( 470 ) 



Ph'diiqi.W. p. 407. n. CI. t. .T.f. G— I) (/.,y).) (IS'.ilj) (Luzon ; Camig. deMindan.; Mindan. ; v.— x. 



xii. i.) ; Nurse, Joiirii. llonihni/ iV. //. Soc. xii. p. 51 S (IS'.I'.I) (Cutch ; partim ?). 

 Afaeroylossiini hyliis var., Gu^rin, in Deless., Voy. Iml. Or. p. 81 (184.3) (Nilgiris). 

 Mncror/lossii piciis, Kollar, in Hiig., Kaxchmir iv. 2. p. 458. n. 1 (1848). 

 Min'rofilonaa cuuuhnjhaiiii, Koch, Iiidu-An}<tr. Lep. Fauna p. 5- (1805) (partim V). 

 *.Maerngloiixii i/uiij:, Boisduval, Spec. Geti. Lip. Hit. i. p. 37(). n. 71 (1875) (Australia ;— coll. 



OberthUr). 

 Macrogltis.m Iii/la<<, id., I.e. n. 72 (1875) (partim). 

 CepJioiiodfn hylaff var. cHfinhif/hami, Swinhoe {jton Walker, 18.50), Proc. ZooJ. Sor. Loud. p. 287. n. 2 



(1885) (JBombay, Poona). 

 Hemari.i /n/la.i, id., .Joiirii. Bumhay N. II. Soc. iii. p. 110. n. lO (1888) (Karachi, xii., this species ?). 

 Cephimodcs ciiiiu/uf/Innuf^ Hampson, Ilhislr. Tijp. Speriin. Lep. Ilet. B. M. viii. p. 1. n. 2 (note) (1801) 



(Nilgiris, 3000—6000 ft., April). 

 CephoHodes picas, Kirby, I.e. p. 628. n. 9 (1802) (partim). 



cJ ? . There is no constant difference in colour from C. kylus ; the lielt of the 

 abdomen is verj' often narrower, being' sometimes even absent, and the individuals 

 are generally rather smaller and loss robnst, which ciiaracters, however, do not at all 

 a|ij)ly to every speciracm. Foretihia ending in a prominent thorn (I'l. LXIV. f. 16). 



S. Ninth and tenth segments resembling those of kimji, but much more 

 asymmetrical, the tenth sternite being moved towards the right side ; tenth tergite 

 (PI. XLIII. f. 8) divided by a longitudinal groove, the two halves separated only 

 at the tip, elongate, slightly tapering ajiicad, so twisted that the right lobe lies 

 higher than the left one, the latter is the shorter ; sternite {Xc) carved, lanceolate. 

 Right clasper (PI. lill. f 3) very large, ventral part of inner surface covered with 

 black hairs ; left clasper narrow, sides nearly parallel, ajiex somewhat dilated, sub- 

 truncate, ventral angle more rounded than ujiper one. Penis-funnel large. 



Larva and pupa figured by Semper, I.e. 



llah. Ceylon and South India, eastwards to the Marshall Islands. Not known 

 from North India and China. 



In the Tring Museum 34 sjieeimens from : (Queensland ; N. Guinea ; Tiandoe 

 Is. ; Kisser ; Sumba ; Christmas I. ; Java ; Penang ; Nilgiris ; Ceylou. 



The specimens from Christmas Island are very large. 



399. Cephonodes armatus spec. nov. 



c??. Similar io colour to C. janus, but abdominal segments .5 and 6 with a 

 small red side-spot each, or f) with a complete belt, and foretibia armed at end 

 with a thorn as in piciia. Yellow underside of abdomen greyish iu middle. 



$. Sexual armature as in picus^ but the right-side clasper more sharply 

 truncate, with the inner edge less rnnnded. 



Hah. Fiji ; Niuafu ; Samoa ; Mariannes. 



Easily distinguished from picm by the underside of the abdomen and of the 

 tail being yellow. 



Two subspecies, which may turn out to be distinct from one another. 



a. C. armatus armatus. 

 Uemarit ciiunirh, Drucc (mm Gu^rin, 1844), Proc. Zonl. Soc. Loud. p. 220. n. 1 (1888) (Fiji). 



S ? . Abdomen with two deep red side-spots on segments .5 and fl. 

 Hub. Fiji {/;//'!') ; Niuafu ; Samoa. 



In the Tring Museum, one d from Suva, Viti Levu, and one ? from Ajiia, 

 Upolu (Woodford). 



