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ANISODES. By L. B. Prottt. 
scioessa. 
monetaria. 
orgentispila. 
areolar ia. 
hyper yfhra. 
liomostola. 
ccramis. 
leucopelta. 
inornata. 
rudis. 
impavida. 
sc iota. 
subriibrata. 
ustipennis. 
Malaya, Sumatra and perhaps Mindanao. — scioessa subsp. nov. is darker (more suffused with grey). Forewing 
with median shade broad, the ante-and postmedian rows of dots more connected into lines; beneath with a 
more pronounced rosy suffusion in and behind cell and distally between the folds as far as the postmedian, 
which latter is better developed than on the underside of a. argentosa. Paloe, W. Celebes, 1800—2700 feet 
(J. P. A. Kalis), type $ in the Tring Museum, from G. Rangkoenau. The Bali form, of which I know only 
one imperfect $, is very similar, probably an intermediate race. 
A. monetaria Guen. (= pleniluna Warr.) (19 e). Easily known by its shape, the wide distance between 
the costal end of the post-median and the apex of the forewing, the cloudy grey shades which accompany (or 
represent) the transverse markings, etc. Generally more reddish or more cinnamon than argentosa, especially 
so the name-typical race, which, moreover, is generally smaller. The type <$, from Borneo, and the Penang $ 
on which Warren based pleniluna have the cell-spot of the hindwing large and white. This western race, however, 
includes a large percentage in which it is small or even punctiform, surrounded by a very slender or moderate 
or very ample black ring or spot. — ab. argentispila Warr. is a rather light, rather less weakly marked $ from 
the Naga Hills, with the large cell-spot of the hindwing more irregular in shape (with 2 teeth projecting distad) 
and rather more broadly ringed with black. — ab. areolaria Oberth., also from Borneo, has the cell-spot of the 
hindwing black, with only a very small white centre. — ab. (loc.?) hyperythra Swinh. is nearly the same, the 
ground-colour a trifle redder, the underside with stronger rosy suffusion. This form is perhaps more prevalent 
in the Khasis than elsewhere. — These and similar forms inhabit Ceylon, India, Malaya, Tonkin. Borneo. - 
homostola Meyr., founded on a single $ from Talaut, is either an aberration or race, slightly more yellowish, 
weakly marked, the cell-ring of the hindwing extremely small and oval, as in some m. ceramis. — ceramis 
Meyr. (19 e), which represents monetaria eastward, from Celebes to the Solomon Islands, is very variable in 
size, as well as in the development of the cell-spot of the hindwing; there may perhaps be further races dist¬ 
inguishable. The tone is on the whole less reddish than in monetaria, often somewhat dulled with greyish, 
the grey median shade on the whole a little broader, on the hindwing generally farther from the cell-spot. The 
type, a $ from the “Solomon Islands”, has the cell-spot of the hindwing blackish with a white pupil. — ab. 
leucopelta Lower denotes the forms with large white cell-spot, as in typical argentosa and monetaria. Type 
from Mackay, Queensland. — ab. (? subsp.) inornata Warr., from Banda Island is small, hindwing with 
very small cell-spot, in 4 of the 5 known examples almost punctiform, blackish, with scarcely perceptible 
white centre, in the other white (almost punctiform), with very slender black ring. These forms are also some¬ 
what prevalent in North Queensland and perhaps on Suriba Island; occasional elsewhere. I have a weakly 
marked, but not undersized <$ from Dammer Island, the only ceramis yet- seen from that locality. 
A. rudis Prout (19 e). Larger than the two preceding, relatively broad-winged, the crown and the 
antennal shaft much clouded with blackish, the costal margin of the forewing also blackened. Structurally 
distinct in that the midtibia, of the is densely clothed with long hair, the midfemur having shorter hair 
and the hindfemur being still more weakly clothed. Fore wing of the q with the 1st radial curved, nearly as 
in alienaria, so that both in midleg-structure and venation (excepting the loss of the a-reole) this sex shows 
definite convergence towards that species or (as I now suspect) a really close affinity. C-ell-spot of hindwing 
white, but quite small. Underside almost uniform, dull rosy. Snow Mountains: near Oetakwa River; also 
from Aroa River, 1 $. A $ from New Hanover is more heavily irrorated and not quite so large as the type. - 
impavida subsp. nov. apparently deviates remarkably little except in a structural detail which will need con¬ 
firming on more extensive material: hindtibia in the type with a (very short) proximal spur retained, of 
which the New Hanover rudis shows no vestige (both hindlegs very unfortunately lost in rudis type). Face 
with less (if any) white on lower part. Ground-colour slightly more reddish (less cinnamon), median shade 
of forewing posteriorly meeting that of hindwing, cell-spot of hindwing reduced. W. Sumatra: Lebong Tandai 
(C. J. Brooks) a $ and 2 $$ in the British Museum. A much damaged 9 from N. Borneo (mentioned in my 
original description of rudis ) should probably be added. 
A. sciota Turn, has, to judge from its author's account, similar structure to the preceding and following 
species: “middle tibia and 1st tarsal joint of (J elongate and densely clothed beneath with long pale ochreous 
hairs. Palpus lU.” More ochreous than rudis, irregularly blotched with purple-fuscous, apparently much as 
in subrubrata and, like that species, somewhat variable. The chief distinction seems to be that the termen 
of the hindwing is “rounded”. Founded on a $ from Kuranda, N. Queensland. A worn $ from St. Aignan, 
though less large, seems to agree better with sciota than with subrubrata. 
A. subrubrata Warr. represents the two preceding on the western group of the Solomons. The type 
$, from Gizo, has the dark blotches developed only in the distal area, the large torna-1 one on the hindwing 
the blackest; possibly it is the regular $-form, as the other 8 specimens before me are <$<$. - ustipennis Warr. 
(19 e), the type a ^ from New Georgia, has the hindwing darkened over more than half its surface and the 
