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DICYCLODES: SARCINODES. By L B. Prout. 
suffusa. 
liieroglyphi- 
ca. 
fsuftana. 
debit aria. 
carnearia. 
I Unci no . 
aequilinea- 
ria. 
luzonensis. 
punctata. 
restitutaria 
aegrota. 
sumatraria. 
perakaria. 
wings beneath are distinctive. $ unknown. — ab. suffusa Warr. has the forewing and part of the hindwing (ex¬ 
cepting the costal and anal regions) clouded with dark purple-grey, the bright brown line and band of the fore¬ 
wing changed to dark black-brown. — Biagi, British New Guinea, in April. 
38. Genus: do flies Warr. 
Perhaps really nearer to (Enochroma than in our sequence of the genera, yet in shape (though rather 
narrower) and in the markings of the underside strongly recalling Sarcinodes. The extremely sinuous, some¬ 
what hyaline discocellulars of the hindwing are distinctive. Antenna of $ unipectinate. Hindtibia with all 
spurs. Fore wing with 1st subcostal free. Only one species known. 
D. hieroglyphica Warr. (2 e). Cannot-be confused with any other known species. In addition to the 
cell-mark of the hindwing, attention may be called to the sharply white costal marks of the forewing. British 
and Dutch New Guinea. 
39. Genus: nodes Guen. 
In the robust build, hairy clothing and unipectinate $ antenna, this genus has much in common with 
the typical (Enochroma group, but it may be at once distinguished by a noteworthy specialisation in the ven¬ 
ation, the 2nd radial of both wings arising close to the 1st, on the hindwing sometimes actually just stalked 
with it. Forewing with 1st and 2nd subcostals free. Unlike its allies, Sarcinodes is well represented in India and 
does not reach Australia. Of the early stages I can find no account, though some species are common. 
S. susana Swinh. (2 e). Brighter yellow above and beneath than any other Sarcinodes', further charac¬ 
terized by the strong, irregular dark mottlings, the band accompanying the proximal line of the hindwing tole¬ 
rably constant. Only known from the Khasia Hills, Assam, where the S appears to be common. I do not known 
the $. 
S. debitaria Walk. (2 e). Paler yellowish-brown, with strong black cell-dots, at least on the forewing, 
the dark antemedian line of the forewing and the common oblique white, distally dark-edged line from the apex 
also sharply expressed. Sikkim to Assam; ? Sumatra. 
S. carnearia Guen. (= bilinearia Moore) (2 f) has a similar (though yellower) outer line to the preceding 
but differs in its rufous colour, absence of cell-dots, reduction of antemedian line to a few weak dots, and pre¬ 
sence of a fine median line nearly parallel with the postmedian. N. India, Birma, Formosa. 
S. lilacina Moore (2f). Postmedian line as in carnearia ; ground-colour delicate lilacine; median line 
reddish, obsolescent on forewing, followed distally by an indistinct smoky shade; a very faint, pale dentate 
subterminal line generally indicated. Khasia Hills, Assam. 
S. aequilinearia Walk. (=trilineata Walk.) (2 f). Slightly variable in colour, the $ glossy lilacine grey, 
the S more or less strongly suffused with reddish. Distinguishable at once from all the preceding by the thre e 
fine, double, parallel lines of the forewing. Sikkim to Assam, also from West China. — V. Yol. 4, p. 5. 
S. luzonensis Wilem. a. South represents aequilinearia on Luzon. Antennal pectinations rather longer, 
continued farther down the shaft, forewing with base whitish, antemedian line slightly less oblique, post¬ 
median beneath more developed, shades at border of hindwing beneath stronger. 
S. punctata Warr. represents aequilinearia on Borneo. More uniformly reddish, with stronger black 
irroration, both wings with strong black cell-dot. 
S. restitutaria Walk. (2f). Distinguished by its large size-, robust build and the single fine oblique 
line which — unlike that of lilacina — is finely dark-edged proximally as well as distally. Ground-colour rather 
variable but never approaching that of lilacina, central area generally slightly darkened. The Indian race is 
generally dark rufous. From the North Shan States, West China and Formosa I have seen but few specimens. 
— ab. aegrota Btlr. is paler, especially in the distal area. — sumatraria Walk, is on an average darker and duller, 
sometimes grey-brown rather than red, but I doubt whether the distinctions are altogether constant. Sumatra. 
— perakaria Swinh. is also less red than typical restitutaria, rather inclining to violet-grey; characterized by 
having a yellow-whitish spot just outside the cell instead of a black cell-dot. Malay Peninsula. — I do not 
know the Borneo form, recorded by Swinhoe (Cat. Lep. Het. Oxf. Mus. Yol. 2, p. 320). 
S. vultuaria Guen. seems to be a rather rare species and I have only before me. Broader-winged 
than any of the preceding, costal margin of forewing more strongly arched proximally. cell shorter (only one- 
vultuaria. 
