( 617 ) 



seg-ments witli lat(^ral tufts. JFenira of midcoxa proiluoed backwards info a sliarp 

 tooth : njjjierside of mid- and liindtiliia and underside of hiiidtiliia at apex with long 

 scaling ; shorter midtibial spur on innerside with comb of more or less heavy 

 spines ; midtarsal comb present, but the spines not long ; spurs of hindtibia very 

 unequal ; jiaronychium with two pairs of lobes, pulvillus present ; first segment of 

 hiudtarsus somewhat compressed, with additional spines on outer surtixce. Distal 

 edges of wings entire ; SCI'^ and R' of hindwing from upper angle of cell, R^ central, 

 R'' and M' rather close together hut always sejjarate. 



Larva tapering in front, head rather small, horn long in first stages, shorter 

 later on : ground-colour green or brown, sometimes nearly black, pale dots more or 

 less obvious ; a dark dorsal line, and two pale lateral lines, one sulidorsal, the other 

 Rubventral, these lines often disappearing, except the subdorsal ; horn granulosa. — 

 Food-plants : Ruhiaceae ; (iallnm ; I'uedcria ; Morinda ; etc. 



Pupa with compressed tongue-case, which is carinate ventrally ; cremaster 

 variable, conical, slender, smooth, or flattened, broid, bifid, dentate at the edges 

 (very few pupae known) (PI. LXIV. f. 20. 21. 22). 



Hob. Old World. 



59 species : 1 Palaearctic, 1 African, 5 Malagassie, 52 Oriental. 



As these species are partly very difficult to distinguish we give three keys, and 

 hope tliat these, together with the descriptions and the plates, will enable the reader 

 to name the species. Ma/'i-of/lossum is one of those genera of which the material 

 contained in collections is nowhere correctly sei)arated into species. Tlie literature 

 on these insects, excepting a few easily recognised forms, is of little value, as one 

 does not know with certainty which species the respective author meant to designate 

 by a certain name. This is unfortunate in respect to the larvae, for very few have 

 been figured, and we are not sure in every case to which species the larva belongs. 



I. Key to the species, referring to colour : — 

 ". Hindwing Itelow white at base like 



l)reast ; or yellowish wliite, but 



in this case there is no yellow 



band on the npperside . . . . b. 

 Hindwing below reddish tawny, or 



yellow at base, or with a yellow 



patch before abdominal margin . . . p. 

 Hindwing Ijelow mummy-brown, 



with a trace of yellow at the base iii;5. }f. phorinnDi {Vl. \\l. W 1). 

 //. Abdomen without yellow side- 



jiatclies .......'•. 



Abdomen with yellow sidi'-]jatches . . . il. 

 c. Hindwing above in middle and 



abdomen glossy whitish blue . 01 il. .1/. aplendcnu. 

 Hindwing above yellow before 



abdominal margin ; abdomen 



with white lateral 8|>ots on 



segments 3 and 4 . . .015. M.micuccd. 

 Hindwing above neither whitisli 



blue in middle nor yellow before 



abdominal margin , . 'ill. M. biiniciiula {V\.\N A. \). 



