62 AGRISIUS; PA1L\0XA. By Dr. A. Skitz. 



very narrow and light rod. Both sexes with two or three discal dots; the J with a very strong tuft of 

 hair Ijeyond the niiddh? of the costa. In Kashmir, Tibet, also widely distril)uted in the Himalayas. 



(asciola. C. fasciola Elic. Smaller, the terminal band very broad, almost touching the broad outer transverse 



line at the inner margin; from tli(! inner transverse band of the q a process projects distad in the cell: 

 ^ with 2 or 3, ? with one discal spot. Hindwing bright pink, esjiccially in the $. At the Yang-tse- 

 kiang, near I-chang, t'hang-yang. 



giMifcra. C. guttifera Walk. {— triguttata Walh.) (12 c). All 4 transver.se lines present, but quite obsoles- 



cont and orange-yellow. Kashmir and other Himalayan countries; also distributed over Anterior India to 

 the Audamans. The species agree.s in the yellow colour of the hnes with C. dohertiji Elw. from the North- 

 AVestern Himalayas. 



bellissimfi. C. bellissima Moore (12 b). The most beautiful Lithosiid, of the size of 0. quadra. Forewing white, 



with three discal dots, and broad blood-red transverse lines at the base, before and beyond the centre of 

 the forewing. In the o tlie Avhole outer area of the forewing suffused with orange-yellow, in the $ a 

 yellow band before the margin. Hindwing and abdomen a beautiful carmine-pink, darker in the ^ than in 

 tile $. Underside in <J entirely carmine, in $ white with dark central spots, and the hindwing tinged 

 with pink. Widely distributed in the Himalayas, especially in the West. Locally not rare. In Indian 

 specimens the band before the margin is sometimes also red instead of yellow. 



iiilct-rogu- Q interrogationis Pouj. (12 c). Scarcely half as large as the preceding; the band before the margin 



likewise yellow, bemg broad and diffuse in the S; the central and basal bands also bright yellow; hind- 

 wing in the (J very bright rose-pink. In the $ the bands of the forewing are more reddish. Known from 

 North India and Shanghai. 



phaedra. C. phaedra Leech. This species is easily recognised by the submarginal band of the forewing ter- 



minating costally in a large spot, so that the outer transverse band and the submarginal band are con- 

 nected, the basal and antemedian bands also being connected. Three black dots in the disc of the fore- 

 wing. In typical specimens the transverse bands are dark blood-rod; but specimens also occur in which 

 moupi- ^j^pj, jjyg orange: ab. moupinensis Leecli. At the Yang-tse-kiang, from the estuary to Sze-chuen. 



It vltolv • 



gmclla. C. gazella Moore (12 c). All transverse bands of the forewing dull orange, and all connected with 



one another; between the two central liands one to three spots, also orange; hindwing and abdomen Avhiti? 

 or light grey. In Kashmir, also distributed over the Himalayas as far as Sikkim. 



tjelida. C. gelida Walk. (12 c). On the forewing the white ground-colour is entirely superceded by ochreous- 



brown, the whole median area excepting the costal portion being occupied by dull yellow-brown clouds. 

 A sooty brown smear extends through the cell almost to thf outer margin; hindwing yellow-brown. In 

 the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim. 



(/(()•(•/((. C. detrita Walk. (= suffundens Walk.) (12 a). Thorax and forewing everywhere with irregular grey- 



brown cloudy spots, between which there are light bands and stripes. Only in the disc there are 3 black 

 dot-like spots, the one at the apex of the cell having a whitish centre. Hindwing in the ^ white, in the $ 

 slightly dulled with grey. In the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim, but also in other mountain-ranges 

 of India. 



22. Genus: Agrisiii!;* Walk. 



This j)eculiar genus seems to unite true Lithosias on the one haml with MiliocJirista and on the 

 other with the Nyctemerids or Hypsids. In contradistinction to the last described forms, Agrisius has 

 long, somewhat upturned palpi, especially the end-segment, which in the Hypsids is strongly porrect in 

 the shape of a stylet, being remarkably long. Agrisius has a moderately broad head, well developed 

 tongue, fill- or setiform antennae. 'Thorax strong, broad, smoothly scaled, spotted. Forewing broad, 

 dotted in the basal area, distally with streaks on the veins. This scheme of markings strongly recalls 

 Hypsinae. Only 2 forms are known, one from Eastern Asia and the other from the Himalayas. Nothing 

 is known to me of the habits, as I have never found a moth of this genus in nature. 



hd(jinosus. A. fulginosus Moore (-= japonicns Leech) (12 d). Sooty grey-brown, body and basal half of fore- 



wing with Ijlack dots. In .Japan (more definite localities are not recorded), as well as China, and said to 

 occur also in India. 



28. Genui?: Paraona Moore. 



Very closely allied to the following genus, but the wings .shorter, the body more robust, inter- 

 mediate between Lithosia and Agi/Ua in general appearance. Head broad, eyes small, widely separated by 

 tilt* frons, palpi fairly short, antenna setiform. Thorax broad, the collar brightly coloured and sometimes 



