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MILTOCHRISTA. By Dr. M. Dbaudt. 
post nigra. 
flavoplngia- 
' la. 
sanguitinc- 
ia. 
punicea. 
clohertyi. 
plumbili- 
neata. 
vetusta. 
caJligenioi- 
des. 
nigrocincta. 
obscura. 
rut Hel¬ 
en neonota- 
1a. 
roseororatus. 
collivolans. 
M. postnigra Hmps. (18 c) from Sikkim, has black forewings with orange-yellow spots in the basal 
part and red antemarginal streak-spots. Hindwings black, with an orange-red spot at the base of the costal 
margin. 
M. flavoplagiata Rothsck. <$: antennae golden; head and thorax gold-orange, densely spotted black; 
abdomen black, anal tuft and some lateral spots orange. Forewings purple-black, 4 large and 2 smaller spots 
in the basal half and some faint streaks, as well as 2 marginal spots and a small spot in the distal half gold- 
orange. Hindwings black. The $ is larger, the wings slate-coloured; spots, streaks and dots of the forewings 
much larger and of a lighter yellow; on the hindwing only few yellow marginal spots. Abdomen golden-yellow 
with some slate-coloured bands. Length of forewings: ^ 15, $ 18 1 /., mm. Sula Mangoli, in October. 
M. sanguitincta Hmps. (18 b) is a larger species recognizable by a black median line connected with 
the anterior transverse line in two places: in the cell and on the submedian fold; intense, distinct antemarginal 
rays, the longest on the upper and lower radials. The anal end of the orange-yellow abdomen is carmine, the 
ventral side black. Batjan. 
M. punicea Moore (18 b) is much smaller than the preceding, and the median line is only in the cell 
connected with the anterior transverse line. The abdomen is distinct with an orange-yellow apex. Sikkim, Burma. 
M. dohertyi Rothsch. antennae reddish-yellow, head and thorax orange-red with small slate- 
brown spots; abdomen salmon-coloured pink intermixed with greyish hair on the two first segments. Forewings 
scarlet, 3 basal dots, a zigzag-band near the base from the costa to vein 1, antemedian and median bands very 
irregular, connected below the subcostal, a postmedian serpentine band with broad streaks towards the margin, 
and the fringes slate-coloured wooden-brown. Hindwings semi-transparent buff, with an intense pink hue. 
The $ similar, but the bands and stripes of the forewings fainter. Length of forewings: 18, $ 19% mm. 
Tambora (Sumbawa), in June. 
M. plumbilineata Hmps. (18 b). Head, thorax, apex of abdomen, and forewings orange. The latter 
exhibit a blackish-brown, somewhat leaden-lustrous costal and distal margin, and 3 similar, somewhat undulate 
transverse lines, some dark antemarginal spots. Hindwings yellow, at the margin blackish-brown. The has 
no orange colour at the anal end, and the posterior transverse line is bent more distally. Celebes. 
M. vetusta Snell, is very unlike all the species known hitherto, but according to Snellen it belongs 
here and looks somewhat like Paidia murina (Vol. II, t. Ilf); ground-colour earth-brown, with 4 finely dented, 
rather parallel transverse lines proceeding from somewhat larger costal spots; at the base of the costal margin 
a fifth small spot; a black discal dot. Hindwings dusty grey. West Javanese mountains. 
M. calligenioides Snell. (= lineata Hmps.) has orange-red forewings with a black costal margin and 
3 transverse lines which are more strongly dentate than in vetusta', before the margin on the veins indistinct 
black streaks, the longest and thickest on the lower radial. Hindwings orange with a black marginal band 
occasionally exhibiting small orange spots. Widely distributed in the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, 
Celebes. 
M. nigrocincta Snell. (18 b, as lineata) greatly resembles the preceding, but it is of a more yellow 
colour and much more indistinctly marked, without a black median line. -—- Philippines, Borneo. 
M. obscura Semp. is easily recognizable by the dark brown ground-colour; the costal margin and 
the base of the median are scarlet, a spot at the proximal margin orange-yellow; a somewhat faded anterior 
transverse line and stripes in the cell-spaces before the margin are scarlet; at the proximal margin before the 
middle and in and below the cell-end there are orange-yellow spots bordered with red. Hindwing in the basal 
half orange, at the border black. Philippines (Mindanao). 
M. rutila Wkr. (18 c) is recognizable by the median line being connected with the posterior transverse 
line below the costal margin, and once more on the submedian fold; besides the carmine forewing exhibits an 
incomplete anterior transverse line, and an antemarginal one strongly dentated on the \ipper and lower radials; 
the distal third of the costal margin and the fringes are black; hindwings pale carmine. From New Guinea. 
M. cuneonotata Wlcr. (= mindosana Setup.) is a little like the figure of pretiosa (18 b) from which 
it differs at once by blackish-brown fringes; besides the median line terminates with an angular proximal bend 
in the cell and on the submedian fold; it is twice connected with the anterior transverse line. Hindwings - 
yellowish-white, towards the margin suffused with red. Widely distributed in India and Indo-China and in 
Sumatra. — roseororatus Btlr., considered as a distinct species by Snellen, is inserted here by Hampson. It 
has yellow wings uniformly tinted carmine, without the prominent red spots and stripes. -— f. collivolans Butl. 
