C YMA TOPHORID.'E. 1 93 



Northern India ; specimens from the North- West Himalayas, 

 having the ground colour more dull and leaden and the spots 

 less bright, being known as var. cognata. Also obtained from 

 Java, but called victrix, and from North America, very similar 

 to our western variety, but under the name of Mcxicana. 

 A browner form from Java, known as vicina, appears to be 

 very doubtfully distinct. 



Genus 3. CYMATOPHORA. 



Antennae rather short, ciliated ; eyes naked ; lashes present 

 at the back, but usually prostrate ; thorax very slightly 

 crested at the back ; fore wings broad, with transverse stripes 

 or bands ; hind wings ample, but very thin and delicate ; 

 vein 5 variable. 



Larv^ naked, concealed between spun-together leaves on 

 trees. 



PuPiE rather conical with tapering abdominal segments and 

 minutely punctured dull surface ; anal bristles placed on a 

 spine and forming curious hooks. 



A table of the four species may be useful. 



A. Thorax and abdomen slender, fore wings broad, with 



broad central band. 



B. Two black dots outside central band and a grey apical 



streak. C. duplaris. 



W: Black dots absent, apical streak black.. G. Jiitctuosa. 

 A?. Thorax and abdomen rather stout, fore wings less broad. 



C. Fore wings grey or purplish-grey ; first and second 



lines quadrupled 5 stigmata indistinct ; whitish. 



C. or. 



C^. Fore wings purple-brown, first and second lines double, 



stigmata ashy-white. C. ocularis. 



1. C. duplaris, L. — Expanse 1| to 1^ inch. Body 

 slender ; fore wings very broad, whitish or pale grey, with a 

 very broad central transverse purplish-grey band, outside 

 which are two black dots ; hind wings greyish-white. 



VOL. lu. N 



