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ANISODES. By L. B. Prout. 
black; perhaps sufficient differences to betoken a separate species, in which case the two following forms are 
ihysanopoda. probably races of it. glycidora is generally rather a small form. — thysanopoda Prout (= fimbripedata Warr., 
nec Walk.) (18 d), from the Solomons, is larger and of a somewhat duller colour, the median shade strengthened, 
clara. etc. Type locality: Florida Island. — clara Prout, from New Guinea and its islands, has the irroration 
finer and sparser, the dark median shading 'almost entirely obsolete, leaving the zigzag line itself distinct, 
with its costal spots sharply black; subterminal with some sharp black dots. In all these respects nearer to 
j. jocosa, but conserving the essential distinctions noted under glycidora. 
cora. A. cora Prout (18 c). Very similar to niveopuncta, but with the body and wings paler above, less 
fleshy-tinged; markings of forewing more strongly expressed, cell-dot enlarged into a small elongate ring, 
median shade more deeply dentate; hindwing somewhat more crenulate than in niveopuncta, with stronger 
markings. Near Oetakwa River, Snow Mountains, Dutch New Guinea, 1 <$. 
abscondita- A. absconditaria Walk. (= ? acritophyrta West <$, nec $ typ.) (18 d) has already been differentiated 
ria • above from patruelis, the species with which, where both occur together, it might most easily be confused. 
Apparently less variable than that, although the cell-spot of the hindwing exhibits the 3 most usual phases. 
Walker’s type, a from “S. Hindostan", is worn, but shows a stronger median shade than usual. The com¬ 
bined strengthening of the markings and slight “warming” (in the direction of reddish) are characteristic of 
the S. Indian and — so far as I can see — the Formosan forms, and I am inclined to restrict the name to 
these, with, probably, those of Ceylon (where it seems rare) and perhaps Malaya and Sumatra. A few from 
fasciata. the mountains of Java are larger, but I know too few to offer any opinion on them. — ab. fasciata nov., a $ 
assamica. from Arizan (A. E. Wileman) has the median shade of both wings strikingly broadened and darkened. — as- 
samica subsp. nov. (18 d). In looking through long series in good condition from the Khasis, one is struck by 
the generally weaker markings, the great rarity of particularly reddish specimens and the strong preponderance 
of specimens with the small black-ringed cell-dot of the hindwing, though with a certain percentage in 
which it is larger and white; those which have it large and black seem almost unknown there. I add here the 
conjcctata. forms from Sikkim, Bhutan and Upper Burma. — conjectata subsp. nov. Almost as weakly marked as assamica 
and with the same general tendency in the cell-spot of the hindwing, though occasionally the black ring may 
be a little enlarged; tone about as reddish as in a. absconditaria. Siao-lu, a long series, including the type; 
Tse-ku, Tien-tsuen, Ta-tsien-lu, Kwanhsien, Kunkala-shan, etc.; chiefly from the Oberthur collection. 
clandestina. A. clandestina Prout (18 d). Smaller and shorter-winged than absconditaria, structure in most points 
quite similar, tympanal orifice greatly enlarged, sternal tuft in $ less developed. Wings with the irroration 
stronger than in absconditaria, purple-reddish, giving an appreciably different tone to the species; underside 
of forewing with a rosy flush, of hindwing generally with the cell-spot, developed (in absconditaria obsolete). 
Assam (the type from the Khasis), Malay Peninsula. Borneo, Java and Bali; I think also at Pundaluoya, 
Ceylon (a $ in the Tring Museum) and perhaps Nias. 
■ paucinotata. A. paucinotafa Warr. (18 e). Intermediate in size between the two preceding, in structure (so far as 
examined) like absconditaria, in colour nearer clandestina; markings very weak, the minute white cell-dot of 
the hindwing with its ring very slender and scarcely darker than the rest of the (purplish) irroration. S. and 
W. Celebes. 
niveopuncta. A. niveopuncta Warr. (18 e). Extremely similar to clandestina, which might have been considered a 
race of it but for the different genitalia; in niveopuncta the uncus is longer and more slender, the valves very 
different, the aedoeagus with very distinct cornutus, etc. Tone seldom quite so purplish, at times almost as 
in the least reddish absconditaria; cell-mark of hindwing generally (? always) minute, with a very small and 
slender (rarely moderate) black ring. The size sometimes reaches that of clandestina, rarely that of a moderate 
absconditaria. N. Queensland; also distributed in New Guinea and known from Vulcan and Dampier Islands. 
indigens. — ab. indigens Warr., from British New Guinea (Angabunga River) has the forewing more weakly marked 
and the white cell-dot of the hindwing lacks its black ring. 
matthias. A. matthias Prout (18 e). Close to niveopuncta, possibly a subspecies. Rather smaller, the forewing 
perhaps slightly broader in proportion. Distinguished by its less fleshy tone and stronger irroration and mark¬ 
ings, notably the proximal shading of the subterminal. Forewing beneath not or scarcely suffused with pink. 
St. Matthias Island. 
melav.troches. A. melatitroches sp. n. (19 a). Expanse 35^37 mm. In colour near clandestina or bright niveopuncta, 
wings slightly more rounded than in them and absconditaria; forewing with costal edge darkened, cell-spot 
white (not dark-ringed), postmedian dots more proximal, that on R 2 strengthened; hindwing with cell-spot 
regularly large and blackish. The genitalia differ from those of all the 3 allies. Kinabalu, 5 August 1903, 10d' ( j' 
( J. Waterstradt) in the British Museum. 
