186 ARCTIAD^. 



Orange-yellow ; palpi, except at base, and antennae black ; thorax^ 



patagia, and legs except at 

 \ base deep metallic green, 



Fore wing with the costal 

 area deep metallic green ; a 

 medial green band expanding 

 inwards below the cell into 

 a large quadrate patch 

 "'~^''-'' /Ji^' ^ V^\\S^^^ ^ varj-ing in extent ; a large 



quadrate patch on terminal 



Yig.V^Z.-CEonisUs entella,S. \. area extending from costa 



(From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) down to vein 2, with a 



large elliptical yellow spot 

 at apex. Hind wing paler yellow. 



Hah. FoBMosA (Hobson), 1 $ ; Bombay, 1 d" , 1 $ ; Ceylon 

 (Terhury), 1 d ,2 $ . Exjy. 42 millim. 



Larva. Hmiasn. 111. Het. ix. p. 80, pi. 175. f. 8. 



Adult : head red-brown ; ground-colour ochreous, streaked and 

 mottled with black dorsally and brown laterally and ventrally ; 

 numerous tufts of grey and brown hairs ; the 1st somite with 

 short dorsal and lateral tufts projecting forwards ; the 2nd somite 

 with a very long pair of dorsal tufts, a shorter pair of lateral tufts, 

 and a short pair of sublateral tufts ; the 3rd somite has the dorsal 

 tufts arising from a crimson wart and rather long, as are the lateral 

 pair, whilst the subventral pair are very short ; on the other 

 somites the dorsal tufts are short and arise from orange warts, 

 except on the 7th somite, where the warts are crimson ; the lateral 

 tufts are long and the sublateral short ; the anal somite has one 

 dorsal tuft arising from a large wart ; the legs and claspers brown. 

 Food-plant, Lichens. 



Subsp. 1. delia, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 140(1787); Don. Ins. N. HolL 

 pi. 3fi. f. 2 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 337. 



Tigrioides splendens, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1068 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 341. 



Fore wing with the quadrate medial patch usually shorter ; the 

 terminal patch with its lower edge running obliquely totornus, the 

 green on thorax not extending so far forward. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak ("PFaZkce), 1 c? ; New Hebrides (JfaiSZieM;),. 

 2 S ; Solomons, Pentecost (Woodford), 1 c? ; N. Australia, 

 Amsterdam I. ; Queensland (Macluiy), type t sjtlendens in ColL 

 Lower. 



Subsp. 2. ceramensis, Voll. Tijd. v. Ent. xvi. p. 246, pi. 12. f. 1 (1872) r 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 337. 



More fulvous orange -^ fore wing with the medial patch extending 

 more towards base below median nervure ; the terminal patch 

 running obliquely to tornus ; the green on thorax as in typical 

 form. 



Hah. Cebam. 



