Publ. 1. III. 1933. 
PARANTHRENE. By M. Gaede. 
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hyaline, somewhat brownish. Separated from regale Btlr. by the absence of the orange marking on the 
thorax and the larger width of the bands on the abdomen. 30—39 mm. Kinkiang. 
P. tricincta IVHem . Body black, collar brownish-ochreous. Abdomen with 3 yellow rings, the first tricincta. 
of which is narrow, the second very broad, the third incomplete. Forewing blackish-brown, especially in the 
distal half. Margins, veins, and cross-vein black. $ 20 mm. Formosa. 
III. Antennae of £ tufted. 
P. atkinsoni Mr. (94 e). Body bluish-black, legs brown. Wings hyaline. Veins and margins black, atltinsoni. 
The streak at the cross-vein is black on the hindwing, orange with a black margin on the forewing. $ 35 mm. 
Sikkim. 
P~ limpida Le Cerf (94 e, f). Body bronze black, the second abdominal segment somewhat yellowish, liwpida. 
Beneath at the base in the centre white, then follow 4 white fine margins. Legs black wdth some white 
places. Wings hyaline, with a slight yellow reflection. Cross-vein broad yellow with black scales. Hindwing 
less yellow, cross-vein more distinct, narrower. 28 mm. Java, Canton. 
P. pentazonata Hmps. Body blackish-brown, with a slight blue gloss. Patagia and the posterior pentazona- 
end of the thorax edged with yellow. The 5 first abdominal segments finely margined with yellow. Beneath ta - 
with 6 yellowish-white rings, the anal tuft whitish. Forewing yellowish hyaline. Veins and margins violettish- 
black. The base and the cross-vein with a metallic blue gloss, distally margined wdth golden yellow. Hind¬ 
wing hyaline with black veins. Forewdng beneath with a golden yellow streak below the costal margin. 
J 26 mm. New Pomerania (New Britain). 
P, rangoonensis Swh. Body blackish-brown, somewhat glossy green. Collar pale ochreous. A similar rangoonen- 
stripe behind the thorax. Abdomen with a brownish ochreous lateral line and similar segmental margins, the sis - 
middle line indistinct. Anal tuft greenish-black. Wings hyaline, with a yellow reflection, the marking vio- 
lettish-brown, broader on the fore wing. Abdomen beneath with an interrupted brownish ochreous median 
line. 35 mm. Rangoon. 
P. flavifrons Hmps. Body blackish-brown with a slight blue gloss. Collar j r ellow, patagia edged with fiavifrons. 
yellow, thorax laterally and base of abdomen somewhat yellow. The 2 first segments beneath are margined 
with yellowish-white. Wings hyaline, veins and margins fine black. $ 34 mm. Dutch New Guinea. 
P. albifrons Hmps. Body blackish-brown with a violet lustre. Shoulders and metathorax with orange albifrons. 
spots. Abdomen with orange bands on the 2nd and 4th segments, beneath with 5 yellowish-white bands. 
Wings hyaline, veins and margins blackish-brown. Eorewing with a broader black margin at the apex, but 
the bifurcation of veins 7 + 8 is still hyaline. Hindwing with white hair at the inner margin. $ 34 mm. 
Burma. 
P. canarensis Hmps. Body blackish-brown. Collar with a white ring, metathorax a little white. Fore- canarensis. 
wing yellowish hyaline, veins and margins blackish-brown, with a green gloss, cross-vein oblique. Marginal 
band at the apex broad, but the fork of veins 7 + 8 hyaline. Hindwing hyaline. <$ 36 mm. Canara. 
P. caeruleimicans Hmps. Similar to rangoonensis Sivh. Thorax and abdomen with hardly -any trace caerulei- 
of orange marking. Legs less yellow. Forewing with a few sky-blue scales at the lower cell-end and behind micans. 
it. $ 30 mm- Pegu. 
P. insularis Fldr. (= productalis Whr.). Body black with a blue reflection, thorax edged with yel- insularis. 
lowish-white. Wings hyaline, veins and margins black. $ 32 mm. Amboina, Borneo, Celebes. 
P. grotei Mr. Body steel-blue, palpi and thorax reddish-yellow. Legs steel-blue with reddish-yellow grotei. 
hair above. Veins, margins and cross-vein steel-blue on both wings, apical band violet. This is the original 
description. — Hampson describes the species as follows: Body black. Thorax with yellow lines, abdomen 
with yellow margins on all the segments except the first and third. Legs yellow and black. Wings yellowish 
hyaline, cross-vein of forewing broad black. <$ 30 mm. Assam. 
P. oberthiiri Le Cerf (= terribile Trnr.) (94 s). body black, collar and thoracal margins yellow, oberthuri. 
Abdomen bluish-black with a large yellow spot on the second segment and 3 faded bands behind it. All 
the segments beneath margined with yellowish-white in the middle. Legs black and yellow r . Wings hyaline. 
Forewing with a yellow basal spot, cross-vein blackish-blue, apical area with yellow scales. head and 
thorax almost quite yellow. Abdomen black, the 2 last segmental margins and the anal tuft orange. Fore¬ 
wing golden red with dark costal margin and fringe. A small hyaline area in the distal area. Hindwing 
hyaline. 25—30 mm. Queensland. 
P. isozona Meyr. Thorax bluish-black, an orange spot laterally and behind. Abdomen bluish-black, isozona. 
the d beneath with 6, the $ with 5 orange bands, 4 of which are continued above in the o, 3 in the 2. 
Anal tuft of (d black, apically orange; of $ orange, laterally black. Legs bluish-black, tibiae somewhat yellow. 
Forewing hyaline. Median vein of black, of $ orange, cross-vein of $ orange. Distal hyaline area in the 
apical part of the $ orange, the <$ only with a small orange spot. Veins of marginal area quite orange. 
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