410 LYC^NID-i:. 
Aphnseus lohita. (Plate XXX. fig. 16, var. d .) 
Aviblypodia lohita, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 106 (18.29). 
Aphnmis lohita, Hewitson, 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 01, pi. xxv. figs. 10, 11 (1865) ; de Niceville, 
Butt. Ind. iii. p. 357 (1890). 
Aphnaus zoilus, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877; de Niceville, op. cit. p. 359. 
" Alffi supra sordide fuscae canescenti-nebuloste, cano fimbriatse, maris saturatiores : antics e basi 
ad medium, posticiE pagina tota yiolaceo-micantes ; foeminoe fasciis pagina3 inferioris obsolete 
strigosoe ; postica; insuper plaga anali triangulari fulva, lunulis duabus atris, intus argenteo- 
irroratis fretje ; lunula interiore majore subocellari, appendiculo ipso imposita : subtus flavae, 
fasciis fulvis, in mare puniceis, margine simplicibus, singulis striga mediana argentea 
continua vel parum interrupta ornatis ; anticoe fasciis septem, duabus marginalibus completis, 
exteriore inoniata, tertia et quarta abbreviatis pone discum confluentibus, quinta completa 
unguium analem versus tendente, sexta dimidiata taenia fusca areas anaUs dilutions terminata, 
septima basali minima ; posticae fasciis sex, duabus exterioribus margini paraUelis, secunda 
completa versus margincm interiorem arcuatim producta, tertia dimidiata, quarta et quinta 
completis in regione anali abrupte inflesis, sexta basilar! abbreviata ; regione anali laete fulva, 
punctis ocellaribiis duobus aterrimis freta, exteriore caudis intermedio oblongo ta»nia argentea 
intus aucto, intimo majore appendiculo ipso imposito angulari striga argentea brevi interiore 
ornato. Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 lin." (Horsjield, I. c.) 
Zoilus, Moore, differs from the type of A. lohita, Horsfield, in its larger size, 
different colour of the bands beneath, and narrowness of the marginal bands 
of the primaries. De Niceville says that the only differential character of any 
importance between zoilus and lohita is the black bands on the underside of the 
former insect ; these bands are not jet-black, but are faintly tinged with red. 
Mr. Moore's types of zoilus were from the Andaman Isles, and the same 
writer subsequently recorded a specimen intermediate between zoilus and 
lohita from Mergui. 
In all my Chinese specimens, which expand 42 millim., the bands on the 
under surface are perfectly black, and, as will be seen by reference to the 
figui-e (Plate XXX. fig. 16, d ), the outer margin of primaries is broadly black, 
and differs in this character only from zoilus. 
Occurs at Moupin, Chia-ting-fu, Pu-tsu-fong, Wa-ssu-kow, and Omei-shan 
in Western China, and at Chang-yang in Central China. 
Distribution. Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Siam, Orissa, 
South India, Ceylon, Java, Philippines, China. 
Aphnaeus syama. 
Amblypodia sycinta, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 107 (1829). 
Aphnceus syama, Ilewitsoii, 111. Diuru. Lep. p. 61, pi. xsv. fig. 7,^ (1865) ; Staudiiiger, 
