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XYLEUTES. By M. Gaede. 
ceramicus. X. ceramicus Wkr. (— ligneus Btlr.) (99 b). Body dark wood-brown. Metathorax with a black lateral 
tuft, abdomen above and beneath with a black median line. Forewing dark wood-brown. A distinct black 
longitudinal streak above vein 6 is continued into the cell with variable distinctness, another streak above 
the fork of veins 7 + 8 extends distally, and above veins 4 and 5 there are fine streaks with broad ends 
before the margin. One or two fine streaks below the interior part of the cell, and a straight longitudinal 
streak from % of the inner margin to % of the inner margin, then vertical to vein 2, arcuately at vein 3 
outwards and submarginally on. A white spot at the anal angle as far as vein 3, ring-spots above it at the 
margin. Hind wing brown, lighter in the middle of the distal margin with blackish striae; black wedges 
towards the apex between the veins. 75—150 mm. Sikkim, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceram, Nias. 
mineus. X. mineus Cr. (= hyphinoe Cr. , alboatra Wkr., viridicans Eschsch.) (99 c). The number of names 
shows how very variable the species is. Body and thorax black with a bluish-green shine. Wings golden red, 
with a violet gloss in a certain light, with bluish-black or greenish-black spots which are fused to variable 
bands; some smaller spots are regularly only at the costal margin and anal angle. Hindwing either only 
with large black spots, or often also quite black and not even yellow at the margin. There are specimens from 
New Guinea before me, in which the ground-colour of the forewing is pale yellow, though this tint may not 
be genuine. 57—125 mm. India and Indo-China, Sunda Is., Philippines, New-Guinea. 
edwardsi. X. edwardsi Tepper (99 a). Thorax dark brown, abdomen probably blackish (badly preserved). Fore¬ 
wing olive brown with blackish marking. Short streaks at the costal margin. The cell is darkened; only 
the centre shows a round spot of the ground-colour, an oblong spot between veins 2 and 3, and 2 or 3 
indistinct fused ones above it. Another spot of the ground-colour is below the base of vein 2. Dark stripes 
below veins 3, 4, 5 and partly below 6, leaving over the light stripes or spots. The apex seems to be light. 
Hindwing uniformly dark brown as the marking on the forewing. $ 155 —170 mm. Queensland. 
decoratus. X. decoratus Swh. Pinkish-brown. A broad whitish band on each side of the thorax. White hair 
at the base of the abdomen and the bases of the wings. The forewing shows 4 longitudinal stripes with large 
white, more or less fused spots. The first row at the costal margin, its middle spots being largest. The 
second row from the centre of the cell to the apex, where there are large and double spots. The third row from 
the base to the distal margin, composed of double spots. The fourth at the inner margin. Hindwing some¬ 
what white at the distal margin. $ 135 mm. Swan River. 
bipusiula- 
ius. 
The position of the 3 following species described by Walker is quite uncertain. K1R3Y ranged them here, but 
we cannot ascertain whether this is correct. 
X. bipustulatus Wkr. Blackish. Forewing with irregular jet-black reticulate lines and a similar spot 
at the cross-vein. Hindwing brown with indistinct darker brown reticulate lines. $ 36"'. Described as Cossus. 
Australia. 
opposita. X. opposita Wkr. Brown. Thorax with 2 black oblique streaks in front, and 3 black, white-edged 
spots on each side. Abdomen with white segmental margins. Fore wing with black reticulate lines and irregular 
white spots. Hindwing white, with a few brown reticulate lines at the costal and distal margins, $ 30'". Moreton 
Bay. Described as Zeuzera. 
punctifim- X. punctifimbria Wkr. Ash-grey. Thorax witli 2 bluish-black stripes, abdomen whitish with 6 black 
ln ta ' bands, wings with black marginal spots. Forewing with dense black reticulate lines and 3 incomplete black 
transverse bands. Hindwing white, with fine black reticulate lines at the costal and distal margins. $ 32 mm. 
Swan River. Described as Zeuzera. 
kochi. X. kochi Smp. (97 a). The sexes of this species differ greatly in size and marking. It is a remarkable 
fact that veins 5 and 6 of the hindwing arise normally separated in the $ and $ types and unite far before 
the distal margin. Vein 6 of forewing arises from the areole. Body of red-brown, patagia wood-coloured 
yellow. Forewing yellowish-brown, fine dark striae at the costal margin, a longer streak above vein 8. Veins 4 
and 5 black, the space between them is darkened, and this darkening is continued into the cell. Below the cell 
lighter from the base to the anal angle. The same dark streaks at the inner margin as at the costal margin. Hind¬ 
wing wood-coloured yellow at the costal margin, the rest grey, especially dark between the veins. Light again 
at the anal angle with dark striae. 2: body greyish-brown. Fore wing red-brown, with dark striae at the costal 
margin, light only near the apex and without striae. A light shadow in the cell before the centre of the cross¬ 
vein, and often a thick black streak behind this shadow almost to the distal margin; the dark streak above 
it as in the + Margin broadly whitish-grey with black striae. Almost white between the two inner-marginal 
veins, less light and with dark striae at the inner margin itself. Hindwing grey, broadly whitish in the basal 
area and at the inner margin, dark reticulate lines above the anal angle. 36—60 mm. Central Luzon. It is 
strange that this apparently so common species has never been captured any more. The larva lives in 
the wood of Gliricidia spec. It is reddish-brown. Each segment with 12 dark dots. Head and anus brown. 
plesseni. X. plesseni Schultze (99 d). Wing-contours almost like those of pulchra, but not the colour. Forewing 
pale flesh-coloured, but the greatest part of the forewing covered with pale grey marbled spots. The ground- 
