284 



AUCTIADa?. 



yellow ; legs banded with pure 



white; abdomeu with white 

 hands on ventral surface and 

 \\ liite f^enital tults. Fore wing 

 briglit yellow ; the base and 

 costal edge black ; the terminal 

 tliird black, with large cupreous 

 red patch occupying all but its 



Fig. 202.— Sea ptcsyle tricolor, (^ . 

 (From Mutha Ind. vol. ii.) 



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edges, its inner 



edge sinuous 



and angled outward to upper 

 angle of cell. Hind wing bright 

 yellow, with Idack patch on ajncal area extending down to vein 2 

 and continued as a narrow line for a sliort distance towards toriius. 

 Ilab. Assam, Sylhct, 1 d* , 1 2 fvpe ; Burma, Kangoon, 1 c? , 2 J , 

 Ava, 1 5; I'mi-iPPiNKs; Borneo, Kina Balu ; Sumatr.\. (Forbes, 

 Be NiceviUe), 2 § ; Java ; Celebes, Minahassa, E.vjy. 26-32 

 millim. 



595. Scaptesyle ixias, n. sp. (Plate XXYI. iig. 14.) 



cf . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulae and patches on 

 patagia bright yellow ; palpi in front, coxae, and bands on femora, 

 tibiae, tarsi, and ventral surface of abdomen white ; anal tuft 

 greyish. Fore wing with the base black ; the medial area bright 

 yellow except the costal edge ; the terminal area black, extending 

 on costal area to middle of wing, then running out to end of cell 

 and sinuous to inner margin : a large subterminal orange-red patch 

 from below costa to vein I, above which it is somewhat interrupted 

 and expanding below costa. Hind wing bright yellow, the ajncal 

 area black, narrowing to a point at vein 1 and with its inner edge 

 sinuous. 



2 . Fore wing with the yellow extending to costa, the black not 

 extending so far towards base on costal area ; the subterminal patch 

 larger and more orange. 



Hab. NiAS, 1 c5', 1 2 type; Java. £',rj>. 30 millim. 



596. Scaptesyle mirabilis, n. sj). (Plate XXVI. fig. 15.) 



cf. Head, thorax, and abdomen blufk ; tegulae and patagia. 

 except at extremities bright yellow ; ])alpi white below ; tibia^ and 

 tarsi with white patches ; genital tufts white ; wings bright sulphur- 

 yellow. Fore wing with the base and costal edge black : a broad 

 black terminal band expanding on costa to above end of cell, its 

 inner edge minutely waved below vein C) and with a bright vermilion- 

 Ted band on it shaped like the black band. Hind wing with apical 

 black patch. 



flab. BoRXEO, Kina Bnlu ( Waterstmdt), 1 J type. Ea-j^. 24 

 millim. 



