254 ZYGJENIDJE. 



530. Soritia obliquaria, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, p. 194. 

 Eterusia transversa, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 118. 

 Erasnria eusemoides, Feld. JReis. Nov. pi. 83, fig. 10. 



Head and thorax brown, the former and antennae suffused with 

 metallic blue ; abdomen ringed brown and white. Fore wing 

 brown ; a metallic blue speck at base ; an oblique postmedial 

 yellowish-white band from costa to vein 1 b. Hind wiug brown 

 at base and outer margin, the medial half orange; costa brown, 

 expanding into a spot at middle. Underside : fore wing with a 

 series of bluish-white marks before the band ; blue streaks on the 

 marginal veins : hind wing with some blue at base, on costal spot, 

 and marginal nervules. 



Hob. Mergui ; Malacca ; Borneo. Exp., rf 62-76, $ 80 millim. 



Genus PIDORUS. 



Pidorus, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 424 (1854). 

 Laurion, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 426 (1854). 



Type, P. ylaucopis, Drury. 



Range. Japan; China*; E. Himalayas; Assam; Burma; 

 Malacca ; Borneo ; Java. 



The wings broader than in Soritia ; veins 4 and 5 of the fore 

 wing not stalked. 



SECT. I. The branches of antennae of female very minute. 



531. Pidorus circumdatus, Wlk. Cat, xxxi, p. 121 ; C. $ S. no. 371. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish black. Fore wing greenish 

 black, with a golden-yellow band from near the base to the middle, 

 its outer edge waved. Hind wing golden yellow ; a marginal 

 greenish-black band narrowing to anal angle. Underside with the 

 outer margins shot with greenish blue. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Assam. Exp. 38 millim. 



SECT. II. The branches of antennae in female longer. 



532. Pidorus geminus, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 427 j C. fy S. no. 433. 



Head and collar crimson ; antennae, thorax, abdomen, and fore 

 wing very dark green, the last with a wide oblique ochreous baud 

 from the costa beyond the middle to the outer angle. Hind wing 

 deep dark brown. Underside with the costa and outer margins of 

 both wings shot with blue. 



In some specimens the head is brown, and the baud on fore wing 

 white. 



Hal. Hongkong ; Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Moulmein ; Cambodia ; 

 Borneo. Exp. 32-40 millim. 



