218 DICTYOPLOCA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 



joiiasi. suri to tlie Amur. — jonasi Butl. (32 b. d). Much more unieolorous and darker than the preceding forms; 

 forewing longer, all thf> lines much less distinct, the submarginal line of both wings only white or whitish behind; 

 the ocelli smaller and more transverse. Japan, on the ]Main Island in September. Two nearly full-grown larvae 

 before me have no longitudinal stripe above or below. 



C. litldia. Wings grey, sometimes with a reddish tinge. Forewing above with a lieav^v oblique almost 

 straight black subl)asal line, which is proximally more or less distinctly bordered with red. at the ocellus a 

 usuallv indistinct zigzag line, which is followed by two parallel festooned lines, the outer one of which is re- 

 presented bj' a black dot at the costal margin, between them and the margin two quite feebly festooned lines, 

 in between which there are usually distinct light spots on the veins; hindwing longer anteriorly than in bois- 

 duvali, the subcostal veui farther from the base, the outer ring of the ocellus partly or entirely red, between 

 base and ocellus an almost straight dark line, distally of the ocellus an indistinct zigzag line and in the marginal 

 area four lines, the two inner ones of which are much less dentate than the corresponding lines of the forewing. 



Ihtdia. The $ similar to the cj. Larva and pupa not known. Himalayas. — lindia Moore (= hockingi Moore) (32 b). 

 The ocellus of both wings with black excentric pupil, which is bounded by a white discocellular bar proximally. 



bo)iita. The light submarginal spots small and diffuse. North- West India and Kashmir, June and July. — bonita 

 subsp. nov. Much more brightly coloured, the colours more strongly contrasting than in lindia, on the upper 

 side the grey-white submarginal spots of the forewing almost as sharp as in hieti, but smaller, the black pupil 

 of the ocellus smaller on the forewing and absent on the hindwing; on the underside the red colour of the 

 ocelli more extended and on the hindwmg the ocelli without black pupil, the markings in the marginal area 

 of both wings brighter. Yatung, Tibet, two pairs in the British Museum. 



bieli. C. bieti Oberth. (32 a). Forewing above and below grey with large black basal spot, and between ocellus 



and outer margin festooned parallel lines which are produced into long teeth on the proximal side; ocellus 

 of hindwing without black pupil. — Western China. 



anna. C. anna Moore, which is known to me from North India and Southern China, perhaps also occurs on 



Palearctic territory; it is distinguished from bieti particularly by thp yellow colour of the submarginal spots, 

 the black pupil of the ocellus of the hindwing and the longer wings. 



According to Obebthtjr, Boisduval received a specimen of C. grotei Moore from Eversjl\nk with 

 the locality Turkmenia. As the species is otherwise only known from North India it is probably a case of con- 

 fusion of localities. 



9. Genus: 1>iet^'0|»loi«a gren. nov. 



Forewing with only two subcostal branches. The distal segments of the antennae below more jjroduced 

 at the apex than in Ca%?t?a, and with more distinct sensory cones, the pectinations of (J shorter, the apical ones 

 on the middle segments of the $ short but distinct. Larva at first black, with 6 rows of warts clothed with black 

 bristles, in the following stages greenish yellow below, black above, clothed with long white hairs, then more 

 or less completely white with blue spots at the stigmata, small black dots, and short transverse streaks 

 laterally. Cocoon with much larger meshefe than in Caligula. Pupa very rugate, apex of abdomen almost trun- 

 cate in a straight line, forming a shai-p edge, on each side with a bundle of short bristles in a groove. The co- 

 coons are used for the manufacture of silk, but both the quantity and quality are negligible. Himalayas to Japan. 



japonica. D. japonica Bidl. (= regina Stgr.) (32 c). Ground-colour varying, yellowish grey, brownish yellow, 



or almost olive; the markings on the contrary faii'ly constant, Forewing above in the basal fourth with a 

 reddish or brownish transverse line which bounds a large basal spot, and with a second rather diffuse line beyond 

 the middle which touches the ocellus at the outer side or stands slightly distant from it; the area bounded 

 by the two lines slightly lighter than the rest of the wing; ocellus oblique. Hindwing usually redder than the 

 forewing, with much larger and more sharply defined ocellus. Below more imicolorous than above; the ocellus 



castanea. on the forewing with black pupil, on the hindwing blind. Pale .specimens are f. castanea Sirinh. Larva on Jug- 

 lans, Castanea, Camphora, in captivity takes Oak, Hawthorn, Willow, etc. The three first stages of the larva 

 almost alike; in the fourth and fifth stages the black colour confined to the sides, the warts of the thorax with 

 a few black bristles between the greenish white hairs. Meshes of cocoon large. Japan (Main Island and 

 Kiushiu), Amurland, North China; the moth in the autumn (September and October), common. The silkglands 

 of the caterpillar are sometimes employed for the manufacture of fisliing lines. 



Simla. D. Simla Westw. (35 a). Larger than japonica; the costal margin of forewing grey to the base, and the 



thorax anteriorly of the same grey colour, posteriorly on the thorax a white transv^erse band which is absent in 

 japonica. Ground-colour less variable, but hi some specimens much darker than in others; the brown median 

 band of the forewing traverses the ocellus or touches it on the inner side, being rarely outside the ocellus as 

 in japonica. Larva from the third stage already to a great extent yellowish white, full-grown with little black 

 laterally, dorsally a bluish white stripe, on which are pale greenish blue hairs (Watson). Meshes of the cocoon 



