Amata sp. Holloway sp. n.

Taxonomic notes

Four specimens (in RMNH, Leiden; Plate 8) of an Amata that may be of a new species was taken in low forest dominated by Acmena at 1050m on G. Lumut, Pasir district, Kalimantan Timur (E.J. van Nieukerken, pers. comm.). It measures 18mm and is characterised by a general dull yellowish scaling in the spaces between the veins. In this it resembles A. tigrina Walker and A. elwesi Rothschild from Cambodia and Burma.