116 BTNTOMID^. 



b^. Frons and markings of head, thorax, and 



abdomen pale yellow vespa. 



5^. Fore wing with the hyaline spots of terminal 



area almost obsolete semifusca. 



d. Abdomen with five yellow bands quinquecinda. 



e. Abdomen with short dorsal yellow bands on each 



segment; ventral surface yellow microchilus. 



f. Abdomen with two orange-red bands and lateral spots 



on intermediate segments erythrosoma. 



g. Abdomen with one yellow basal band aperieiis. 



h. Abdomen with lateral series of white spots annosa, 



*209. Eressa naclioides. 



Ctenandra naclioides, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wien, Ixiii. p. 39 (1861) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 106. 



S . Brown ; head and mesothorax livid greyish ; abdomen fuscous, 

 wilh dorsal and ventral series of livid spots. Pore wing with four 

 hyaline spots ; hind wing without spots. 



2 • Fore wing with five hyaline spots ; hind wing with three 

 spots. 



Bab. Ameoina. Eay. ? 36 millim. This species is unknown 

 to me. 



210. Eressa confinis. 



Glavcopis covfnis, "Wlk. i. 149 (1864); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 223- 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 104. ^ 



Eressa miisa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 290, pi. 20. f. 1 : Hmpsn. Moths Ind 

 i. p. 222 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 104. 



Black-hrown ; antenuje more or less white at tips ; meso- and 



metathorax with yellow patches ; 

 abdomen with dorsal, lateral, 

 and ventral series of yellow spots. 

 Fore wing Avith hyaline patch in 

 end of cell ; a hyaline patch from 

 below middle of cell to below 



-p. QQ IT ^ • r , middle of vein 2, with a spot 



Fig. 38. — Eressa comms, S • \- „!,„„•<- i, • r> , 



^ ./ . w T above it above vein 2 ; a post- 



medial series of four spots be- 

 tween veins 3 and 7, the spot above vein 5 small. Hind wing with 

 hyaline patch below the cell, a spot in end of cell, and two spots 

 between veins 2 and 5. 



Ab. 1.^ musa ( 5 ): fore wing with the hyaline patches above and 

 below vein 2 somewhat shortened, and a small spot above 7. 



Ab. 2. (d") : hind wing entirely black. — Bhutan, Khasis. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Almorah (Boys), Kangra {Hocking), 

 Simla {H. C. Harford) ; Sikhim, Moore Coll. ; Bhutan {Dudgeon) ; 

 Calcutta, Moore Coll. ; Bombay {Sivinhoe), type musa ; JSTilgikis • 

 Cbylox ; BiJEMA. Eay., S 26, $ 32 millim. 



