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RHODONEURA. By M. Gaede. 
bvpuncta. 
austral iae. 
quartaria. 
fasciata. 
corticina. 
cuprealis. 
elongatalis. 
cumulalis. 
atternata. 
pernites- 
cens. 
praeusta. 
atriclath- 
rata. 
Rh. bipuncta Hmps. Forewing pale reddish nut-brown. A large grey somewhat triangular spot at the 
centre of the costal margin and a smaller one distally to it. An oblique rusty red band from the costal 
margin behind the middle to the median vein, and a less distinct band from the lower cell-angle to the inner 
margin. Two conspicuous white subapical spots. Hindwing with a conspicuous rusty-red median band. 
G 25 mm. Tenasserim. 
Rh. australiae Warr. Forewing reddish-grey in the interior half, reddish-brown in the exterior half. 
Basal area with 2 fine brown bands, the paler interspaces parted by a dark line. Traces of a light band at 
% of the inner margin, extending almost to the centre of the wing. A large white triangle wdth red-brown 
striae at the costal margin before the apex; feebly pink behind it at the apex, and with a black marginal spot 
above vein 5. Hindwing pale lilac grey in the basal area, the rest reddish-brown with a pale distal band 
which has a somewhat darker filling. $ 25 mm. Jeppoon. 
Rh. quartaria Warr. (92 g). Forewing pale brownish ochreous, darker at the costal margin, with 4 
or 5 darker bands which are partly ramified. The two interior ones and two exterior ones are more distinct, 
edged with brown at the costal margin. The light interspaces with dark lines. Hindwing above the median 
vein as on the forewing. 3 broad dark brown bands below it, their interspaces whitish wdth a pale median 
line. 16—20 mm. New Guinea. 
Rh. fasciata Mr. (92 g). Forewing whitish ochreous with a violet reflection. A broad black streak 
at the cross-vein, and 1 or 2 dots behind it. A broad nut-brown band is rectangularly angled around these 
dots and grows more distinct and darker on the hindwing, terminating at the anal angle. On the forewing it 
Widens from the distal bend towards the apex and encloses there a broad light triangle at the costal margin. 
The distal margin of the hindwing may be broad dark. 30 mm. Sikkim, China. corticina Pag. (92 h) shows 
traces of a broad light band before the centre of the forewing. The anal angle is much less light than in fasciata. 
The large black spot is absent. An intense wdiite dot close behind the lower apex of the light triangle. Median 
band of hindwing broader, more faded. The form often regarded as a synonym to fasciata is almost nearer to 
comparalis than to fasciata. Borneo. 
Rh. cuprealis Hmps. Forewing pale red-brown, densely strewn with lustrous copper-brOwm scales 
and traversed by about 6 equally coloured indistinct bands. The most distinct is the part of a band through 
the cell-end. Hindwing similar, with a broad median band. 20 —25 mm. Tenasserim. 
Rh. elongatalis Hmps. Forewing greyish-brown, with dark dots at the costal margin. Alight red-brown 
stripe extends from before the cell-end to the distal margin, enclosing a semicircular grey spot at the costal 
margin. A red-brown band from the lower cell-angle to the inner margin. Hindwing somewhat blackish- 
brown at the base. The dark median band is distinctly defined outside, ending at the anal angle. A sub- 
apical black spot and a larger one near the anal angle. 22 mm. Malacca. 
Rh. cumulalis Wkr. ( = chalcosidera Meyr.). Forewing deep copper-brown, striated still darker, 
whitish in the centre of the wing and at the costal margin. Traces of about 8 fine darker bands, one broader 
in the middle, distinct in the anterior part. Rows of metallic grey spots at the margin and before it, some 
also at the inner margin. Hindwing with numerous metallic grey spots and a faded dark median band, 
broad in front, narrow behind. 20—22 mm. Borneo. 
Rh. alterr.ata Mr. (= bifimbriata Warr.) (92 h). Ground-colour pale brown, the lines in the marginal 
area of the forewing indistinct. Darker brown before the basal line, interior band curved, somewhat dark. 
Median band pointed at the inner margin, very broad anteriorly, with a dark spot behind the cross-vein, indis¬ 
tinct at the costal margin, widening into three parts only in the type and with a dark costal-marginal spot 
distally adjoining to it. From this spot an indistinct band extends distally to vein 3, spotted very dark at vein 5. 
Median band of hindwing very dark at the inner margin, all the lines very thin. 25—30 mm. Sikkim. 
Rh. peniitescens Warr. Dark greyish-brown with a somewhat reddish lustre, with fine reticulate lines 
which are most distinct at the inner margin. An incurvated line near the base, then one from % of the costal 
margin, excurvated at the inner margin. Median band irregular, indistinct, narrow at the costal margin, its 
distal edge excurvated arid divided towards the anal angle; its inner arm irregular, narrowed and angled in 
the submedian fold. 3 or 4 reticulate, lines also in the apical area. Hindwing paler with fine reticulate lines 
and striae. $ 36 mm. Celebes. 
Rh. praeusta Warr. Lustrous greyish ochreous with dark reticulate lines and greyish-red, dark-edged 
bands. One at the base; one close behind it, bent below the centre; the third before the centre of the wing, 
broader at the costal and inner margins, distally angled at the median vein; the fourth behind the centre, forked 
towards the inner margin. Behind it there is a curved blackish-brown streak to the inner margin behind the 
middle , and a brown subapical streak. Hindwing with a basal line, a forked median band and a broad rusty 
red sub marginal band. $ 34 mm. Bat j an. 
Rh. atriclathrata Warr. Forewing reddish ash-grey, the interior two fifths and the costal margin dull 
red-brown; the dark places with dark reticulate lines, the light ones with black dots and striae. A pale, dark 
edged oval area in the centre of the wing does not reach to the costal and inner margins. Hindwing red- 
brown with rows of dark spots and an indistinct dark median band. 28 mm. Khasia Mts. 
