ANISODES. By L. B. Prout. 
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subapical and hindmarginal, is noteworthy because it recurs exactly (both sexes) on St. Matthias Island. Type 
a <$ from Little Kei. - niveostilla Prout (= niveopuncta Turn., nec Warr.) is the North Queensland form, or niveostilla. 
perhaps an aberration, somewhat smaller and less ochreous, perhaps on an average more strongly marked, at 
least as regards the (often enlarged) black, white-pupilled cell-spot of the hindwing. Occasionally, heavily dark- 
marked aberrations occur among it. lautokensis Prout, from Fiji, is larger, the vertex and proximal part lautokensis. 
of antenna snow-white (in c. compacta little paler than the body and wings), the grey irroration on the whole 
stronger. Variable in strength of markings. 
A. obstataria Walk. (= acuta Moore) (17 i). Somewhat paler than compacta, though still with a reddish obstataria. 
tinge. Areole wanting; further distinguishable by some details of shape and especially by the darkpunctiform 
(not ocellated) cell-mark of the hindwing. Markings generally weak. Borneo (Walker's type), Samatra, the 
Malay Peninsula, S. India and Ceylon (Moore's type). — ab. ignorata Walk., also from Ceylon, a single $, has ignorata. 
a slightly more orange-brown tone than usual and has the markings exceptionally weak, even the minute ter¬ 
minal dots brown rather than black. — imbuta Warr. from the Khasis and occurring also in Sikkim, is slightly imbuta. 
more reddish-tinged than the type-form, the termen of the forewing perhaps slightly more oblique, median 
shade ill-defined, powdery, postmedian with fairly sharp dots on the veins. Underside very weakly marked, 
pale or (perhaps always in perfectly fresh specimens) with a rosy suffusion on the forewing. cryptorhodata cryptorho- 
Walk. (17 i) is probably a further race of the same species, perhaps nearer to obstataria in shape, to imbuta in 
markings; upperside generally without a hint of reddish tone, the forewing beneath, on the other hand, with 
a definite purple or rosy flush, the terminal dots, on the forewing a subterminal series also, deeper purplish. 
Queensland, from Brisbane northward, not rare. — tenuis Warr., described from Biagi, British New Guinea, tenuis. 
is certainly very close to cryptorhodata, perhaps almost synonymous; unless it is very slightly broader-winged, 
I can find no difference except in its less pale (more brownish or red-brownish) upperside. British and Dutch 
New Guinea. 
A. xenocometes sp. n. (17 k). Rather larger than obstataria, more orange, markings more reddish, stronger xenocomcics. 
(at least the median band) both above and beneath; forecoxa of with an ochreous pencil from base, as long 
as the coxa itself. Ceylon: Maskeliya, type <$ and another and 2 $9; Haputale, 1 $; all in coll. British Museum. 
A. subdolaria Swinh. (= simplex Warr., clecretaria Turn., nec Walk.) (17 k). Easily distinguished from subdolaria. 
obstataria by its pale face (that of obstataria is predominantly red or purplish), generally paler groundcolour 
and especially by its shape: termen of forewing more curved, so that the anterior part is less oblique and the 
wing looks broader and more stumpy, with squarer apex, costa rather straight. Palpus slightly shorter. Very 
widely distributed, India, Malay Peninsula, Bali, Borneo, Mindanao and again in British New Guinea and 
Thursday Island; if a separation is possible, the Indo-Malayan group will be subdolaria (type from Bombay), 
the Papuan simplex (type from Upper Aroa River). 
A. hirtipalpis Prout (17 k, and $) should properly constitute a separate section, perhaps next to hirtipalpis. 
Pachythalia as the $ forewing has the scaling of the upperside specialised, presenting a mealy appearance; 
palpus long, the 2nd joint in the with very long forward-directed hair-tuft. The large oval buff cell-spot is 
another striking characteristic of the q . Areole present, rather narrow. The $ is a much more normal-looking 
creature, but I do not think the determination can be doubted. Kinabalu, at elevations of 5000—7200 feet. 
E. H i n cl t i b i a of <$ with 3 spurs, normally placed; forewing of with 3 
raised tufts of scales near the apex. 
A. tricrista Prout (17 k). Besides the scale-tufts, of which the one on the 1st radial is very small, the tricrista. 
anterior ones progressively larger, the <$ forewing has an area of fine, closely appressed. transverse hair-scaling 
in and behind the cell. New Ireland, 3 <$<$. 
F. H indtibia of $ with the proximal spur near the terminal ones. 
A. sarawackaria Guen. (= sarawakaria Walk.). Gurnee's type, from Sarawak, was a $, but a series sarawacka- 
of both sexes from Kinabalu agrees perfectly with it and shows very little variation. The ochreous tint, the 
broad, cloudy lines and the amount of the subterminal maculation give it a characteristic aspect . Areole pre¬ 
sent. Known also from Malaya, Tonkin, Formosa, Ceram and New Guinea. Probably several races may, with 
more material, be found to be distinguishable. — lichenaria Swinh. (= obscurata Warr.) (18 a), the types re- lichenaria. 
spectively from the Khasis and Sikkim, has a distinctly duller tone and is proved by a long series to be a se¬ 
parable subspecies. - argyrisma form. nov. has a large white cell-spot on the hindwing, almost as in typical argyrisma. 
monetaria (19 e). A $ from New Britain (loc. typ.), wiiere I suspect it is a race, a second from the Kratka 
Mtns.; both in the Tring Museum. 
A. rufiplaga Warr. (18 a). Much larger than sarawackaria (42—48 mm) and not liable to be confounded mfiplaga. 
