A MAT A. ■ 41 



below the cell and spot above vein 2 and sometimes a small spot 

 above vein 3, the spots varying much in size. 



Hab. N. China, Wei-ha-wei (J. B. Fletcher), 5 c?, 1 $ type, 

 Leu-kung-tan (J. B. Fletcher), 9 6 . Exp. 23-32 millim. 



*194 a. Amata albicornis. 



Amata albicornis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 433 (1910), & xix. p. 375, 

 pi. iii. f. 14. 



c? . Head and thorax black-brown, the prothorax with small 

 yellow spot ; antennae with the terminal half pure white above ; 

 pectus with lateral yellow spots ; hind tarsi with the 1st joint 

 white; abdomen black-brown faintly tinged with blue, a narrow 

 orange-yellow dorsal line on 1st segment, orange-yellow lateral 

 spots on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments and a yellowish white ventral 

 band on 4th segment. Fore wing black-brown ; a small round 

 hyaline spot below the cell near base, oblong patch in end of cell, 

 patch below base of vein 2 rather constricted at submedian fold, 

 small spot above vein 6, and elongate spots above veins 4, 3 ; a 

 pure white patch on apical part of termen, its inner edge somewhat 

 indented at vein 7. Hind wing black-brown with hyaline patch 

 below the cell extending to just below vein 1, and spot above base 

 of vein 2. 



flab. Tonkin (Friilistorfer), type f J in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. 52 millim. 



195 a. Amata tritonia. (Plate III. fig. 3.) 

 Syntomis tritonia, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) viii. p. 394 (1911). 



2 . Head and thorax black shot with metallic green : the 

 antennae white towards tips ; irons and teguke with white points 

 at sides, the shoulders with white spots ; coxae with white spots, 

 the femora and tibiae streaked with white, the tarsi with the basal 

 joint white ; abdomen black suffused with metallic green, the 

 basal segment with subdorsal while spots and lateral orange spots, 

 the four following segments with subdorsal orange bands and 

 ventral spots. Fore wing black suffused with brilliant metallic 

 green ; an elliptical hyaline antemedial spot below the cell, 

 tuiadrate spot in end of cell, oblicpie spot below vein 2 and elongate 

 ] nisi medial spots above veins 6, 4, 3. Hind wing black shot 

 with brilliant metallic green; a hyaline patch on basal inner area, 

 spot in end of cell and postmedial spots above and below vein 3. 



Rub. S. Nigeria, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 2 type. Exp. 50 millim. 



195 b. Amata xanthopleura, n. sp. (Plate III. fig. 4.) 



§. Head and thorax black with a bluish gloss ; frons white; 

 antenna- with the terminal half • of shaft white above; tegulae 

 white at sides; patagia with white patches; eoxse with white 

 patches, the femora and tibiae with white stripes, the tarsi with 



