PYLARGOSCELES; ERYTHROLOPHUS; SYNEGIODES. By L. B. Prout. 
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the hindwing narrow, white, weakly dark-edged. Underside, especially of the hindwing, paler, the markings 
of the outer half reproduced. Only known from the Khasis. 
S. inobtrusa Warr. Very similar to regularis (16 c), possibly a race. The unique type, a d, is in poor inobtrusa. 
condition, hut seems to be of a less reddish brown, the cell-dot of the forewing rather large, the teeth of the 
postmedian rather weaker. S. Celebes. 
S. solidaria Guen. (= quadraequata Walk., thalassica Moore, rufifrontaria Hmps.) (16 d). Hindtibia solidaria. 
of the d with only one spur. Colour of D. idaea Swinh., or a slightly greyer green, hindwing not at all bent 
at 3rd radial, cell-dot of forewing not sharply black, lines differently placed. The typical Indo-Malayan form 
is small, but the two following races attain fully to the size of idaea. solidaria and thalassica were described 
from Ceylon, rufifrontaria from Calicut, quadraequata from Sarawak, but I cannot separate the latter from the 
Indian forms, which extend, with little modification, to Malaya, Java and through the Lesser Sunda Islands 
to Timor, perhaps even Queensland. sinensis Prout (see Supp.-Vol. 4, pi. 4 b), from W. China, is larger and sinensis. 
still more indistinctly marked. ochrea Warr. (16 d). It is to be regretted that this inappropriate name, founded ochrea. 
on a discoloured <$ from Woodlark I., is the only one available for the large forms which represent solidaria in 
the Papuan Subregion and which cannot be merged in sinensis. They are in general m ore strongly dark- 
marked than the name-type and have the costal margins beneath perhaps more brightly cinnamon, a consid¬ 
erable part of the forewing beneath with rosy suffusion. Hindwing of $ beneath with rougher scaling in the 
submedian area, particularly about the fold. 1 include provisionally under this name the forms from New 
Guinea, the D’Entrecasteaux. Louisiade and Bismarck Islands, perhaps even Burn and even ( ?) the Philip¬ 
pines. — validaria Walk. To judge from abundant material from W. and S. Celebes, this seems to be a distin- validaria. 
guishable race, differing from type solidaria in its better developed, undulate whitish subterminal. Coast up 
to at least 1800 feet. — f. hyporrhoda nov. From Paloe at 3100—3700 feet comes an interesting modification of hyporrhoda. 
validaria, with an expanse at least equal to that of large ochrea , beneath with the forewing (except the hindmargin) 
entirely suffused with rose, the hindwing with apex and termen more suffused therewith than in ochrea. At 
2700—3100 feet this form occurs with more typical validaria. — baptata Warr. (16 d), from Samoa, is glistening baptata. 
whitish, with the cell-mark of the hindwing purer white, more elongate than that of solidaria. It may perhaps 
have attained to the status of a species, but certainly represents solidaria. 
10. Genus: I*ylargoseeles Prout. 
(See Supp.-Vol. 4, p. 27.) 
Antenna of U slenderly bipsctinate, the pectinations surmounted with long branching cilia. Hindtibia 
in d with 2 spurs, in $ with 4. Forewing with areole simple, moderately large, the subcostals normal. Hindwing 
with 2nd subcostal shortly or very shortly stalked. Genitalia characteristic, but showing definite affinities with 
Symmacra , Metallaxis and others; the uncus is peculiar, 4-lobed, the gnathos long, sword-shaped; valves very 
short. Apparently only one species. Differs from Metallaxis in the simple areole. 
P. steganioides Butl. (Vol. 4, pi. 4 m), described from Japan, is predominantly a Palaearctic species and steganioides. 
has been dealt with in the volumes devoted to that fauna. It is known from N. China and I have seen it 
from Ningpo and one specimen (rather poor) from W. China (Omei-shan). limbaria Wileman (16 d) is smaller limbaria. 
and with a stronger median band on the hindwing and more definite terminal shade, but occasionally produces 
forms which very closely approach S. steganioides ; the genitalia show nothing distinctive. Formosa. — ab. uni- unicolor. 
color Prout, with the median shade obsolescent and the colour-contrasts altogether weak, has occurred in lim¬ 
baria as well as in steganioides (see Vol. 4. p. 55). 
11. Genus: Er,ytlirolopluis Swinh. 
Palpus more or less elongate, the terminal joint in the longish, in the ^ long. Antenna in the <1 bi- 
pectinate, with long branches. Hindtibia of the d tufted, with terminal spurs almost concealed in a strong 
brush of hair; of the $ with 4 spurs. Forewing with areole double, 2nd subcostal arising from stalk of 3rd—5th. 
Distinguished chiefly from Organopoda by the antenna and hindleg. There is only one species. 
E. fascicorpus Swinh. (16 d). Recognizable by the structural characters, the ocellated cell-spot of the fascicorpus. 
hindwing, etc. The general resemblance is perhaps more to some Neotropical Semaeopus than to any Indian 
species with which it can be compared. Besides the type locality (Khasis) it is known from Tonkin, the Malay 
Peninsula and Java. 
12. Genus: Synegiocles Swinh. 
(See Supp.-Vol. 4, p. 27.) 
Antenna of d strongly bipsctinate. Hindleg in both sexes simple, with all the spurs developed. Fore¬ 
wing with apex acute, termen slightly or moderately bent at the 3rd radial, areole double or simple. Hindwing 
