( 544 ) 

 403. Angonyx testacea. 



*Pi'r,;in„„, tiHhimt Walker, /,«( Lip. Lim. li. M. viii, p. lO'-'. n. 3 (1856) (/»-/.. y ;— Mus. Brit.) : A.. 

 I.r. xxxi. p. 2;l (18G4) (Ceylon). 



(??. ludividnally variable. Mctauotnm often riLSset. Forewiiig : grey or 

 wbite (liscal band mostly narrow ; most specimens with black submarginal spots 

 between 1{- and M-, often extended to margin. Hiudwing sometimes entirely 

 blackish nniber-brown, with a grey spot Iiefore anal angle, sometimes with a clearly 

 marked oranne-rnt'ons band, which is jinrest in colonr in individnals ft-om the 

 Solomon Islands. Underside rnsset brown, or yellow, shaded with pale green in 

 ft-esh specimens. Penis-sheath see PI. LV. i'. S. 



J/iid. Ceylon and North India eastwards to the Solomon Islands. 



Two subspecies, which diftVr apparently only in the genital armatnre of the S6- 



(I. A. tcstncca tfstacea. 



*Pprii/<iiiiu ti'stnem Walker, I.e. (1856). 



*'ri/lminiit!iiix emus Boisduval, l.i\ p. U';i4. u. 2 (1875) (Sjlbet? Amer. mrr. V ; — coll. Charles 



Oberthilr). 

 Prrhjniiin .' Uxhicea, id., I.e. i. p. 329. n. 15 (1875). 

 *.ii,!/„i,,/.r rmilia id., I.r. i. p. 318. t. 8. f. 1 (cJ) (1875) (Ternate ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; 



Pagenst., Jahrh. Nuss. Ver. Nut. xli. p. 109. ti. 211 (1888) (Amboina) : Huwe. B,,-l. Ent. XiH. 



xl. p. 36G. n. 33 (1895) (Java). 

 *P(imi.rni ellii Butler, /V'/r. Znnl. Sm: Lni„I. p. 241",. n. 21. (1875) (.Silhet ;-Mus. Brit.); id., 



Trims. Zuol. Hoc. Limil. ix. p. 550. n. 3. t. 92. f. 7 ( ? ) (1877) (Silhet) ; Kirby, Tnwx. Ent. Snc. 



Luml. p. 235 (1877) (Silhet, (J). 

 I'l.minit tcxUicta, id., I.e. ix. p. 550. n. 2 (1877) (Ceylon) ; Kirby, /.f. (1877) (Andamans) ; Cot. & 



Swiiih., Cat. Mothg hid. i. p. II. n. H:'. (1887) (Silhtt ; Ceylon) ; Hamps., Jllimlr. Ti/p. Spirini. 



Lip. Ilet. B. .1/. viii. p. 1. d. lO (1891) (Nilgiri.«, 0000 ft.) ; Swinb., Oil. Lrj,. Hit. Mux. O.r. i. 



p. 13. D. 52 (1892) (Nilgiris). 

 Aiiiiutii/.r leslaieii, Movre, Leji. Cei/loii ii. p. 26. t. 89. f. 1 (jj) (1882) ( = c/H//«« = f//rt) ; Hamps., in 



Blanf., Fiiiiiiii Brit. Iml, Mothx i. p. 101. n. 160. f 58 ((J) (1892) (Silhet ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Lep. ILl. i. p. 663. n. 4 (1892) (E. Ind.). 

 Vtisela emus, Kirby, I.r. p. 041. n. 2 (1892) (Silhet?). 



Harpe (PI. IL. t'. Ki) ending in a conical jirocess which bears one tooth 

 on tlie underside and is tinely grannlose beneath pro.ximally. 



Ildh. Ceylon and Nortli India to the Molnc('as. 



In the Tring Museum 5 SS, 5 ? ? from : Kha>ia liilis : Java nierid., ]r)On ft. 

 (Frnhstorfer) ; Amboina, ii. viii. (Dohert-y). 



b. A. testacea prtpitniia subsp. nov. 



J'liiiiirrii tixlaim, Miskin, Pror. Hoy. Sm: Qiicensld. viii. p. 9. n. 13 (1891) (partini ; Cairns). 

 Aiii/iiiii/.r icitairii, Pagenstecher, in Chun, Zonlni/ini xii. 29. p. 10. n. 15 (1900) (Kinigunang). 



Harjie ( L'l. IL. f. 14) ending in a very slender j)rocess, which is often somewhat 

 lanccfdate or spatnlate, iind has the hinder edge (ventral in figure) serrate. 



Tlie S from Neu Pommern has a non-denfafe harpe. We have no cj from the 

 Solomon Islands ; all our ? ? from tiiere have a consjiicuons orange-rnfous band on 

 tlie hiudwing. 



J/al/. (^Ineenshmd, Tenimber Islands ; eastward to the Solomon Islands. 



In the Tring Museum S (JcJ, 7 ? ? from : (ineenshuid ; Selaru, Tenindier Is., 

 iii. iv. (Micholitz) ; Hon I., GeeK ink Bay, vii. (Uoherty); Milne Bay, )5rit. N. 

 Guinea, ii. (Meek); Kinigunang, N. Pommern (Uibbe); Florida, i., and (inadalcanar, 

 v., Solomon Is. (Meek). 



'J'//l't' : S, Cedar ]5ay, (^)neensland. 



