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MILTOCHRISTA. By Dr. M. Drattdt. 
aurcorosca. 
coccineoter- 
men. 
tridcns. 
delineala. 
i uscescens. 
coalescens. 
mesortha. 
delicia. 
scripta. 
mulHsfria- 
ta. 
r hypoprepi- 
oides. 
citrona. 
M. aureorosea Rot/isch. J: head, antennae and thorax orange-golden, thorax and patagia spotted 
black; abdomen with a yellow basal half, the apical half golden-orange with a scarlet hue. The middle third 
of the forewing orange-golden, the distal third and the proximal margin scarlet ; a spot at the base, an ante- 
median and a median zigzag-line, a very broad postmedian band with a series of faint red dots, and the border 
are brownish slate-grey. Hindwings pink, bordered with slate-tint. Length of forewings: 11 mm. Mount Goliath. 
New-Guinea, 5000 to 7000 ft., February. 
M. coccineotermen Rothsch. In the 9 the head, thorax and antennae are golden-yellow, on the patagia 
a small, dark brown dot; abdomen buff. Forewings golden yellow, at the border a broad scarlet band, 2 small 
dots at the base and 1 near it, an antemedian and median zigzag-line, a small postmedian dot, a double post- 
discal zigzag-line connected with the fringes by two streaks and the fringes themselves brownish slate-coloured. 
Hindwings light buff with dirty grey fringes. Length of forewings: 11 to 14- mm. Mount Goliath. 
M. tridens Wil. with orange-red forewings, markings black; median line almost straight, not 
reaching the costa; the lower half of the postmedian line almost parallel to the median line as far as the middle, 
where it is bent distally, from there broadly dentate as far as the costa; a dot at the base of the wing and 
one at the cell-end; from the latter a diffuse patch roughly resembling a trident with 3 teeth of the postmedian 
line; 3 small marginal dots towards the apex and one behind the middle. Hindwings light ochreous-brown, 
suffused with pink; at the border near the costa 3 dull dots; fringes pink. Beneath lighter than above, the 
small, black marginal dots distinct, but the other marking very faint. 32 mm. October, Formosa. 
M. delineata Wkr. (= rhodina H.-Schaff ., figuratus Wkr.) resembles the following, but it is somewhat 
larger, of a uniformly orange-red ground-colour, the median line and distal transverse line proceed from the 
same place at the costal margin; at the cell-end a small black spot. Distributed in South East Asia as far as 
Borneo, and extending in the form fuscescens Btlr. (= chinensis Fldr.) into the palearctic region up as 
far as the Yang-tse-kiang; the latter form is darkened blackish-brown in the basal part and marginal area. — 
In coalescens form. nov. (= ab. 1 Hmps.) the streaks in the marginal area are flown together to a dark spot. 
M. mesortha Hmps. (17 m) is smaller than the preceding, with a more scarlet ground-colour spotted 
yellow round the cell-end; the median line and distal transverse line are separated afar at the costal margin. 
The discal clot is absent. — Assam. 
M. delicia Swinh. is, according to Snellen, perhaps only a form of the very variable gratiosa Guer. 
(Yol. II, t. lie) with which it is connected by the likewise allied curtisi Btlr. and euprepia Hmps. It is somewhat 
smaller and distinguished by the anterior transverse line and the median line being coalescent below the median. 
The posterior transverse line is finely dentate, on the middle radial projecting in a stronger tooth; behind it 
a series of black dots which are extended to streaks on the two upper radials and thereby connected with the 
posterior transverse line. Hindwings carmine. — Assam, Sumatra, Java. 
M. scripta Wkr. (= meander Snell.). The yellow forewing exhibits black basal dots, then near the 
base a transverse line being doubly sharply angled outside; the anterior transverse line is rather oblicpie; the 
median line projects towards the base in the cell and on the submedian fold; the posterior transverse line rises 
at the costal margin near the latter and then forms a large bow round the cell-end: behind it are black vein- 
streaks not reaching, however, as far as the border. 38 mm. — From Celebes. 
M. multistriata Hmps. (18.d) has white forewings with a yellowish tint at the base and border. The 
two proximal transverse lines are close together, before them a row of 3 black spots; at the cell-end a black 
spot; behind the dentate postmedian line black vein streaks extending as far as the border, the same on the 
hindwings. — Described from Assam, found also in Java. 
M. hypoprepioides Wkr. resembles multistriata, but the wings are yellow; the anterior transverse line 
is in the cell very much angled towards the margin; the posterior line, in contrast with the preceding, does 
not show a tooth on the upper radial; the hindwing shows a dark marginal band with ochreous-yellow spots 
between the veins. — Borneo. 
M. citrona Hmps. has pale orange-yellow forewings, at the base small black spots, and a series of 
4 more are situate before the bent anterior transverse line consisting of black spots; through the middle extends 
a curved orange transverse line, at the cell-end a black dot: the black distal transverse line projects distally 
