( 514 ) 



(??. This species is easilj' distinguished from all the others by the marginal 

 area of the forewing below, bordered bj' the pale, oblique, discal line, being 

 chocolate-brown. The discal area of the upperside of the forewing is not sharplj' 

 defined proximally ; it extends often, in front and behind, to the sharply marked, 

 straight, antemedian Hue, externally it is much produced between R- and R', the 

 most distal point lying between the two veins ; no white apical dot above or below ; 

 the brown discal area of the hiudwing reduced in size and depth of tint. 



(J. Tenth segment as m phtciila, sternite rather slender, sides almost parallel, 

 rounded at end, tip obtusely pointed. Harpe (PI. XLVIII. f 2\) with long distal 

 process, not dentate. Penis-sheath (PI. LV. f 29) with a short left process and a 

 very long right one, the left process difl'ering from that of jdacida esj)ecially in not 

 being dentate. 



Early stages not known. 



Ihih, Papuan Subregion : Moluccas to Queensland, the Bismarck Archipelago, 

 and the Solomon Islands. 



In the Tring Museum 3 JcJ, 8 ?? from: Queensland; Gilolo ; Tugela, 

 Solomon Islands (Woodford). 



CXVI. PHILODILA gen uov.— Typns : mtijamv. 

 Every.c Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lfp. IIH. i. p. 208 (1876) (partim ; type : mi/roii). 



? . Filifer long ; genal process narrow and long. Palpus large, rather slenderer 

 than in Deileplula. Eye large, not lashed. Antenna slender, faintly incrassate 

 distally, with slender hook ; end-segment long, with three very long apical bristles ; 

 last but one segment conically produced ventrally. Spines of abdomen numerous, 

 rather stiff, jiale tawny. Legs wanting except one middle leg, which has, however, 

 only three tarsal segments left ; midtibial spurs equal in length, about twice as 

 long as the tibia is broad at end ; midtarsns with prominent comb. Apex of 

 forewing produced, distal margin obtusely angulate at R^ ; lower angle of cell of 

 hindwing about 75' ; SC- and R' stalked, R- before centre of cell, D* longer than 

 D-, and longer than in DeUephila. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. ? Probably Oriental Region. 



One species. 



Differs from DeUephila and Ampelophaga in the midtibial spurs being equal in 

 length, etc. 



433. Philodila astyanor (PI. VI. f. 3, ?). 



*E\;er)jx axti/anur Boisduval, I.e. p. 2U. n. 3 (1875) (Mexique?) ; Kirby, Cat. Lrp. ILl. i. p. 673, 

 n. 4 (1892). 



? . Upperside : see figure. 



Vndernide very much paler ; wings with a brown distal border, which is 

 indented at the veins on the forewing ; between this band and the subcostal fork 

 there are on the forewing two brown parallel bars extending from costal margin to 

 R' ; the border of the hindwing gradually narrows from R'' backwards. 



Ilah. ? 



The only sj)ocimcu known (in coll. Charles Oberthiir) is labelled "Mexique?" 

 We believe it to be Oriental. 



