22 ]\Ir. Butler's llciusum nf tJtc (jcinis SpHosoiaa 



A r(M>i meIf(i/oj)-sit^. 



Airtia vielaiwpsls, Walker, Lep. Het. supp. 1, p. 280, (1864). 

 Cevlon. B.]\I. 



Areas ileltitaata. 



Aloa deUneata, AValker, Lep. Het., p. 700, n. 3, (1855). 

 ^^atal, S. Africa. B.M. 



Areas hifescei/s. 



$,^. Sptlosoma /»!'rwx>//.s-. Walker, Lep. Het. 3, p. 672, ii. 

 16, (1855). 



^. Halcslduta in/nnhifa, Walker, Lep. Het. sup]). l,p. 309, 

 (1864). 



Sierra Leone, Natal, S. Africa. B.M. 



Areas ladutea. 



Phnhi^iia ladiuea, Cramer, Pap. Exot. II, pi. 131, lio-. I), 

 (1779). 



Boii>h//.r saii(/iini(Jeitffi,Ynhnciufi, Ent. 8vst. Ill, 1, ]i. 473, ii. 

 206, (1793). 



N. India, Mouluiein, Ceylon, Java. B.M. 



Areas rardiuah's, ii. sjt. 



^. tSnow-wliite ; crest, margin of collar, alulonien and costa of 

 primaries scarlet ; aiitennte black ; pterygodes with a central 

 black spot ; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of black spots ; 

 primaries with two black si)ots at end of cell, one at the upper 

 and the other (smaller) at the lower extremity ; secondaries with 

 end of cell, a large trifid marginal anal patch, and a subquadrate 

 smaller patch at centre of outer margin, all l)lack ; palpi scarlet 

 with black tips, coxte and upper surface of femora scarlet, tarsi 

 blackish ; venter sordid white with lateral black spots ; prima- 

 ries with only one black spot at end of cell, otherwise as above ; 

 secondaries with the base red, a sub-basal costal black spot, other- 

 wise as above : expanse of wings 3 inches, 1 line. 



Phillipiue Islands, {Cninhuj). IIM. 



Easily distinguished from A. Jarthica by its scarlet abdomen, 

 and the large black marginal }>atches of secondaries. 



