18G 



ARCTIAn.l?. 



Orange-ycllow : palpi, except at base, and antenna) black ; tborax, 



patagia, and legs except at 

 base deep metallic green. 

 Fore wing with the costal 

 area deep metallic green ; a 

 medial green band expanding 

 inwards below the cell into 

 a large quadrate patch 

 varying in extent ; a large 

 quadrate patch on terminal 

 area extending from costa 

 down to vein 2, with a 

 large elliptical yellow spot 



Bombay, 1 d , 1 $ ; Ceylon 



Fig. 103. — r7i'/«/.-i'/V entclkt, S- \- 

 (Froiu Moths Incl. toI. ii.) 



at apex. Hind wing paler yellow. 

 Hah. Formosa (Hobson), 1 $ ; 

 (Yerhunj), 1 6,2 $ . Ex2J. 42 millim. 



Larva. Hmpsu. 111. Het. ix. p. 80, pi. 175. f. 8. 



Adult : head red-brown ; ground-colour ochreous, streaked and 

 mottled with black dorsally and brown laterally and ventrally ; 

 numerous tut'ls of grey and brown hairs ; the 1st somite with 

 short dorsal and lateral tufts projecting forwards ; the 2nd somite 

 with a very long pair of dorsal tufts, a shorter pair of lateral tufts, 

 and a short pair of sublateral tufts ; the 3rd somite has the dorsal 

 tufts arising from a crimson wart and rather long, as are the lateral 

 pair, whilst the subventral pair are very short ; on the other 

 somites the dorsal tufts are short and arise from orange warts, 

 except on the 7th somite, where the warts are crimson ; the lateral 

 tufts are long and the sublateral short ; the anal somite has one 

 dorsal tuft arising from a large wart ; the legs and claspers brown. 

 Food-plant, Lichens. 



Subsp. 1. delia, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 140(1787); Don. Ins, N. Holl. 

 pi. 3fi. f. 2 ; Kivhy, Cat. Het. p. 337. 



Tigrioides splendens, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1068 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 341. 



Fore wing with the quadrate medial patch usually shorter ; the 

 terminal patcli with its lower edge running obliquely to tornus, the 

 green on thorax not extending so far forward. 



Hah. BoRNKO, Sarawak ( Wallace), 1 6 \ New Hebrides {Matheiv), 

 2 cf ; Solomons, Pentecost {Woodford), 1 d" ; N. Australia, 

 Amsterdam 1. ; Queensland (^Mackaij), type f splendens in Coll, 

 Lower. 



Subsp. 2. ceramensis. Veil. Tijd. v. Ent. xvi. p. 240, pi. 12. f. 1 (1872) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 337. 



More fulvous orange J fore wiug with the medial patch extending 

 more towards base below median ncrvure ; the terminal patch 

 running obliquely to tornus ; the green on thorax as in typical 

 form. 



Hah. Ceram. 



