RAMADASA. 21 



This conspicuously-coloured Moth is common in many parts 

 of India and Ceylon, and measures about an inch and a 

 quarter across the wings. 



The fore-wings are blue-black, with a large yellow spot 

 towards the tip, and another towards the hinder angle ; there 

 are several waved yellow transverse lines, bordered with black ; 

 the orbicular stigma is black in the centre, and ringed with 

 yellow, and the reniform stigma is marked with red, and 

 bordered with yellow, except below ; there are some large red 

 spots towards the base, and an irregular row of red spots 

 towards the extremity of the wing, but within the level of the 

 large spots at the tip and hinder angle ; the fringes are spotted 

 with yellow. The hind-wings are blackish, with yellow fringes, 

 and the body is black, with some slight yellow markings. 



The larva is smooth, and cylindrical, and feeds on the bulbs of 

 Gloriosa and Amaryllis. It is purplish-black, with several 

 longitudinal rows of white spots on the back and sides. The 

 head and legs are red, and there is a red spot on the back of 

 the second segment. There are also purplish blotches on the 

 sides of the three thoracic and the two terminal segments. 

 The pupa is red. 



GENUS RAMADASA. 

 Ramadasa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, P- <'>o3- 



The type of this genus is a considerably larger Moth than 

 the last, with ascending palpi, and long fore-wings, with the 

 hind margin suddenly oblique below the tip ; the hind-wings 

 are longer than broad, and are slightly irregular in outline. 

 The moth was described by Walker as belonging to the 

 GloitulidcB, where we leave it ; but the genus has been since 

 referred by Mr. Moore to the AcotitiidcB, and by Sir George 

 Hampson (more appropriately) to the Palindiidce., 



