366 SYPNA. By \V. Warren. 



kirbyi. S. kirbyi Btlr. (67 d, e). Differs from prunosa in being rather smaller, of a dull brown colour without 



any purple brown suffusion; the underside more uniformly coloured and with the markings indistinct. Omei- 

 shan. W. China; occurring in India in both the Punjab and Sikkim. 



Iiercules. S. hercules Btlr. (67 e). Forewing dull grey brown; the terminal area paler; the dark tints strongest 



just outside the pale median fascia; lines bluish white and double, diffuse; the space between, except at costa 

 and inner margin, rather paler; a small whitish orbicular stigma and a large reniform extending beyond outer 

 line, with its centre yellow between the arms; a pale curved band halfway between median area and sub- 

 terminal line, which is black, especially below costa, and, as usual, indented on the folds; hindwings fuscous 

 brown, paler towards inner margin, with fine black outer line and yellowish crenulated subterminal, preceded 

 by a dark fuscous shade. This species is smaller than kirbyi and its allies, with the fascia broader and less 



albifusa. oblique; in the ab. albifusa ah. nov. the median area is suffused with bluish white. Japan and Yesso. 



quadri- S. quadrinotata Leech. Forewing greenish grey; basal patch small, violet brown, limited by the 



notata. black subbasal line; median band violet brown, limited basewards by the black irregular inner line; outer line 

 black, strongly angled and dentate beyond cell, then incurved and forming outer edge of median band; sub- 

 terminal line black, wavy, bidentate at middle, traversing a subquadrate violet brown patch, and preceded by 

 an obscure violet brown shade; terminal line waved, black; orbicular stigma of the ground colour, with black 

 outline; reniform undefined; hindwing blackish, the basal area paler, limited by a buff-coloured band; fringe 

 buff, marked with blackish towards anal angle; underside yellowish buff, with two black lines and a black 

 subterminal band, touching in forewing a black quadrate patch on termen. Central and West China. 



postflavida. S. posttlavida Leech. Forewing dark violet brown; subbasal, inner, and outer lines black, mark- 



ed with white; the first straight, with a white dot on costa and median vein; inner line indented, marked 

 with white on costa and inner margin and between the veins; outer line, outcurved above middle, with 1 

 white spots, the last double; subterminal line black, sinuous; terminal area beyond it pale brown clouded 

 with violet brown in lower; half a row of white black edged spots before termen; orbicular stigma white out- 

 lined with black; reniform pale brown ringed with white a'nd again with black; hindwing yellow, the basal 

 and terminal areas blackish; median line angulated, black, not reaching costa, followed by a diffuse black 

 band, indistinct above middle ; a row of black lunules along termen, increasing in size downwards ; underside 

 yellowish, with cellspot, median, and subterminal bands black. Described by Leech from a single <? taken at 

 Pu-tsu-fong, W.-China. 



marginata. S. marginata Leech (67 g). Forewing pale grey brown, or greyish ochreous, dusted with fuscous, ex- 



cept the terminal area which remains clear and pale; lines blackish, waved, and more or less interrupted at 

 the veins; a row of black terminal spots; orbicular stigma a black spot; reniform a pale lunule with unde- 

 fined dark lateral outline; hindwing fuscous brown with a sinuous dark outer line, separated by a pale space 

 from the darker subterminal area which contains two subterminal shades; a row of black terminal spots; 

 fringe light brown; underside pale grey brown; the forewing suffused, the hindwing thickly dusted with fus- 



albipunctatnfious; cellspot pale, black edged; in the ab. albipunctata Leech the transverse lines, marginal dots, and 

 reniform stigma are marked with white, thus somewhat resembling distincta. Recorded from Ni-tou and Ta- 

 tsien-lu, W. China. The ? more uniformly brown without grey tints; the cf paler, more greyish ochreous, 

 with the lines paler. 



plaga. S. plaga Leech. Forewing dark brown; inner and outer lines broad, greenish grey edged with 



black; the inner interrupted below costa and excurved below middle; the outer excurved and interrupted be- 

 yond cell, and expanded between veins 1 and 2 ; subterminal line black, sinuous ; orbicular and reniform greenish 

 grey, the reniform with greenish grey marks round it; terminal lunules greenish grey, black edged; hindwing 

 pale brown, with fuscous suffusion; median line blackish, indented near middle; an obscure dusky outer band 

 and lunular black terminal line. Described from a single ? from Pu-tsu-fong, W. China. 



sobrina. S. sobrina Leech (67 f ). Forewing brown with a violet tinge ; inner and outer lines double, black ; 



the inner dentate above middle, the outer angled below costa, bidentate beyond cell, and dentate below vein 

 2, most distinct towards costa; a broad blackish median shade is sometimes present; the black subterminal 

 line is sharply angled below middle; reniform stigma obscured; orbicular a white dot; a row of contiguous 

 black lunules dotted with white before termen; hindwing paler, blackish along inner margin; a short black 

 line before anal angle; terminal markings as in forewing; — in the ab. ornata Leech (67 e) the inner half of 

 median band between inner line and median shade is powdered with bluish grey scales except in the costal 

 third. Like olena Sioinh. but larger ; the antennae more strongly fasciculate; the subterminal line more sharply 

 angulated, and differing also in the markings of underside. Pu-tsu-fong, W.-China. 



