356 AECTIAD^. 



discoidal point ; subterminal spots above and below vein 7, below 2 

 and above 1. 



Hah. Abyssinia. Exjy. 56 millim. This species is unknown to 

 me. 



1887. Pericallia imperialis, 



Enprepia imperialis, KoU. Hiigel's Kashmir, iv. (2) p. 466, pi. 21. f. 1 

 (1844) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 25 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 253. 



Head and thorax black ; antennae with the shaft whitish above 

 towards tips ; vertex of head, stripes on tegulse, and the patagia 

 yellowish white, the last with black points; neck with crimson 

 ring; tegulse crimson below; pectus with crimson stripe below the 

 wings ; coxae crimson behind ; abdomen crimson above with black 

 bands, the ventral surface black with paired series of yellowish 

 points. Fore wing black, with jellowish-white fascia from base 

 through the cell to termeu below vein 6, narrowing towards 

 termen, and beyond upper angle of cell almost joined by an oblique 

 irregular band from costa before apex : a fascia in submediau inter- 

 space from base to termen ; an oblique streak from below origin of 

 vein 3 to termen at vein 2, rarely with a short streak above base of 

 vein 3 ; a series of conjoined terminal spots. Hind wing orange- 

 yellow with black discoidal lunule ; a broad black subterminal band 

 from costa to vein 4, and large spots on veins 2 and 1. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas, Mussourie, 1 d" , Kangra {Hocking), 2 J , 

 5 $ ; SiKHiM. E.vj^., (S 80, 5 94 millim. 



Larva. Black, with tufts of long ferruginous hair ; head ferru- 

 ginous ; stigmata white. 



1888. Pericallia galactina. 



Chelonia galactina, Hoev. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Phys. vii. p. 280, pi. 6. f. 5 



(1840) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 25 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 263. 

 Areas orientalis, Wlk. iii. 658 (1855). 



Numcnes trigonalis, Voll. Tijdschr. Ent. vi. p. 140, pi. 10. fig. 1 (1863). 

 Areas cana, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 234 (1899). 



Palpi crimson, black at tips ; frons black ; antennsB black, the 

 shaft white above towards extremity ; vertex of head white, more 

 or less suffused with crimson ; thorax white ; teguloe, shoulders, and 

 patagia with black-brown spots, the vertex of thorax with broad 

 brown stripe ; tegulse edged with crimson ; pectus and legs 

 crimson, the latter striped with black-brown, the fore coxae with 

 brown spots ; abdomen scarlet above, with dorsal, lateral, and sub- 

 lateral series of black spots, the ventral surface orange, often tinged 

 with scarlet. Fore wing black-brown, with white spot at base ; 

 elongate subbasal spots below costa, in cell, and on inner margin, 

 and a triangular spot below the cell with another beyond it ; an 

 elongate spot below middle of costa, with a wider spot below it and 

 beyond cell ; spots below the cell above and below vein 3 ; a 

 triangular postmedial spot on costa, with a small spot below it above 



