LYMANTRIID.'E. 



189 



875. Artaxa lunata. 



Euprodis lunata. Walker : iv. 837 (1855). 

 vii. 1731 (1856) 



Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C, ii. p. 348. P^- i^, f. 2 (larva) 



(1859). 



P. Z. S., Lond., 1S67, p. 6S0. 



Butler : 111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., v. p. 50, pi. 89, 



f. 9 (1881). 

 Forsayeth: Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 18S4, p. 400, 



pi. 14, f. 5, 5 '^ (larva). 

 Swinhoe : P. Z. S.. Lond., 1885, p. 298. 

 P. Z. S., Lond., 1886, p. 437- 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths ot India, ii. 145. 946 



(1887). 



Type. North India, in B. M. 



a. India (2). b. India (Walker's example, vol. vii. p. 173I; but 



it is ?, not <?). c. Central India (2). d. Bombay. 



876. Artaxa singapura : n. sp. PL vi. f. 19. 



<j Antennae, body, and fore-wings ochreous. Fore-wings crossed 

 by two pale nearly straight parallel lines jusf before and just beyond 

 the middle ; these lines incline outwardly from the hinder margin and 

 do not reach the costa, and make the wing look as if it had a central 

 band. Hind-wings pale luteous, nearly white. Underside, coloured 

 like hind-wings above ; no other markings. 



Expanse of wings IyV inches. 

 a. Singapore (type) (Wallace). _ 



Allied to A. liitea (Fabr.) : band on fore-wing somewhat similar, 

 but hitea is of a dark ochreous yellow, colour on both wings and body 

 being uniform throughout. 



877. Artaxa vitellina. 



Liparis vitellina. Kollar : Kasch. von Hugel, iv. p. 471 (1848). 

 Etiproctis vitellina. Walker: iv. 838 (1855). 



Swinhoe: P. Z. S., Lond., 1885, p. 298. 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 146. 957 



(1887). 

 Chcerotricha vitellina. Butler: 111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., vu. p. 122, pi. 



138, f. 13 (larva), (1889). 

 Enproctis gamma. Walker: vii. 1731 (1856% 



Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C, ii. p. 34^ (1859). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 144. 940 



(1887). 



Artaxa princeps . Walker: xxxii. 331 (1S65). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, 



(18S7). 

 Type {gamma). North India, in B. M. 

 Type (princeps). North India, in B. M. 

 a. India. 



141. 916 



