CONOPIA. By M. Gaede. 
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C. auriplena Wkr. ( = subauratus Le Cerf) (94 c). Palpi yellow, thorax black with yellow lines. Ab- auriplena. 
domen golden yellow with a few black bands. Legs almost quite golden yellow. Wings hyaline. Costal 
margin and veins of forewing bluish-black, inner margin golden yellow. The postcellular hyaline spot is 
square, the distal margin broadly black with yellow streaks. Base of hindwing somewhat golden yellow, the 
margin narrowly black. Both wings beneath with a narrow yellow costal margin. $ 20 mm. Canton, Celebes, 
New Guinea. 
C. phasiaeformis Fldr. Abdomen of £ black, with yellow rings, a black anal tuft, reddish-yellow phasiae- 
in the 9- Legs of d bluish-black with yellow spots, reddish-yellow ones in the 9- Wings diaphanous. Costal 
margin and cross-vein of forewing black, distal margin bluish-black, inwardly blackish-brown. Beneath 
with golden yellow streaks. Size not stated. Amboina. 
C. chrysophanes Meyr. (94 c). Similar to the European cynipiformis Esp. Body black, patagia yellow, chrysopha- 
fine yellow segmental margins on the abdomen, anal tuft reddish-yellow. Linder surface yellow. Legs yellow nes - 
and black. Wings hyaline. Cross-vein of forewing rather broadly blackish, the veins and margins narrowly 
black. The postcellular hyaline spot is square, reddish-yellow behind it. Body of 9 reddish-yellow, only the 
thorax with some black spots. Base and marginal area of forewing more intensely reddish-yellow. 19—24 mm. 
Queensland. 
C. panyasis Die. (= caieta 9 Drc.) differs very little from chrysophanes. The <J has a black anal tuft, panyasis. 
a yellow spot is near the apex of the forewing. The 9 shows a more intensely bluish-black thorax than 
chrysophanes (94 c), 3 bluish-black rings on the abdomen. Forewing also only with a yellow apical spot, 
not a yellow stripe. 18 mm. Queensland. The larva lives in Alphitonia excelsa. According to Turner, 
panyasis is only a southern form of chrysophanes. The 9 °f panyasis shows the orange marking of chryso¬ 
phanes replaced by yellow, the d is scarcely different from chrysophanes. 
C. melanocera Hmps. Body bluish-black, ring of the collar and patagia with yellow margins. Abdo- melanocera. 
men somewhat yellow at the base, moreover a ring on the second segment and faded bands on the 4th, 
5th and 7th segments are yellow. Antennae without the white spot near the apex of chrysophanes. Palpi 
yellow with black patches. Legs yellow with bluish-black patches. Abdomen beneath with violettish-brown 
spots on the 2nd to 7th segments excepting the fourth. Wings hyaline. Forewing with bluish-black veins 
and margins; distal margin black, broad, with yellow streaks as far as vein 3, the hyaline area projects 
above vein 8 distally. Hindwing with a narrow margin, inner margin with yellow hair. The 9 differs from 
that of chrysophanes in a short hyaline postcellular area. 20 mm. Curanda. 
C. auritincta Wil. Body black, thorax laterally with yellow hair. Abdomen with yellow hair on auritincta. 
the segmental margins, the last segment broadly yellow. Fore wing hyaline. Costal and distal margins, 
veins and the broad cross-vein black. Two thirds of the inner margin yellow, yellow scales before the 
distal margin. Hindwing black at the veins and distal margin, yellow at the costal and inner margins, 
with orange scales in the marginal area. Fringe grey. d 18 mm. Formosa. 
C. flava Mr. (= calamis Drc.) (94 c). Antennae, palpi, and thoracal lines yellow. Abdomen brown flava. 
with yellow segmental margins, anal tuft also yellow. Legs yellow and brown. Wings hyaline. Forewing 
yellow at the base and apex, the veins and margins narrowly brown. Hindwing with brown fringe. 17 mm. 
Burma, Sikkim, Celebes, Java, Perak. 
C. flavipalpus Hmps. Palpi quite yellow. Body brown with a yellow tint. Wings hyaline. Veins flavipalpus. 
and margins of forewing yellowish-brown. Veins and margins of hindwing narrowly brown. Legs quite 
yellow. Rather similar to Con. auripes Hmps. (94 d). d 20 mm. Bengal. 
C. flavicincta Hmps. also resembles auripes (94 d). Abdomen black, segments margined with yellbw. fiavicincta. 
Legs black with yellow rings. The margins and the cross-vein of the forewing broadly black. d 19 mm. 
Tenasserim. 
C. xanthosoma Hmps. Frons metallic blue with a white lateral line. Thorax yellow with black stripes, xanthoso- 
Abdomen yellow, each segment margined with black. Legs yellow, hind tibiae with 2 bluish-black spots. m a. 
Wings as in auripes, hyaline, narrowly margined with black, with a few yellow scales. d 20 mm. Burma, 
Tenasserim. 
C. simois Drc. Body and legs black. The 3 last abdominal segments with yellow rings, anal tuft simois. 
black. Wings hyaline, veins and margins black. 18 mm. North-Eastern Borneo. 
C. pensilis Sivh. Body blackish-brown, abdomen with a bluish-green lustre. Antennae and palpi below pensilis. 
yellow. Thorax yellow laterally. Abdomen beneath with yellow markings. Legs black above, yellow beneath. 
Wings diaphanous. The black margins on the forewing are broad, projecting inwards at the centre of the 
distal margin. Hindwing also margined with black, yellow only in the interior half of the costal margin. 
18 mm. Ceylon, Sula. 
C. xanthosticta Hmps. Palpi below yellow, frons black and yellow. Body black. Abdomen with a xanthostic- 
yellow spot on the first segment and a yellow lateral line. Legs black, somewhat yellow on the tibia. Fore- 
wing black. A hyaline spot with a yellow margin is in the cell, a yellow postcellular spot is parted by black 
veins. Hindwing hyaline. Base and costal margin somewhat yellow; veins, distal margin, and fringe black, 
d 18 mm. Cashmir, Baluchistan, Punjab. 
