SCAPTESTLE. 285' 



597. Scaptesyle bicolor. 



Scaptesyle bicolor, Wlk. xxxi. 182 (1864) ; Moore, Lep. Oeyl. ii. p. 42^ 



pi. 96. f. 2; Hmpsn. Moths Inrl. ii. p. 105 ; Kirbj, Cat. Het. p. 293. 

 Bichromia nietneri, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 106. f. 25. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen deep black ; palpi white at tips ;. 

 tegulge and patagia bright orange-yellow ; legs with patches of 

 white ; genital tufts white. Fore wing bright orange-yellow ; the 

 base black ; the terminal third blae-black, its inner edge angled 

 outwards at upper angle of cell. Hind wing bright orange-yellow ; 

 the terminal area black from middle of costa to tornus. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green), 2 c? , 7 $ , type, Exp. 32 millim, 



Subsp. 1. Integra, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) siv. p. 437 (1894). 



Yellow ; both wings with the terminal black areas considerably 

 narrower. 



Hah. Assam, Khtisis, 1 cJ , 1 $ type ; Boeis-eo, 1 S ; Pplo Litji 

 (Doherty), 1 $ . Ex2:). 26-30 millim. 



598. Scaptesyle aurigena. (Plate XXYI, fig. 19.) 



Tospitis aurigma, Wlk. xxviii. 428 (1863) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 365. 

 Fitane biplaga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 139. f. 5 (1875); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 301. 



cJ . Head, tegulse, and base of patagia golden yellow ; thorax 

 purple ; pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore wing 

 golden yellow ; a blue-edged purple basal patch with obliquely- 

 curved outer edge ; a similar subterminal patch rounded to costa. 

 Hind wing whitish, tinged with brown towards apex. 



5 . Fore wing with the patch on terminal area extending to 

 termen; hind wing with terminal brown band. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak (TFaZZace), 6 c? , 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim. 

 Type t hiplaga in Coll. Kothschild. 



*599. Scaptesyle aBquidistans. (Plate XXVI. fig. 30.) 



Comarchis cequidistans, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W, (2) iv. p. 1080 (1890) • 

 Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 296. 



2 . Orange-yellow-; palpi, antennae, and legs black ; patagia and 

 thorax with black patches ; abdomen with the dorsum black 

 except at base and extremity, the ventral surface with black bands 

 Fore wing with subbasal black - band ; antemedial and medial 

 bands closely approximated towards costa, the former with somewhat 

 sinuous edges ; a postmedial band strongly excurved below lower 

 angle of cell ; a subterminal band expanding to termen at apex^ 

 middle and tornus. Hind wing with terminal fuscous band expanding 

 towards costa, and on underside resolved into a subterminal line and 

 terminal baud. 



Hah. Queensland, Brisbane, Coll. Turner. Exp, 30 millim. 



