448 
WESTERMANNIA. By M. Gaede. 
longiplaga. W. longiplaga B.-Bak. (43 a). Forewings yellow-brown, with dark red-brown band through the cell 
and curved up to apex. Somewhat below the band grey-white to inner margin. Submarginal spots delicately 
white. Hindwings whitish grey, widely brownish at margin. 44 mm. New Guinea. 
concha. W. concha Btlr. (43 a). Forewings silvery white to outer line, below vein 1 lilac-brown, a lilac-brown 
spot above centre of inner margin. Postmedian line indistinct, dark, from close to apex, then parallel to margin, 
inwards to inner margin below vein 2. Distally chocolate-brown. Submarginal line dark, indistinct. Hindwings 
brownish white, dark brown at margin. 24 mm. Queensland. 
superba. W. superba Hbn. (= westermannii Gn.) (42 h). Forewings glossy lilac-white, creamy yellow at inner 
margin to postmedian line, distally of this reddish brown. At end of cell a somewhat paler reddish brown spot, 
behind the cell a similar smaller spot and below the cell a larger one, all 3 with narrow white surrounds. Post¬ 
median line delicately white, widely excurved at vein 6, then inwards and angulated at vein 2. Behind the angle 
above and below vein 2 diffusely darker. Hindwings brownish white, darker at margin. The larger the speci¬ 
mens, the paler the hindwings are. 32—40 mm. India, Ceylon, Malacca, Borneo, Java. — Larva pale olive- 
green, densely spotted witli yellow, with yellow dorsal line, head with lateral red streaks, feeding on Terminalia. 
gloriosa. - gloriosa Hmps. (42 h) differs only by the white hindwings and the more pronouncedly dark margin thereon. 
On forewings the brilliant red anal spot is more prominent. 28—40 mm. India, Ceylon, Malacca, Sunda Is¬ 
lands; gloriosa from New Guinea. 
ellipiica. W. elliptica Bryk (= obscura Meyr.) (31 h). This is perhaps a genuine species. According to Wileman 
the central spot is shorter. Postmedian line is much less excurved behind the cell, the curve is about halfway 
between that of superba and triangularis. As among a large number of normal specimens from Darjeeling, 
now and then a superba shows the same curve as in elliptica, this may therefore only be a racial feature of 
Formosa and then this would not be a species. 32 mm. Formosa. 
argentea. W. argentea Hmps. (43 a). Similar to an unmarked gloriosa. Forewings glossy silvery brown, suffused 
with lilac-white to postmedian line with the exception of an elliptical sj)ot in centre of wing. Pure white below 
vein 1. An indistinct postmedian white line from costa obliquely to vein 5, thence inwards. Hindwings trans- 
suffusa. parent white, brownish at margin. — suffusa Warr. is shaded on forewings completely with dark bronze-brown, 
rcnifera. only the white stripe at, inner margin remains free thereof. Hindwings are also darker than typical. — renifera 
Warr. is similar. The triangular space between costa, vein 1 and submarginal line is olive-brownish and this 
suppresses all the markings, only the dark oval reniform stigma with its white edge is visible. Hindwings as 
in argentea. 42—45 mm. India, Malacca, Andamans and Nicobar Islands. 
semifusca. W. semifusca Warr. Forewings similar to argentea, but the basal third is paler lilac-grey, the dark 
marginal area is wider. The stripe at inner margin is pale reddish yellow. Hindwings dark brown, still darker 
at margin. 44 mm. One $ from the Goodenough Islands, east New Guinea. 
triangularis. W. triangularis Mr. (42 h). Forewings creamy white, suffused with olive and with silvery gloss to 
the postmedian line. An approximately triangular brownish spot from cell with its wide apex extending to 
inner margin. Marginal area dark red-brown, edged by a faintly “S'” shaped curved leaden-coloured postmedian 
line. Hindwings brownish, still darker at margin. 32—38 mm. India, Andamans. — sumatrana Strd. differs 
so little, that a separate denomination does not seem justified. The tips of palpi and tarsi are of a slightly 
different shade. 
albiorbis. W. albiorbis Hmps. Forewings whitish, coppery red-brown at inner margin, red-brown and black- 
brown on costa near apex, marginal area between vein 7 and 2 dark coppery brown. A black dot with white 
surround in the cell anteriorly to antemedian line. Inner and outer lines white, both conjoining above inner 
margin, the former incurved, the latter excurved between veins 5—2 and incurved at costa. The enclosed area 
dark coppery brown below, blue-grey above and behind the cell. An elliptical pure white spot at disco-cellular 
with black lunule proximally. A submarginal row of black dots. Hindwings pale reddish brown, margin darker 
except at anal angle. 34 mm. 2 from Selangor, Malacca. 
cornucopia. W. cornucopia Hmps. (42 i). Forewings reddish brown, paler above inner margin and inclined to rose. 
From centre of costa to the centre of inner margin a fine white line, incurved in centre, distally dark coppery 
brown to the narrow elongate white edged reniform stigma and to vein 2. The veins are bluish white at 
lower angle of cell. The fine white postmedian line incurved from vein 8 to vein 2 behind the cell. Marginal 
area red-brown down to vein 2, paler at costa. A submarginal line of blackish dots is indicated. Hindwings 
ocellata. coppery brown. 28—30 mm. India, Borneo, New Guinea, — ocellata Warr. is somewhat smaller, ground colour 
paler. Below the reniform stigma with silvery blue surround, there is, between vein 2 and 3, a small round 
spot in the pale ground colour, the dark central spot has an irregular outline. Assam. 
zygospila. W. zygospila Zerny. Closely resembles the previous species. Antennae of $ with fascicles of cilia, bent 
at base and inwardly with a triangular scaly tuft. Perhaps this characteristic, which is not mentioned by 
Hampson, was only overlooked by him in regard to the other species; I have only a few 9- Forewings reddish 
grey, coffee coloured brown at costa and coppery in marginal area. Reniform stigma large, containing a few 
