204 FULGOBID.S. 



basal two-thirds a little purplish, costal margin spotted with 

 black and with a few discal black spots, tliose on apical area very 

 minute and indistinct, a greyish spot outwardly broadly margined 

 with brown near apex of posterior margin ; wings purplish-red, 

 spotted with black on basal area and with white on anterior area, 

 apex broadly black with bluish dots, posterior margin pale 

 fuscous. 



Var. Tegmina paler and more minutely spotted w ith black, the 

 apical area with some fuscous suffusions ; wings ochraceous, with 

 the base and anal area purplish-red, spotted and marked as in 

 typical form. 



Length excl. tegra. 14 to 15 ; exp. tegm. 37 to 42 millim. 



Bab. Sikhim {Ind. Mus.). Assam ; JN'oa Dihing and Khtisi 

 Hills (CJiennell). Andaman Islds, {Ind. Mus.). — Java (Coll. Dist). 

 China. 



1715. Aphana variegata, Gner. (Aphfena) Toy. Belmui.Ind. Orient., 

 Zool. p. 455 (1834) ; id. Icon. lict/ne Anim. t. Iviii, f. 3 (1830- 

 34) ; Amy. ^' Serv. (Apbana) Hem. p. 497, t. ix, f. 1 (1843) ; Stdl, 

 Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. '2S2 (1863) ; Atkins. J. A. .S'. Beny. liv, 

 p. 145 (1885). 



Penthicus variegatus, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, p. 171, Hem. 

 t. xii, f. 4 (1840-41). 



Aplifena basirufa, Walk. List Horn, ii, p. 278 (1851). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and sternum brovvnish-ochraceous 

 abdomen above sanguineous, transversely whitishly-tomentose at 

 base ; abdomen beneath and legs piceous, legs more or less 

 annulated with ochraceous, anal abdominal segment beneath 

 sometimes brownish-ochraceous ; posterior acetabulae greyish ; 

 tegmina very pale olivaceous, spotted with black, the spots 

 becomiug larger towards the apical area, on apical area a few very 

 small greenish spots, and the costal area somewhat ochraceous and 

 spotted with black; at about commencement of apical area there 

 is a greyish spot on both anterior and posterior margins ; wings 

 orange-yellow, purpHsh-red on basal area, black at apex, and 

 fuscous on posterior margin, some black spots on basal third, 

 a few discal minute white spots near middle, and some bluish dots 

 on the black apical area. 



Length excl. tegm. 18 to 21 ; exp. tegm. 50 to 62 miUim. 



Hah. ^yXhei {Brit. Mus.). ^\U\\m {Ind. Mus.). Darjihng ( CoZZ. 

 Dist.). Burma ; Momeit {Doherty). — Cochin-China. Wumati-a. 

 Philippines. 



1710. Aphana caja, Walk. (Aphfena) List Horn, ii, p. 278 (1851) ; 

 StM (Aphaiia), Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 235 (1863) ; Atkins. 

 J. A. S. Bejuj. Hv, p. 146 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and sternum brownish-ochraceous; 

 abdomen above sauguineous, with discal transverse black spots 

 and transversely tomcntosely-white at base ; abdomen beneath 

 dull red spotted with black; legs olivaceous-brown, more or less 



