1886.] E. T. Atkinson— Notes on Indian IMiynchota. 203 



119. SCAMANDRA SEMELE, Stal. 

 Scamandra semele, Stal, Stettin Ent, Zeit. xxiv, p. 235 (1863). 



cf . Fawn-colonr : basal two-thirds of the tegmina minutely, palely 

 and sordidly sprinkled sanguineous, areolas of the apical part fuscescent 

 in the middle : wings weak sordid sanguineous, base itself black-fuscous, 

 spotted fuscous in the anterior area, posterior limbus whitish, spotted 

 ochraceous, apical part fuscescent, veined ochraceous : abdomen sangui- 

 neous, genitalia black : feet, especially the tibiae and tarsi, infuscate. 

 Form of tegmina very distinct, they are amplified at the apex and rather 

 obtusely rounded, costal margin straight, scarcely sinuated near the 

 apex, commissural margin distinctly sinuated near the apex (Stal). 

 Body long, 13 j exp. teg. 37 millims. 



Reported from Ligor, Malacca. 



120. Scamandra rosea, Guerin. 



Apheena rosea, Guerin, Voy. Bel. Ind. Orient, p. 454, t. 3, f. 3 (1834) ; Walker 

 List Horn. B. M. ii, p. 274 (1851) : J. L. S. Zool. i. p. 84 (1858). 

 Aphcena saturata, Walker, J. Linn. S. Zool. i, p. 143 (1857). 

 Scamandra rosea, Stal, Stettin Ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 233 (1863). 



Head without a prolongation, with the thorax yellow turning into 

 ferruginous : pronotum strongly lobed in the middle of its anterior bor- 

 der, emarginate on its posterior border : tegmina yellow-ferruginous for 

 two-thirds of their length, apical part saffron-yellow, a little browner on 

 the margins : the reddish part is traversed by two oblique brown bands, 

 of which the external is arched outwards with numerous small spots 

 of the same colour between them : wings rosy turning into vermillion 

 with yellow patches at the base and the tip ; the posterior margin with 

 a white smear in the entire rosy space, where also are irregular stride 

 more or less white : abdomen above and beneath vermillion-red with 

 more yellowish transverse bands ; feet brown {Guerin). Body long, 

 21 ; exp. teg. 65 millims. 



Reported from Java, Sumatra, Malacca, Singapore. 



121. Aphana farinosa, Fabricius. 

 J. A. S. B. liv, (2), p. 142, no. 26. 



Head flat, dilated, obscurely ferruginous, with two farinose white 

 spots : thorax ridged, obscurely ferruginous : tegmina white-farinose, at 

 the base fuscous often varied ferruginous, at the apex fuscous hyaline : 

 wings rufous at the base, punctured hyaline, black at the apex : body 

 fuscous; abdomen flavescent {Fahr.). 



