trisonata. 
auricollis. 
opalescens. 
chrysock to¬ 
rts. 
aurifera. 
cupreivitta. 
minuia. 
soneiven- 
tris. 
sent idia- 
phana. 
trisiis. 
sesiiformis. 
cyanoga- 
ma. 
scintillans. 
794 PARANTHRENE. By M. Gaede. 
Fringe black. Hindwing hyaline, inner margin orange. The dark cross-vein is slightly bordered with orange. 
20—22 mm. Queensland. 
P. trizonata Hmps. Body black. Tegulae bluish-black, shoulders with orange spots. Abdomen with 
a fine yellow band on the first segment, a broad one on the fifth segment, and an interrupted band at the 
end. Wings hyaline, veins and margins black. On the forewing all is broad black, on the hindwing only the 
cross-vein. <$ 24 mm. Sikkim, Canton. 
P. auricollis Hmps. Body bluish-black, collar orange. Abdomen with orange bands on the 3 last 
segments, beneath on all the segments. Legs almost cprite bluish-black. Forewing bluish-black with hyaline 
places in and below the cell and a small hyaline area behind it. Hindwing hyaline, margin and cross-vein 
broad black. $ 25 mm. Tenasserim. 
P. opalescens Hmps. Body bluish-black, patagia golden yellow at the base and above. Tibiae with 
yellow hairs in the middle and at the end. Forewing hyaline, veins and margins violettish-black. A golden 
yellow transverse streak from the costal margin near the base. The distal hyaline area with a silvery 
blue gloss. The dark marginal band is broad, projecting notched inwards. Hindwing hyaline Forewing 
beneath with a fiery red cross-vein. £ 24 mm. Celebes. 
P. chrysochloris Hmps. metallica v. EecJce ) (94 f). Body dark bluish-black, with numerous golden 
yellow places on the thorax. The golden yellow abdominal bands are interrupted in the anterior part, the 
last 3 continuous. Tibiae also partly golden yellow. Forewing brown, lighter only near the anal angle. 
Hindwing yellowish hyaline. 50 mm. Assam, Sumatra. 
P. aurifera Hmps. Body black. Golden yellow at the upper margin of the patagia and at the posterior 
margin of the thorax. Abdomen with golden bands on the second, fourth and sixth segments. Legs yellow. 
Forewing yellow, semi-diaphanous, veins and margins copper-brown. A golden yellow streak at the costal 
margin at the base, a triangular golden spot at the cell-end with dark scales, the cross-vein the same. 
Hyaline stripes in the marginal area above veins 5 and 7. Hindwing hyaline, veins and margin dark brown, 
fringe copper-brown. $ 38 mm. Assam. 
P. cupreivitta (94 f). Body bluish-black. The 5th abdominal segment with a yellow ring, anal tuft 
bluish-black with 2 yellow stripes. Tibiae and tarsi yellow. Forewing brown, tinged with bluish-black, with 
fine hyaline yellow streaks between the veins. A bright copper-red streak in the cell-end, beneath it is 
more golden. Hindwing with a coppery cross-vein, brown margin and veins. 28 mm. Pegu, Canton. 
P. minuta Swh. (94 e). Black. Thorax edged with orange. The 2nd, 4th and 5th abdominal segments 
margined with yellow; all the segments beneath margined with white. Legs black and brownish ochreous. 
Forewing hyaline, opalescent, veins and margins dark, marginal area brownish, cross-vein broad orange. 
Hindwing hyaline. $ 24 mm. Rangoon. 
P. zoneiventris Le Cerf (94 f). Body blackish-blue. Collar pale yellow. Thorax slightly dusted with 
yellow. The 2nd, 4th and 6th abdominal segments broad yellow. Anal tuft laterally yellow, abdomen 
beneath with 5 broad yellow rings. Legs yellow and black. Fore wing somewhat diaphanous yellow from 
the base to the centre of the cell. Behind it, at the costal and inner margins, blackish-blue, with a steel-blue 
gloss. Hyaline blue behind the cell. Hindwing hyaline with a slight blue gloss. 30 mm. Burma. 
P. semidiaphana Zulcow. (94 g). Similar to the Japanese pernix (Vol. II, p. 409). Forewing black with 
a slight bluish reflection, somewhat diaphanous in the basal area. Hindwing black in the distal third, the 
rest hyaline. Body and legs as in pernix. Anal tuft not white. $ 27 mm. Canton. 
P. tristis Le Cerf (94 g). The whole body bronze black. Forewing dark, somewhat glossy blue, the 
veins and margins broad black; beneath a fine white line at the costal margin. Hindwing hyaline, beneath 
with a white spot at the costal margin. $ 28 mm. Annam. 
P. sesiiformis Mr. Body dark violettish-brown, collar of a fine yellow. All the abdominal segments 
laterally with a deep yellow spot, only the third segment lacking the spot. Below each yellow spot a 
narrow red and blue line. Anal tuft black, yellow in the middle and laterally. Hind tibiae and tarsi yellow, 
like the anterior tibiae, the legs otherwise black. Forewing violettish-brown, hindwing hyaline. Fringe 
brown. $ 25 mm. Java. 
P. cyarsogama Meyr. $ thorax dark bluish-grey, abdomen violettish-black. Legs dark blue. Forewing 
black, dark red-brown in the cell and below it, the interior margin of the cell dark blue. Hindwing hyaline. 
$ body dark blue. Forewing also dark blue, only the fringe bluish-grev. Hindwing hyaline, the veins and 
margins dark blue. 30—47 mm. Johore. 
IV. Antennae of <$ plain, anal tuft not parted. 
P. scintillans Btlr. Body bluish-black. Palpi and legs chiefly yellow'. Forewing golden coppery, 
with a slight pink gloss, with a fine hyaline line. The margins and the veins in the distal area violettish- 
