426 Mr. A. G, Butler on the 



Ophideridse. 



98. Phyllodes cerasifera, sp. n. (Fig. 3, p. 427.) 



Allied to P. consobrina of Silhet, but larger ; the primaries 

 paler, more uniform ; the secondaries with the anal patch 

 considerably larger, more rounded, the central white patch 

 upon it extending transversely upwards almost to the edge of 

 the rose-red border. Expanse of wings 156 millim. 



Pasananca valley, Mindanao. 



Unfortunately only one damaged example was obtained. 

 Allied species occur also in Borneo and Java, that from the 

 latter locality having been mistaken by Walker for the P. 

 impicillator of Guenee (an Amboina form, figured by Bois- 

 duval, and, in my opinion, not distinct from P. conspicillator 

 of Cramer from the same locality). The species of Phyllodes 

 can be arranged naturally in three groups as follows : 



1. Species with an orange external border to the secondaries*. 



a. Border of secondaries traversed by an irregular black line ; primaries 



traversed longitudinally by a black line. 



Phyllodes semilinea, Walker, Journ. linn. Soc. vii. p. 170. Borneo. 



b. Border of secondaries not traversed by a black line; primaries with 



two silvery white spots. 



Phyllodes ornata, Moore, Descr. Lep. Atk. ii. p. 166 (1882). Darjiling. 



c. Border of secondaries abbreviated, longitudinal line of primaries and 



silver spots wanting. 



Phyllodes udulata, Westwood, Cab. Or. Ent. 57, pi. 28. fig. 1. Darjiling. 



2. Species with an orange band across the secondaries. 



Phyllodes Eyndhovii, VoUenhoven, Tijd. voor Ent. 1858, p. 86, pi. vi., = P. 

 fasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 69. Java and Darjiling. 



3. Species with a rose-red anal patch on the secondaries, usually more or 



less inter nipt ed by a white patch. 



a. Species small, the red patch not touching the anal margin, darker 



towards anal margin, but not suffused with white. 



Graphiyona roseifer, Felder & I!< .enhofer, Reise der Xov. Lep. v. pi. cxiv. 

 tig. 7 (1875). Amazons. 



* Phyllodes dux, of Saalmiiller, Stett. ent. Zeit. xlii. p. 441, from Nbssi- 

 B£, if it be a true Phyllodes, wfll fall into this group; but a coloured 

 figure forwarded to me by the author shows palpi with conical terminal 

 article, indicating that it belongs to a distinct genus; the costa of prinia- 

 ries is also curved upwards at apex. 



