598 AGAKISTIBJ5. 



expanding triangularly to near vein 1 below middle of cell, with 

 a black spot with silvery-blue centre on it, its upper edge indented 

 by the ferruginous-red orbicular and renit'orm spots centred with 

 sUvery blue, sometimes bisected by the latter ; a short red streak 

 ending in silvery -blue scales above base of vein 1 ; the outer side 

 of the triangular part of fascia and its wedge-shaped terminal part 

 edged with black and red ; a red terminal line ; cilia black at base, 

 whitish at tips. Hind wing orange ; a deep red-brown discoidal 

 spot ; a terminal band, its inner edge acutely angled at vein 5, 

 expanding on apical area ; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line through 

 them. Underside of fore wing orange, the terminal area brown, 

 indented by the wedge-shaped fascia which is orange. 



Hah. Punjab, Campbellpur {Yerhury), 1 c? , 1 $ , Jubbulpur 

 {F. Butler), 2 $ , Manpuri, 2 $ ; jSTepal, 1 i^ ; Bombay, Xutch, 

 2 5, Poona, 1 S ; Nilgikis, 1 $ ; Coimbatoee (Walhouse), 1 J ; 

 Ceylon, 1 c? . Eay., d ^6, $ 40 millim. 



120. .ffigocera bimacula. 



JEgocera bimacula, Wlk. i. p. 57 (1854); Butl. 111. Het. B. M. i. p. 11, 

 pi. 5. f. 4 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyi. ii. p. 33, pi. 94. f. 2 ; Hnipsn. Moths Ind. 

 ii. p. 158 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 37. 



S . Head and thorax white ; palpi at side of 2nd joint and 

 extremity of 3rd, sides of frons and a stripe in front of it, and 

 antennae black ; the frontal process very long ; teguloe with black 

 stripes ; edges of patagia and subdorsal bands on thorax black, a 

 little orange behind the tegulee ; pectus and legs orange, the fore 

 and mid tibiaj and tarsi with black spots in front ; abdomeii orange, 

 with dorsal series of black spots and sublateral series of points, the 

 protrusible tufts deep chocolate-brown. Pore wing deep red-browu 

 irrorated with ochreous, the markings placed on a deep chocolate- 

 red patch extending to beyond middle of vein 1 and to beyond the 

 cell; a yellowish spot at base of costa, usually conjoined to an ante- 

 medial spot in and below cell, and forming with it a wedge-shaped 

 patch which is often connected by a streak with the oblique bar 

 across end of cell ending at submedian fold, an oblique lunulate 

 band beyond the cell between veins 8 and 3, all these markings 

 having blackish edges ; silvery-blue spots in and below middle of 

 cell, a discoidal lunule and some of the same colour at extremity of 

 the red patch ; a deep red terminal line ; the cilia fuscous. Hind 

 wing orange; deep red spots at angles of cell ; a terminal band with 

 its inner edges strongly excised at middle, expanding towards 

 apex and tornus and leaving a spot on termen below vein 2 ; the 

 inner area being sometimes streaked with red, and the spot at 

 lower angle of cell connected with the terminal band ; cilia orange. 

 Underside of fore wing with the base, costa to beyond middle, 

 and markings orange. 



$ . Hind wing with the markings black-brown. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Almorah (Boys), 1 $ ; Sikhim {Liddtr- 

 dale), 2 d ; N. India, (Hearsey), 2 5 type : Nilgieis {Ham^ison), 



