KLK^MA; C'OSCINIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 71 



but at once flj' away and conceal themselves on a similar liranch. On the wing they bear a superficial 



resemblance to the caddis-fly Phryganea striata, which rests at the same time in the same fir-branches, 

 and when disturbed flies off in tlie same way- 



8. Sulifamily: Hypsinae. 



Beside the. few forms of the genus Anunais and Ilypaa, wliieh possibly may here and there extend inin 

 the Palearctic region in Kashmir, oidy one species of the group. l)elonginfr to tlie genus Eliffma. is found in 

 iiur region. But the classification of this latter genus with the Iljipsimie. is not established with certainty, as 

 ll.AMPSON places it with the Lithosiids. Altogether the Hypshiuc comprise 20 genera, with about 120 forms, 

 which are entirely confined to the Old World, viz. to the Indo-Australian and Ethiopian districts, with the 

 single exception of El'Kjnui narcissus. Only slightly further south than the Southern Palearctic boundary, in 

 South China and North India, the Jljipsiuae are among the commonest moths; and the boundary of their are'i 

 of distribution is quite abrupt. On the whole they are large or medium-sized and very brightly coloured moths 

 of the facies of Arctiids, which, though they rest under leaves in day-time, quickly fly away when distiu'bed. 

 Many Hiipsinae, e. g. Iliipsa itself, J)i(iama, etc., have a peculiar organ before the anal angle of the forewing, 

 which has the appearance of a bump on the upperside and consists beneath of ridges, and is considered to 

 be an organ of strididation. The larvae are very sparsely hairy, also often brightly coloured, hardly resembling 

 those of .\rctiids, with large, often slightly indented head and very, soft flabliy body, so that they, lik(! the 

 larvae of certain Nulodimtids. easily drn|i nil' ilu' food-trees when these a.re slightly shaken, and only move 

 away very slowly. 



31. Genus: £lig;uia Hhn. 



Head rather small; frons narrow: eyes large; palpi very long, obliquely upturned, especially the 

 third segment long, nail-shaped, with a slight knob at the end; antennae filiform, short; thorax short; 

 legs stout with woolly hairs and metallic dots; hindlegs very long, with strong spurs at the apex of the 

 tibiae. Abdomen long, slightly flattened and truncate at the apex. Forewing very long and narrow, the 

 hind angle so obtuse that the outer and inner margins pass into one another quite gradually. Hind wing 

 with rather irregular outer margin, orange-yellow with l)lack apical area. Larvae also brightly coloured, 

 sparsely hairy, on trees; the pupa in or on the grotind. 



E. narcissus Cr. (131). Markings most peculiar; through the forewing runs a white longitudinal streak nnrcissns. 

 which separates the dark olive-green costal from the lighter inner marginal area. It differs from the fairly 

 similar African hypsoides in there being no large white spot at the apex of the hindwing, only the fringes 

 being lighter. Larva with yellow and black transverse stripes, on deciduous trees; the moths in two 

 broods, in July and again in October, in North China, n(jt rare; also widely distributed in Lidia, south- 

 wards to Malacca and Ceylon. 



4. Subfamily: Micrarctiinae. 



The following genera can no longer be placed with the Lithoiiiiuir without constraint. They must, 

 however, be separated from the Arcliinae s. str., if the Callimorphinae, which are still more closely allied to 

 the Arcliinae than are the Micrarctiinae, are separated from them, as in Hampsoss classification. The species 

 placed in the present group are even more closely related to the Callimorphids. to which Haploa and Utiietheisa 

 form a transition. 



fn facies the moths still resemble Lithosiids, the body of the c? being very slender, the forewings 

 elongate with short distal margin, with light, white, ivory or brown ground-colour marked with small dashes 

 nr dots. The hindwings are verv broad with long outer margin, in the 3 of Argina the anal angle being 

 extended to form a pointed lobe. The larvae are true „woolly bears", being strongly hairy, with stout body 

 and small head, very agile, greedy and polyphagous; but they do not feed on lichens like the Lithosiids. The 

 moths are partiallv diurnal and often astoundingly abundant at their fliudit-places, sometimes forming swarms. 



32. Genus: Coscinia Hhn. 



Eather small moths, mostly light-coloured, agile and lively. Head moderately large; frons not 

 particularly broad; eyes large, palpi short, porrect; tongue aborted; antennae of ^ pectinate; thorax small; 

 abdomen slender, long, extending slightly beyond the anal angle. Forewing elongate, narrow, with short, 

 only slightly curved, oblicjue outer margin. Hindwing broad and large, the outer margin somewhat elbowed 

 obtusely in the centre near the end of the upper median branch. — Larva densely covered with short 

 tufts of very stiff hairs; they hibernate, and grow very slowly. On grasses. They pupate on the ground 



