Publ. 14. III. 1941. 
COLLIX. By L. B. Prout. 
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C. hypospilata Guen. (37 c). Palpus fuscous. Upperside not unlike that of blosyra; underside very sharply hypospi- 
marked; its postmedian band not at all broken into spots, subterminal composed of strong, blackish interneural 
spots. Ceylon (type) and S. India. Other records erroneous or doubtful, as the name has been too comprehen¬ 
sively applied. 
C. praetenta Prout (37 cl). Variable in size, larger and rather paler than ghosha, <$ antenna less com- praetenta. 
pressed laterally. The darkest examples are extremely similar on the upperside to hypospilata. Underside 
intermediate between that and ghosha , almost exactly as in foraminata Guen. (Vol. 16, pi. 10 g), the strong longi¬ 
tudinal streaking of ghosha faintly or scarcely indicated, the bands both macular, with the spots large and sub¬ 
confluent, the postmedian series not so elongate as in ghosha. Khasis (type), E. Pegu. Malaya and Formosa. 
astathes Prout , from Bali and E. Java, erected as a separate species, is probably only a large dark form of astathes. 
praetenta. Underside with postmedian rather less broadly macular, perhaps a little more continuous, subterminal 
on forewing obsolescent at costa, only distinct as paired spots between the radials and isolated ones between 
the medians and at the fold. Type from Batoeriti. Bali, 3500 feet. 
C. examplata Warr. (37 d). So similar in structure and underside to the preceding that both may cxamplata. 
possibly be forms of one species. Large, dark, the markings heavy but not sharp, a characteristic ochreous spot 
in base of cellule 3 of the forewing. New Guinea, Ceram and Buru, the type from Angabunga River. The under¬ 
side sometimes, in the Moluccan forms, shows traces of the additional line which is characteristic of mesopora. 
C. mesopora Prout (37 d). Closely similar to praetenta, although the build appears a trifle more robust mesopora. 
and the <$ antenna more compressed laterally. Forewing rather broader, more mottled, more inclining to brown, 
cell-spot enlarged, postmedian band rather broad. Both wings beneath, in addition to the two bands of prae¬ 
tenta, with a slender median line present. Kinabalu, 5000—5500 feet (loc. typ.) and the mountains of Sarawak; 
I think also Benguet and W. Celebes (Luzon) at similar altitudes. 
C. ghosha Walk. (37 d). Distinguishable by its small size and the exceptionally heavily marked under- ghosha. 
side; here the cell-spots are very large, the postmedian spots produced basewards, especially the one behind 
the 3rd radial, which continues to the base of the cellule, so as to meet the cell-spot; there are (also on the 
underside) some ill-defined dark longitudinal streaks proximally. Described from Ceylon but widely distributed: 
Riu-Kiu Islands. Formosa, Malaysia, Bali. Celebes, the Sula and Kei Islands, Timor, etc. — mayri subsp. nov. mayri. 
3 dU from Siwi. Arfak Mountains, 800 m (Dr. E. Mayr), appear to represent a local race, but are not in really 
good condition; upperside darker, duller and more uniform. Received by the Tring Museum from the collector. 
sticticata Warr. is treated as a subspecies of ghosha, but as the antenna in the only available <$ (the holotype) stidicata. 
is rather more notched between the lamellae, some of the distal joints showing nearly the form that is observable 
in rufidorsata, elongata and multifilata, it may be a separate species. Superficially it differs very little from 
typical ghosha but has somewhat more equal markings (less spotted), the pale band outside the postmedian 
bisected by a more distinct line. Solomon Islands: Florida (type) and San Christoval. 
C. subligata Warr. (37 d), from Lifu, Loyalty Islands, is also little known. The type (not “$") is the subligata. 
only specimen before me and differs from both the preceding in its larger size and relatively still broader markings 
of the underside, particularly noticeable in respect of the subterminal band. 
C. dichobathra Prout (37 e). Scarcely distinguishable from the largest, broadest-winged, brownest and dichobathra. 
most strongly marked examples of rufidorsata, except in having the $ antenna much less strongly lamellate. 
Forewing with the costal spots in general more darkened, subbasal line rather conspicuously darkened between 
cell and hindmargin, almost as in examplata . Underside with longitudinal streaks on the whole less strong than 
in rufidorsata, postmedian band much less indented near costa. L T pper Aroa River (type) and Biagi. - puncti- puncticulata. 
culata subsp. nov. Slightly warmer in tone and with some of the subordinate lines (notably the first of the post- 
median series) more broken into dark, pale-edged dots. N. Queensland: Kuranda (including the type), Her- 
berton and Cedar Bay, a good series in the British Museum. — $-ab. (?) anaxia nov. is much more weakly marked anoxia. 
above and the forewing looks rather more rounded apically, the hindwing perhaps rather less concave between 
the radials. Brisbane (M. Culpin), type in my collection; Taylor Range (J. P. Dodd), paratype. As Turner 
has not noted any deviation in the Brisbane forms, I am uncertain of the status. 
C. lasiospila Meyr. (37 e). If I have correctly determined this species, of which the underside is ignored lasiospUa. 
in the description, it is a Collix, with normal structure and upperside but very distinct in the b r o a d 1 y 
yellow-streaked veins beneath. Fiji. More recently brought from the New Hebrides by Miss 
Cheesman. 
C. rufidorsata Prout (37 e). This species and the two following have the J 1 antennal lamellae more se- rufidorsata. 
parated, forming almost what Hampson called “clawed teeth" below, rufidorsata is larger than average ghosha. 
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