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RHODONEURA. By M. Gaede. 
seiifera. 
brunnea. 
cuprizona. 
tritropha. 
inter- 
albicans. 
bracteata. 
sublucens. 
and thereby the light small apical spots are much more conspicuous than in tristis. Hindwing with a less pro¬ 
minent postcellular hyaline spot than in hypoxantha. Apical area broadly darkened. Bands scarcely traceable, 
except the median band. Distal area of forewing beneath intensely darkened, only the apical spots prominent. 
Hindwing almost the same as in tristis. <$ 25 mm. Kwantung. Type in the Berlin Museum, from the Coll. 
Dr. Mell. 
13. Genus: Iftliocloiieura On. 
Short statements have abready been made about this genus in Vol. II, p. 373. The number of 100 
species mentioned there has increased considerably in the meantime, chiefly owing to new descriptions by 
Warren. As the marking of many species is most variable and indefinite, it is hard to ascertain whether these 
species are distinct species or merely subordinate forms. We do not employ here the subdivision into subgenera 
such as Sericophora, Pharambara, Letchena, Banisia etc., because it goes too far. Warren himself, for instance, 
doubted sometimes which name he was to give, for some specimens which he most kindly put at my disposal 
from Tring bear other subgeneric names than the published descriptions. On the other hand, a subdivision 
must once take place later on, for such species as myrtaea, sordida are surely nearer to the species of Striglina, 
and also the others, such as hypoxantha, taeniata, triangularis, the white species, such as naevina, are so very 
different that they ought not to remain in the same genus. Another drawback is that the descriptions mostly 
lack a reference to similar species and are mostly written in such a way that it is difficult to form an idea of 
the species. 
Rh. setifera Swh. (91 h). Pinkish grey, striated olive brown. With pale brown spots and a broad brown 
band through both wings; it widens anteriorly and ends in a rounded shape before the costal margin on the 
forewing, £ 22 mm. Shillong. 
Rh. brunnea Leech. Suffused with brown, with dark marking. Fore wing finely white at the costal mar¬ 
gin. The interior, median and submarginal bands dark brown, the latter rather broad, but all indistinct. 
Hindwing brownish ochreous at the distal margin, with 8 undulate dark lines, the third, fourth, sixth and 
seventh being most distinct and filled with brown in pairs. 25 mm. From Itchang, thus near the Indian-palae- 
arctic frontier. 
Rh. cuprizona Bmps. Body grey and light rufous. Fore wing greyish-white, basal half at the inner 
margin with rufous and silvery striae. An oblique faded copper-red distal band which is incurved at the costal 
margin and connected with an apical spot in such a way that a triangular white spot is enclosed at the costal 
margin. The discal luna and 3 small dots near it black, a row of black dots also before the margin. Hindwing 
brownish-white, base red-brown and striated silvery. The oblique red-brown median band edged with silvery 
striae. <$ 32 mm. Assam. 
Wings oblong in the 2 following species, forewing with pointed apex, hindwing with straight distal 
margin. 
Rh. tritropha Swh. Rusty red. Forewing with fine dark reticulate lines, costal margin pale. Hindwing 
with an oblique distal nut-brown band, a grey band behind it, widening at the anal angle, where we notice a 
large black spot. Both wings with a black spot near the centre of the inner margin, forewing with a dark ante- 
median streak. Beneath with nut-brown spots and bands. <$ 30 mm. Khasia Mts. 
Rh. interalbicans Warr. Smaller than tritropha. Pale grey, somewhat reddish-brown towards the distal 
margin. The grey costal margin and the base with dark grey striae, directed obliquely outward below the costal 
margin, obliquely inward below it. They form a somewhat darker line separating a somewhat darker basal 
area at y 3 . Two narrow vertical bands behind it, the distal one of which is darker. At the costal margin be¬ 
hind them there is a nut-brown spot and a white one. Hindwing with a dark red-brown streak at the base. 
A white band behind it extends into a chocolate-brown band which is sharply edged with white distally. Light 
brown again towards the margin with dark dots. $ 25 mm. North Borneo. 
The following 4 species exhibit the distal margin excavated below' the apex in both wings. 
Rh. bracteata Hmps. (= rufareta Hmps.). Body pale reddish-brown, wings whitish finely striated 
brown. Forewing darker at the base. Large triangular dark spots at the costal and inner margins in the place 
of the distal band, connected by a line. Then a curved submarginal line with a branch to the centre of the 
distal margin. Hindwing with an indistinct basal and median line and some reticulate lines in the marginal 
area. The forewing of rufareta shows instead of the triangular spots only their marginal lines, but another in¬ 
terior line is recognizable. 18—24 mm. Sikkim, Andamans. 
Rh. sublucens Warr. (91 i). Wings pale stone-grey, with fine brown striae. Forewing with 8 rufous 
spots at the costal margin. Adjoining to the first 3 there are fine lines forming a basal spot which is only 
distinct at the costal margin. The following 3 form a triangular postcellular spot which ends behind the middle 
of the inner margin. From the eighth spot a branched line extends to veins 4 and 5 at the distal margin. Hind¬ 
wing with fine rufous striae and margin; the beginning of a band near the anal angle at the inner margin. Be- 
