abdomen being without a red belt, but 

 differs remarkably from both in \\\r broad apical border to the forewing and the 

 black tail. It is distinguished from armalus, moreover, by the absence of the a]iical 

 claw of the foretibia. 



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