MILTOCHRISTA. 4S9 



form, but Avith the fuscous streaks strongly developed; pretiosa, 

 madans, and Jlammealis have tho lines more continuous, the medial 

 line bent inwards to costa, pretiosa from the X. W. Himalayas having 

 the ground-colour yellow, madans and Jlammealis from Sikhim 

 tinged with crimson, the latter being a large strongly-marked 

 form ; lucihilis from iJorneo is a yellow form, the lines continuous, 

 the medial line straight, the crimson streaks of medial area elongate. 

 Hab. Amur, type t pulcherrima in Coll. Staudinger ; Japan, 

 Yesso {Fryer, Andrews), Kikko {Lewis, Jonas, Maries), ^'^epulchra, 

 Tokio {Fciiton), type f lanceolata in Mus. Oxon. ; China, Hongkong 

 {J. J. Walker) ; N.W. Himalayas, Dharmsala {Hoclcing), type 

 pretiosa ; Nepal {Hardwicle), type deftda ; Sikuim {Lidderdah), 

 Moore Coll., types madans and Jlammealis ; Assam, Khasi Hills ; 

 Cachae; NiLGiRis {ffampsoii) ; Ceylon; Burma; Borneo, type f 

 lucihilis in Mus. Oxon. Edp. 34-4G millim. 



1041. Miltochrista curtisi. (Plate XXXII. fig. 20.) 



Miltochrista curtisi,Butl A. M. N. H. (5) viii. p. 379 (1881) : Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 308. 



5 . Head and thorax yellow ; tegula?, patagia, and metathorax 

 edged with crimson ; legs tinged with crimson ; abdomen pale 

 crimson. Fore wing yellow, some fuscous-brown marks at base ; 

 scarlet streaks from base just below costa, in submedian fold, and 

 on inner margin, interrupted by the broad brown antemedial band 

 which forks towards costa and expands at middle, enclosing a scarlet 

 spot ; a scarlet streak in cell from the antemedial to the very broad 

 postmedial brown band, which has a crimson streak above it on costa; 

 traces of a streak above vein 5, its outer edge irregular, and a series 

 of streaks from it to termen. Hind Aving pale crimson. Underside 

 of fore wing largely suffused with crimson. 



JIab. Sumatra {Curtis), 1 § type. E.vp. 50 millim. 



1042. Miltochrista rubricostata. 



Hupocrita rubricostata, Herr.-Scbaif. Ausserenr. Schniett. i. p. 439 (1855) ; 



Swinli. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 108 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 308. 

 Hypoprqna ruhrigutta, Wlk. Journ. Linn. So'c, Zool. vi. p. lUl (1862). 



Yellow ; vertex of head, shoulders, and fore tibia) with fuscous 

 spots ; patagia and metathorax edged with scarlet. Pore wing with 

 scarlet spots, a slight streak below median nervure and on inner 

 margin and three fuscous points at base ; an oblique elliptical scar- 

 let spot below the cell on an antemedial fuscous band, which expands 

 at middle and encloses a yellow point on costa ; a scarlet mark from 

 its outer edge to the broad fuscous postmedial band, which has its 

 outer edge irregular and a series of scarlet streaks on it, some of 

 them sometimes interrupted at middle and the streak nearest the 

 costa on a yellow ground. Hind wing pale yellow. 



Ilab. Labuan; Borneo, Sarawak ( H'aZ/ace), 1 $ , 1 c? type f 

 rubrigutta in Mus. Oxon., Kina Balu. E.vp., J 30, $ 40 millim. 



