MILTOCHRISTA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
139 
quadrangularly between the upper and lower radial veins; from this line black streaks run on the veins to the 
border; fringes black. The pale orange-yellow hindwings likewise exhibit black vein-streaks at the margin. — 
Singapore. 
M. irregularis Rothsch. In the $ the antennae are whitish; head creamy-white, with a pink tinge, irregular in. 
in the middle a dark spot; thorax and abdomen yellowish-white, with a pink tinge. Forewings whitish-pink, 
the border broad pink, in the basal fourth dusted with brown, minute scales, the costa and a crooked transverse 
line brown. Through the middle a flawed band, at the cell-end a black spot, behind it a very peculiar zigzag¬ 
line and 3 or 4 brown, small subterminal spots. Hindwings light pink. Length of forewings: 8y 2 mm. -— Hainan, 
June. 
M. roseata Wkr. (18 c) is one of the largest species and easily recognizable by the blackish-brown roseola. 
forewings showing orange-yellow spots and transverse stripes; hindwing carmine with a broad dark border. 
•— Sikkim. 
M. elongata Rothsch. C J ; antennae black, head and thorax black with yellowish bands and margins; elongata. 
abdomen black, faintly dusted with small yellowish scales. Forewings blackish-brown, the basal two thirds 
with somewhat faded orange stripes and spots. Hindwing orange, the distal third black. $ similar, larger, 
forewings much lighter. Length of forewings: 19, $ 21 mm. Oetakwa River in Dutch New-Guinea, October 
to November. 
M. biplagiata Rothsch. <$-. antennae black; head orange with small black spots; thorax black with Mplagicta. 
orange-red spots and margins; the 4 first abdominal segments orange, the apical segments black, the anal tuft 
and valvular appendages orange with black tips. Forewings deep chocolate-black, with an aniline-grey hue, 
at the base some orange-red spots, near the base an orange-red transverse band, an antemedian large orange 
spot, from the proximal margin of the submedian fold, and a similar one above it at the costa, in the middle of 
the costa a crimson spot and one below it at the rise of vein 2; a postmedian row of small red spots and an ante- 
marginal, somewhat indistinct row of small red spots. Hindwing in the basal half orange, in the distal half 
sooty black. The $ is larger, the anal tuft quite black, the orange basal part of the hindwing smaller and less 
extensive. 
M. duopunctata Semp. (18 c) is pale ochreous-yellow, on the forewings striped red; the median line duopuncla- 
projects towards the base in the cell, whereas the posterior transverse line forms a large, distal bow round 
the cell-end. On the two lowest subcostal veins, as well as on the uppermost and lowest radials there are black 
vein-rays. — From the Philippines (Manila). 
M. gratiosa Deless. has many forms and has already been commented upon for the greatest part in gratiosa. 
the palearctic part (Vol. II, p. 55, 56); the nomenclatural type figured there (Vol. II, lie) originates from 
India, as well as our figure (18 c) and is a rather large butterfly, with yellow wings spotted red in the cell-spaces, 
3 transverse lines and behind them a more or less darkened or on the veins striped marginal area. The species 
is distributed as far as the Malayan Archipelago. — epixantha Meyr. from North India and Burma is almost epixantha. 
quite yellow, without any red, the transverse lines only indicated by dots on the veins; a similar form is reported 
from Japan, but with more coherent transverse lines. -— defecta Wkr. from Nepal has a pale yellow ground- dejecta. 
colour. — Also striata Brem. & Grey from China and pulchra Btlr. from Japan are similar, preponderantly striata. 
yellow forms with transverse lines reduced to dots, the latter form being very much spotted red. — pretiosa 
Moore (18 b) with a preponderantly yellow ground-colour, from the North West Himalaya, mactans Btlr. from mactans. 
Sikkim with a more carmine ground-colour, have coherent transverse lines. — flammealis Moore, likewise flammealis. 
from Sikkim, is a very large form tinted carmine and very much marked. — lucibilis Swinh. from Borneo is lucibilis. 
yellow with long carmine stripes in the median area and coherent transverse lines, and an almost straight 
median line. 
M. curtisi Btlr. (18 d) perhaps also belongs yet to the forms of the preceding species and is distinguished curtisi. 
by a very broad brown band extending from the median line almost to the red-striped border; besides there 
is another broad anterior transverse line forking near the costal margin. Hindwings carmine-pink. -— Sumatra. 
M. rubricostata H.-Schdjf. (= rubrigutta Wkr.) from Borneo has yellow forewings; the base is spotted rubricosta- 
and striped red; an antemedian, blackish-brown transverse band encloses at. the costal margin a yellow spot, 
below the cell a red spot. A second, postmedian, brown transverse band exhibits red vein-stripes. The marginal 
area is unicolorously yellow, without any red stripes. Between the two transverse bands the costal margin 
is red. Hindwings pale yellow. 30 to 40 mm. 
