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Genus 88. CHAKICLEA. 



Antennae ciliated ; palpi short ; eyes naked, without lashes ; 

 head very blunt ; thorax faintly crested at the back ; abdomen 

 rather short, having a crest on the basal segment. Fore 

 wings short, rather truncate, richly coloured and with con- 

 spicuous transverse lines or bands ; hind wings broad, the 

 cross-bar oblique and very slender, veins 4 and 5 parallel. 



Two species are known here, but one of them only by 

 ancient records. They bear no resemblance to each other. 



A. Fore wings orange-yellow, banded with purple. 



G. marginata. 

 A 2 . Fore wings brilliant purple-pink banded with darker. 



G. dclphinii. 



1. C. delphinii, L. — Expanse 1£ inch. Fore wings rich 

 brilliant purple-pink ; transverse lines darker and shaded 

 with brown ; hinder area lilac or pale crimson ; reniform 

 stigma dark purple, large and irregular. Hind wings white 

 with a broad smoky-brown band. 



Antennae of the male simple, minutely ciliated, pale drab ; 

 palpi short, moderately tufted, orange-red ; eyes naked, red- 

 brown ; head densely tufted, the lower portion with incurved 

 scales, pale yellow shaded with orange-red, divided by a 

 channel from the upper portion, which is pale reddish-drab ; 

 underneath the base of each antenna is a pointed white 

 tuft ; collar large, not peaked, but rather pointed forward in 

 the middle, pale drab barred with red-brown ; remainder of 

 the thorax drab, the shoulder-lappets edged with tawny ; 

 top crest small, placed in the middle of a tawny cross-bar ; 

 back crest larger, of the same colour but divided ; fascicles 

 yellowish-white ; abdomen rather short, pale brownish-drab ; 

 a small tawny crest on the basal segment ; lateral tufts 

 purple ; anal tuft purplish-white. Fore wings rather short, 

 costa straight almost to the apex, which is bluntly angulated ; 



