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hindwing rises close at the lower cell-angle; 5 above the angle; 6, 7 from the upper angle; 8 from the middle 
of the cell. About 50 forms, 28 of which are Indo-Australian. 
Rh. albivitrea Hmps. (25 f). Antennae reddish-yellow; head, neck and thorax lactean with black 
dots; abdomen above carmine, the two first rings and the anus lactean; beneath lactean. Fore-and hindwings 
semi-transparent white. Length of forewing: 21 to 25 mm. Lifu (Friendship Islands). 
Rh. alberti Rothsch. (25 f). Antennae yellowish-brown, with a pink tip. Head, neck and thorax wdiite, 
with black spots, hindhead and tegulae margined with carmine. Forewing white, with 2 black basal dots, a 
large, hyaline spot between the distal margin and the cell-end extending from vein 3 to 7. Hindwing white. 
Length of forewing: 33 mm. Queensland, Australia. 
Rh. rubripes Wkr. (25 f). Antennae yellowish-brown, the basal eighth carmine; palpi carmine; head, 
neck and thorax white, with black spots, hindhead and tegulae margined with carmine; abdomen yellow, the 
first ring white, sides and the two anal segments creamy, with black lateral spots. Forewing white, with a 
black basal dot, in the 3 the abdominal margin of the hindwing (otherwise in both sexes) mostly long-haired 
and yellow. Length of forewing: $ 26, $ 30 mm. North Queensland, Australia. Larva brownish carmine, 
feebly haired and indistinctly dotted black (2 larvae in the Tring Museum from Townsville (Queensland) Coll. 
Dodd.). 
Rh. kuehni Rothsch. (25 f). Antennae orange-yellow; head white; neck and thorax yellow, shoulder- 
covers white, all covered with black dots; abdomen orange-yellow. Forewing faintly diaphanous white, the 
costal region of a brownish grey. Hindwing faintly diaphanous white. Length of forewing: 29 mm. Island of 
Dammer. 
Rh. arthus-bertrand Guer. (25 e). Legs red, anterior and middle tibiae above dark brown; antennae 
blackish-brown, base red; head,-neck and thorax yellowish-grey with black spots; abdomen greyish-yellow, 
the first two segments with long hairs of a pink mixed with yellow, the last two rings dark pink. The forewing 
is in the basal half greyish yellowish-brown and shows a large, blackish-brown discoiclal spot, the apical half 
being earth-coloured brown; between the veins 2 and 7 there is a large, hyaline spot. Hindwing semi-hyaline 
whitish yellowish-grey, the distal margin yellowish greyish-brown, the proximal third of the wing light yellowish- 
grey with long, dense pink and grey hair. $ like the but the long hair of the hindwing are absent. In both 
sexes the hindwing is at the anal angle extended into a sharp apex. Length of forewing: $ 32 to 38, $ 
32 mm. New Guinea and in the neighbouring islands, the Moluccas and New Holland. Southern specimens 
usually show the abdomen more uniformly carmine, but this is not invariably so. - — communis Wkr. differs 
from the type by lighter colours and the much more extensive hyaline area of all the wings. Island of Buru. 
— roseibarba Druce is distinguished by the much darker, piuer pink colouring of the long hairs in the large abdo¬ 
minal fold of the male hindwing. Sula Islands. 
Rh. omissa Rothsch. (25 e) differs from arthus-bertrand <$ by the drab colouring, the hindhead and 
tegulae being distinctly encircled by red, the lactean abdomen, the two first rings of which are feebly haired 
pink, the 2 anal segments being carmine, and by the absence of the long hairs on the hindwing above. The $ 
is at once discernible by the carmine abdomen. In both sexes the anal angle of the hindwing is tapering into 
a tail. Length of forewing. $ 36, $ 34 mm. Assam and Sikkim. 
Rh. eugenia F. (= fraterna Moore) (25 e). Palpi red; antennae reddish-brown; head, neck and thorax 
white with black dots; abdomen carmine, forewing greyish-white, the whole middle hyaline, a nebulous transverse 
band from the costal to the proximal margin at the cell-end. Hindwing hyaline white with whitish-grey margins. 
Length of forewing: 24 mm. Central and South India. — moorei subsp. nov. is larger and whitish in the middle 
of the wings, the apices of the forewings being darker. Ceylon. — Larva green, feebly haired, with subdorsal 
and lateral rows of black dots, head yellow, spiracles brown. Pupa violettish-brown. According to Moore 
(Lep. Ceyl.) it lives on Beaumontia. 
Rh. astreus Drury (25 f). Head, collar and thorax silvery-grey, spotted black; antennae blackish- 
brown with a red base; abdomen yellowish carmine. Forewing light grey, the discoiclal spot and apical quarter 
brownish-grey, a large discal spot between the veins 3 and 7 hyaline. Hindwing semi-hyaline, whitish-grey, 
apex darker. Length of forewing: $ 26, $ 32 mm. India, Ceylon, Burmah and Shan States. —- druryi subsp. 
nov. differs from the type by the darker, drab head and thorax, the reddish-yellow abdomen of the the darker 
forewings and yellowish-grey hindwings. Moluccas and Malayan Islands. — novaeguineae subsp. nov. is larger, 
the grey much darker and piuer. New Guinea. — hainana Rothsch. has a rather small <J, being smaller than 
in all the other astreus-ioims, darker and dirty grey, and the discoidal spot of the fore wing is less hyaline. 
The $ is large and much more yellowish. Island of Hainan. - — curtisi Rothsch. (25 e) from the Malayan Peninsula 
is at once discernible by both sexes being equally small and throughout darker. -— dohertyi subsp. nov. differs 
by its greyish-white head and thorax, dark reddish-yellow abdomen and whitish, semi-hyaline wings with 
yellowish greyish-brown apices. Island of Bali. 
Rh. rhodopa Wkr. Legs red, beneath striped white; antennae yellowish-brown, at the base red; head, 
thorax whitish pale brown, dotted black; abdomen red with black lateral spots. Wings pale yellowish-brown, 
in the middle semi-diaphanous white. South India. 
albivitrea. 
alberti. 
rubripes. 
kuehni. 
arthus- 
bertrand. 
communis. 
roseibarba. 
omissa. 
eugenia. 
moorei. 
astreus. 
druryi. 
novaegui¬ 
neae. 
hainana. 
curtisi. 
dohertyi. 
rhodopa. 
