FJJOM THE INDIAN ARCI[IPELAGO. 173 



postico acutu bene determinato, linea marginali nigricante interrupta, 

 venis transversis plurimis ; alls posticis albis. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Head with slightly prominent borders j vertex 

 arched, full twice as broad as long, with one keel ; front hardly 

 broader than long, rounded on each side, with three keels, which do 

 not extend to the costa ; the keel on each side curved outward, remote 

 from the middle one ; face not keeled. Prothorax arched, with one 

 keel, which is reddish. Mesothorax with three keels, the lateral keels 

 converging hindward. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; interior angle 

 prominent, acute ; a blackish line along the exterior border, inter- 

 rupted by the veins ; a few red spots and dots, and many red points ; 

 veins mostly red ; transverse veins and transverse costal veins nume- 

 rous, the latter regular ; hind wings white. Length of the body 3^ 

 lines, of the wings 1 1 lines. 



Hab. Gilolo. 



The red veins aud the markings of the fore wings distinguish it 

 from N. amosna. 



226. Nephesa spargula. Mas. Pallide flavescens, subtus albida, ver- 

 tice transverse unicarinato, fronte unicarinata, prothorace vitta punc- 

 tisque rufis, mesothorace carinis tribus punctisque duobus ochraceis, 

 pedibus robustis albidis, tarsis fulvis, alis anticis guttis quinque 

 venisque transversis rufis, venis marginalibus nonnuUis furcatis, alis 

 posticis albis. 



Male. Pale yellowish, whitish beneath. Head as broad as the thorax ; 

 vertex short, with a transverse keel ; front much broader than long, 

 with one keel, and with rounded and slightly prominent borders; 

 face triangular, as long as the front. Prothorax arched, extending 

 over part of the vertex, with a red stripe and with red points. Meso- 

 thorax with three ochraceous keels ; the lateral keels curved, con- 

 nected on the hind border j an ochraceous point on each side beyond 

 the keels. Legs short, stout, whitish ; tarsi tawny. Fore wings tuber- 

 culate at the base and along two-thirds of the length of the interior 

 border ; five red dots forming a streak near and parallel to the 

 interior border ; transverse veins red, forming five irregular lines j 

 transverse costal veins very numerous, several of them forked ; some 

 of the marginal veins forked. Hind wings white. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines, of the wings 8 lines. 



Hah. New Guinea. 



227. Nephesa chlorospila. Mas et Frem. Viridis, capite lateri- 

 bus carinatis, vertice transverso subconico unicarinato, fronte, pro- 

 thorace et mesothorace tricarinatis, tarsis rufescentibus, alis anticis 

 apice rotundatis costa flavescente apicem versus rufa, venis transversis 

 plurimis, venis marginalibus furcatis, alis posticis albis. 



Male and Female. Green. Head with prominent borders ; vertex 



