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LITHACODIA. By W. Warren. 
formosana. 
cidarioides. 
aurata. 
decorata. 
dorata. 
melano- 
stigma. 
roseopida. 
wavy, vertical; the outer lunulate dentate, outcurved in upper half of wing; orbicular and reniform with pale 
annuli; the former small and round; the latter somewhat 8-shaped; subterminal line pale, yellowish grey; 
terminal lunules black edged with yellowish; hindwing luteous grey. The type, a $ from Mt. Arjuno, Java. 
L. formosana limps. (26 e). Forewing green more or less concealed by black brown suffusion; the 
edging of the dark lines remaining green; the inner line slightly oblique outwards, waved; the outer outcurved 
above and broadly green edged below middle; the stigmata green with black centres and outlines; subterminal 
line green between blackish shades, indented on submedian fold; hindwing grey. Kagi district, Formosa. 
L. cidarioides Moore (26 e). Forewing dark purple brown; the basal area and terminal area except at 
apex golden yellow; inner and outer lines double, black filled in with yellow; the inner erect, minutely waved; 
the outer bent outwards below costa, and incurved below vein 4; subterminal preceded by some dark spots; 
orbicular stigma round, with yellow annulus; reniform 8-shaped, yellow, with dark spots in upper and lower 
parts; fringe brown; hindwing grey suffused with brown. Sikkim. 
L. aurata Moore (26 e). Fore wing yellow green; the costal area dark redbrown with white dusting; 
some brown and white irroration at base of inner margin; inner line brown, diffuse, oblique outwards to sub¬ 
median fold, then incurved; claviform stigma with its extremity defined by black and white scales; orbicular 
and reniform green with partial white annuli outlined by dark, with a dark brown subquadrate patch between 
them; a diffuse brown median shade; vein 4 spotted brown and white; outer line lunulate dentate, outcurved 
above middle, black at costa, middle, and inner margin, green between, edged throughout externally with white; 
subterminal line dentate, defined by brown suffusion on inner side; a row of black spots along termen; fringe 
pink at base, redbrown at tips; hindwing brownish grey; a terminal dark line; fringe pink with pale basal line. 
Sikkim. 
L. decorata Moore (26 f). Forewing deep golden brown; costal area and veins dusted with white; 
inner line dark, erect, minutely waved; claviform and orbicular stigmata yellow edged with dark and with dark 
dots in centre, small, rounded; reniform yellow, constricted at middle; a quadrate dark patch in cell between the 
stigmata; outer line blackish with a yellow band on its outer edge, bent outwards below costa, then dentate 
lunulate and incurved below vein 4, angled outwards on vein 6; subterminal line bandlike, sinuous yellow, 
preceded by dark suffusion below costa; small black terminal lunules; fringe brown; hindwing uniform dark 
brown. Sikkim. 
L. dorata Hmps. (26 e). Forewing golden yellow with bright rufous irroration and suffusion; inner 
line thick, dark, defined by yellow on inner side, oblique above middle, incurved below; the three stigmata 
with yellow centres and white annuli defined by blackish; the claviform confluent with the orbicular which is 
produced to a point outwardly at lower end; the reniform constricted at middle, slightly angled inwards on 
median vein; a broad dark bent middle shade; outer line blackish, outwardly defined by yellow, bent outwards 
and excurved round cell, incurved below and indented on submedian fold; subterminal line yellow, inwardly 
defined by bright rufous; a black terminal line; hindwing yellowish grey tinged with brownish; the veins darker. 
Ceylon. 
L. melanostigma Hmps. (26 f). Forewing whitish suffused throughout with brownish ochreous, and 
with a few dark scales; lower half of median area velvety black; inner line marked by two black costal dots, 
whitish, obsolescent, oblique outwards to median vein, then oblique inwards and pure white; reniform stigma 
an indistinct pale lunule with black scales on it; a black spot in ceil touching inner line; outer line white, 
edged on both sides with black, excurved above vein 4, then incurved, more strongly on submedian fold; 
subterminal line whitish, defined inwardly by black suffusion, indented on both folds; hindwing gloss}’ brown. 
From the Ivhasia and Naga Hills, Assam. 
L. roseopicta spec. nov. (26 h). Resembles melanostigma Hmps., but altogether paler; the groundcolour 
pale grey flushed with rosy; the outer line strongly lunulate dentate, and more prominently produced towards 
termen on veins 3, 4; the velvety black patch on inner margin replaced by olive brown. Described from 
5 from Pengalengan, Preanger, Java. Type in Tring Museum. 
larentifor- 
mis. 
L. larentiformis Hmps. (= cidarioides Moore, part) (26 f). Forewing black brown with grey dusting 
