SCAPTE8TLE. 285' 



597. Scaptesyle bicolor. 



Sca.ptes>/le bicolor, Wlk. xxxi. 1S2 (1864) ; Moore, Lep. Oeyl. ii. p. 42^ 



pi. %. f. 2; Hmpsn. Motlm Inrl. ii. p. 105 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 2'J3. 

 Dichromia nietneri, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. lOG. f. 25. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen deep black ; palpi white at tips ; 

 tegulse and patagia bright orange-yellow ; legs with patches of 

 white ; genital tufts white. Fore wing bright orange-yellow ; the 

 base black ; the terminal third blue-black, its inner edge angled 

 outwards at upper angle of cell. Hind wing bright orange-yellow ; 

 the terminal area black from middle of costa to tornus. 



Hah. Ceyloj< {Green), 2 c? , 7 $ , type. Exp. 32 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Integra, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv. p. 437 (1894). 



Yellow ; both wings with the terminal black areas considerably 

 narrower. 



Hah. Assam, Khasis, 1 d" , 1 5 ^7pe ; Borxeo, 1 c? ; Pulo Laut 

 (Doherti/), 1 $ . E.VJK 26-30 millim. 



598. Scaptesyle aurigena. (Plate XXVI. fig. 19.) 



Tospitis aurigena, Wlk. xxviii. 428 (1863) ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 365. 

 Pitane biplaga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 139. f. 5 (1875) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 30L 



(J . Head, tegulte, and base of patagia golden yellow ; thorax 

 purple ; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore wing 

 golden yellow ; a blue-edged purple basal patch with obliquely- 

 curved outer edge ; a similar siibterminal patch rounded to costa. 

 Hind wing whitish, tinged with brown towards apex, 



2 . Fore wing Avith the patch on terminal area extending to 

 termen; hind wing with terminal brown band. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak ( Wallace), Q d" > 1 $ fyp^- Exp. 20 millim. 

 Type t hiplaga in Coll. Eothschild. 



*599. Scaptesyle aequidistans. (Plate XXVI. tig. 30.) 



Comarchis leqiddistans. Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1080 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 296. 



5 . Orange-yellow ; palpi, antennae, and legs black ; patagia and 

 thorax with black patches ; abdomen with the dorsum black 

 except at base and extremity, the ventral surface with black bands 

 Fore wing with subbasal black band ; antemedial and medial 

 bands closely approximated towards costa, the former with somewhat 

 sinuous edges ; a postmedial band strongly excurved below lower 

 angle of cell ; a subterminal band expanding to termen at apex, 

 middle and tornus. Hind wing with terminal fuscous band expanding 

 towards costa, and on underside resolved into a subterminal line and 

 terminal band. 



Hah. Queensland, Brisbane, Coll. Turner. Exp). 30 millim. 



