472 Colonel C. Swinhoe's Revision of the 



I put the Khasia Hill specimens very doubtfully with 

 this form ; they are white instead of dull ochreous, and 

 the lines seem to be different ; but the lines are not very 

 distinct in the type, and we must await more Sikhim 

 examples. 



Dasychira pseudabietis. 



Calliteara 'pseudabietis, Butler, Cist. Ent., iii, p. 118 (1885). 

 Calliteara abietis. Leech, P. Z. S., 1888, p. 631. 

 Dasychira pryeri, Butler, I.e., p. 119. 

 Dasychira pmliea. Stand., Eom. sur Lep., iii, p. 204 (1887). 

 Dasychira modesta, Kirby, Cat. Moths, i, p. 483 (1892). 



6 ^, 4 $, Japan, including both of Butler's types. 1 ,^, 

 1 $ from Amur. 



Staudinger's type came from the Amur: the name 

 p)udiea was preoccupied in the genus, and therefore Kirby 

 re-christened it modcsta ; but the Amur and Japan examples 

 are not separable. 



Dasychira postfusca. 



Dasychira postfusca, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1895, j). 9, 

 pi. 1, f. 12. 



1 ^, Khasia Hills (type). 



Dasychira thwaitesi. 



Dasychira thwaitesi, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, ii, p. 98, pi. 116, 



f. 1, la, b (1883). 

 Dasychira piidica, Moore, 1. c, iii, p. 538 (1887). 



1 ^, 1 $, Ceylon (types). 1 ^, 1 ?, Trevaudrum. 1 $, 

 Nilgiri Hills. 



The type (iipudica is a dwarf female. 



Dasychira grotei. 



Dasychira grotei, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C, ii, p. 338 



(1859). 

 Dasychira Jcausalict, Moore, P. Z. S., 1879, p. 401. 

 Dasychira varia, $ only. Walker, iv, 868 (1855). 



1 $, Kasaoli (type hausalia, $). 1 ^, Subathu. 1 ^, 1 ?, 

 Dharmsala. 1 ^, 1 ?, Kangra. 1 ?, N. India (type). 1 $, 

 Himalayas. 2 g, Darjiling. 1 $, Calcutta. 1 %, Moupin, 

 W. China. 



