#29 Jour., Bom. Nat, Hist. Soc., Vol. XXIII, No. 1. [ June 30, 1914. 
Pykara, Nilgiris, at 7,000 feet, in April (Andrewes) ; one specimen. Very 
like Jucifera, but considerably larger, and readily separable by the eight 
distinct terminal spots of forewings, which in /uczfera are reduced by conflu- 
ence, and also by the confluent costal spots. 
Anticrates lucifera, a. sp. 
39. 18-14 mm. Head yellow, neck crimson. Palpi crimson, terminal 
joint pale yellow with a crimson lateral streak except towards apex. 
Thorax yellow, with an angulated crimson bar behind middle. Abdomen 
whitish-ochreous suffused with pale crimson, Forewings elongate, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 8 and 9 sometimes 
stalked ; crimson, with numerous yellow spots, viz., a small one on costa 
near base, two large triangular ones on costa before and beyond middle, 
two obliquely placed above and below fold near base, three (two upper 
sometimes connected) in an oblique series between postmedian costal and 
dorsum before middle, an oblique series of five from # of costa to 3 of dorsum 
(of which the two uppermost are small, two discal irregular, dorsal large, 
triangular), three others subterminal in disc, and a series of four small ones 
round apex and termen: cilia crimson, outer half yellow ontermen, Hind- 
wings and cilia light crimson. 
Karwar, Kanara, bred in August (Maxwell); three specimens. Larva 
feeding on Sideroxylon tomentosum (Sapotacee) ; cocoons sent are semiovate, 
solid, apparently composed of dense silk treated with some sort of cement, 
attached to surface of leaf; pupa protruded in emergence through a slit 
at end, head and antennal sheaths coming away entire. Mr. Maxwell 
writes : “ Larva looks exactly like cocoon, and practically the same shape; 
legs ohscure, closely appressed to leaf together with whole undersurface ; 
rather sluggish in habit, but walks about and is not attached to leaf in any 
way; head invisible. Must have some sort of covering which serves 
ultimately for a cocoon, but we could not make it out. Species apparently 
uncommon.” 
Anticrates thermastris, n. sp. 
2. 12-15mm. Head yellow, sides of face and back of crown suffused 
with red. Palpi red, terminal joint pale yellowish towards apex. Thorax 
light yellow, with a red W-shaped bar. Abdomen dull light crimson. 
Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 
rounded, oblique ; vermilion-red, with a yellow dot beneath costa near base, 
and about fourteen yellow spots, viz., two obliquely placed above and below 
fold near base, one on costa at 4, an oblique one above dorsum at 3, two 
connected to form a Z-shaped mark in dise before middle, one triangular on 
dorsum beyond middle, one oblique on costa at $, one beneath this in dise, 
three forming a series from 4 of costa to tornus, one at apex, and one on 
lower part of termen: cilia red, outer half light yellowish except towards 
tornus. Hindwings and cilia dull light crimson. 
Nilgiris, at 3,500 feet, in January (Andrewes) ; Ganesh Gudi, Kanara, in 
May (Maxwell) ; two specimens. 
Aetherastis constellata, n. sp. 
&@. 16mm. Head, palpi, antenn, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochre- 
ous ; antennze moderately bipectinated ; thorax with a blackish dot on each 
patagium, and two near posterior extremity. Forewings moderate, sub- 
oblong, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rather obliquely 
rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; a basal group of five rather large blackish dots, 
viz., one median near base, one subdorsal near base, one beneath costa at 7, 
one below this beneath fold, and one in disc slightly beyond these: cilia 
whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Wellawaya, Ceylon, in November (Green); one specimen. 
Comocritis precolor, DL. sp. 
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