MILTOCHRISTA. 483 



Miltochrista mindorana, Semper, Schmett. Phil. ii. \). 507, ]}\. 59. f. 13 

 (1S9'J). 



Head and thorax orange tinged with crimson ; palpi, antennae, 

 and legs crimson ; vertex of head, tegula-, patagia, and metathorax 

 with fuscous spots ; abdomen greyish at base, tiuged with crimson 

 towards extremity. Fore wing yellow, with crimson spots in the 

 interspaces, forming more or less distinct antemedial, media], and 

 postmedial series and streaks on terminal area ; some fuscous 

 points at base ; an obscure subbasal fuscous lino augled outwards in 

 cell and on vein 1 and inwards below the cell; the antemedial lino 

 angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; the medial line angled 

 inwards to join the antemedial line in cell, and angled again in 

 submedian fold, sometimes joining the antemedial line; the post- 

 medial line arising close to the medial line, excurved to vein 4, then 

 obliijue and angled inwards in submedian fold ; a series of fuscous 

 streaks on the veins beyond it, forked on veins 7, 8, longer on veins 

 6 and 4 ; the cilia fuscous. Hind wing yellowish white, more or 

 less prominently suffused with crimson towards margins. 



Ab. 1. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing deeply and evenly 

 suflused with crimson, with no tiace of the spots and streaks. 



Ab. 2. roseororatus. Fore wing slightly suffused with crimson, 

 with hardly a trace of the spots and streaks. 



Ab. 3. colllvolans. Orange-yellow, without any crimson tinge. 



Ilab. SiKHiM (Atkinson, Lidderdale), 2 2 ; Assam, Naga Hills ; 

 Ceylon {Templeton, Greni),2 c? , 3 5, type; Perak ; 8iNGAPor!ii 

 (Midley), 1 6"; Sumatra, 1 5 , type co/Zifo/rt/is; Nias, 1 c5' : Borneo, 

 Sarawak ( Wcdlace), 3 $ , type roseororatus; Philippines, type f min- 

 dorana in Coll. Semper. EajJ- 30-42 millim. 



1028, Miltochrista exchisa. (Plate XXXII. fig. 7.) 



Barsinc exchisa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 340; Iliupsn. Itloths Ind. 



ii. p. 117 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 307. 

 Barsine trivittata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 597 ; Kirby, Cat. Ilet. p. 307. 



Head and thorax and abdomen orange, tinged with crimson ; 

 patagia, meso- and metathorax with fuscous marks, Eore wing 

 orange-red ; some fuscous marks at base ; the costa streaked with fus- 

 cous to the antemedial line, which is strongly angled in cell, then 

 oblique ; the medial line oblique and angled inwards in cell to join 

 the antemedial line ; a discoidal point ; the postmedial line minutely 

 waved, arising from the same point as the medial line, angled on veins 

 6 and 4, then oblique ; a diffused maculate subterminal line angled 

 ■ outwards on veins and 4 ; the costa beyond the postmedial lino 

 and the cilia black. Hind wing orange tinged with crimson. 



Hah. Andamans, 1 S , ^ $ , type trivittata ; Borneo, Sarawak 

 {Wallace), 1 d type; Java. Exp., S 24, $ 28 millim. 



1029. Miltochrista cruciata. 



Hijpoprepia cruciata, Wlk. Jowrn. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 101 (1802); 

 HmpsD. Moths Ind. ii. p. 118; Kirby, Cat. llet. p. 3UG. 



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