328 



AECTIAD^. 



two angles of cell, and ante- and postmedial points above vein 1. 

 Hind wing with discoidal lunule and four, usually large, spots just 

 before termen. 



Hah. Bombay, 1 S ', Nilgiris, W. slopes {Hampson), 5 d" , 

 type. Eicp. 46-50 millim. 



1839. Amsacta lactinea. 



Bovibyx lactinea, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 133, D (1777) ; Hmpsn. Moths 



Ind. ii. p. 27 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223. 

 Bomhyx saiiguinolenta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (1) p. 473 (1793); Moore, Lep. 



Ceyl. ii. p. 74, pi. 108. ff. 6, 6a; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223. 

 Aha marginata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 15, pi. 6. f. 1. 

 lihodogastria frcderici, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 223 (1892). 



Pure white; palpi crimson, black at tips; antennae black; vertex 

 of head, neck, edges of tegulse, stripes on shoulders, fore coxse, and 



Fig. 147. — Amsacta lactinea, J . \. (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



femora above crimson ; patagia usually with black points ; fore 

 coxse with black patches, fore and mid tibiae striped with black, the 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen orange above except basal 

 segment and anal tuft, dorsal black bands, lateral stripes, and 

 sublateral series of points. Fore wing with crimson costal fascia ; 

 black points usually present at angles of cell, and often ante- and 

 postmedial points above vein 1. Hind wing usually with discoidal 

 black lunule and four subterminal spots, any of which may be 

 absent. 



Ab. 1. marginata. Hind wing with complete terminal black 

 band. — Nepal. 



Hah. Japan, Tokio (Jonas, Fenton), 2 $ , Oiwake (Pryer), 1 c5" , 

 Yokohama {Mauley), 1 § ; W. China, Chia-ting-fu, 1 $ , Ichang 

 {Pratt), 1 d ; S. China, Swatow, 1 $ ; Formosa, 2 J ; Kashmir, 

 Scinde Valley {Leech), 1 J , 1 2 ; Punjab, Sultanpur {G. Young), 

 1 2 5 Jabbulpur {Miss F. Butler), 1 d" , 1 ? ; Nepal {Ramsay), 

 1 5 type marginata ; Calcutta, Barrackpur, 1 $ ; Bombay {Swin- 

 Jioe), 1 2 ; NiLGiEis, {Hampson), 1 6 ; 8hevaroys {Morris), 1 5 ; 

 Ceylon {Templeton), 1 $ ; Burma, Moulmein {Cleric), 2 $ , Eangooa 

 {Bingham), 1 S ', Ja.va {Horsfeld, Kirl-patrick), 5 d , 6 $ . 

 Exp., cT 56, 2 6G millim. 



