458 noctuid.t:. 



spots ; a lateral seiies of yi'llow spots anterior and posterior except 

 on thoracic soiuites, Miiere they are posterior only. Food-planta : 

 Gloriosa supcrha and AinanjUis. 



1803. Polytela florigera. (Plate XCI. fig. 9.) 



Puli/trla floriqera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 114 (1852); IlLapso. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 169. 

 Folytela inclyta, Wlk. Cbar. Undescr. Het. p. 27 (1869). 



Head and thorax blue-black ; metathorax with pair of orange 

 spots ; abdomen black, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing 

 black suffused with leaden purple ; subbasal line double, black 

 filled in with ochreous, waved, from costa to vein 1, black patches 

 defined by reddish beyond it above and below vein 1 ; antemedial 

 line double, black filled in with ochreous, oblique, waved ; claviform 

 a small black patch ; orbicular and reniform with reddish centres 

 and ochreous annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter 

 figure-of-8 shaped ; a waved black medial line oblique from costa to 

 median nervure ; postmedial line double, black filled in with 

 ochreous, waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved, some yellow points beyond it on costa ; a j'cllow 

 apical patch, the subterminal line arising from it consisting of 

 ochreous lunules on dentate black marks defined on inner side 

 by reddish suffusion ; a terminal series of black lunules ; cilia 

 black, with a series of orange points at base. Hind wing fuscous 

 black. 



Hah. Bombay, Canara ( Ward), 5 $ , type indiita ; Madras 

 (Elliot), 1 c?, Belgaum {Watson), 1 $ , Bangalore (Watson), 3 $ . 

 Exp. 28-32 niillim. 



1804. Polytela chrysospila. 



Volytela chri/sospi7a, Wlk. xxxii. 635 (1865) ; Feld. Eeis. Isov. pi. 101. 

 f. 15; Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 169. 



Head and thorax blue-black ; mesothorax with orange patch ; 

 abdomen black, the terminal segment orange. Fore wing black 

 suffused with leaden blue, leaving the lines black and ill-defined ; 

 the subbasal and antemedial lines connected by streaks on costa, 

 below cell, and on inner margin ; reniform a lunulate or somewhat 

 quadrate yellow spot ; postmedial line excurved from costa to 

 vein 4, then incurved. Hind wing fuscous black. 



IJah. Burma, Karen Hills, Thayetmyo ( Watson), 1 $ ; Java 

 (Horsjield), 2 c? » type. Eay. 30 millim. 



Genus XANTHOPASTIS. 



Type. 



Xanth&pastis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 211 (1827) tbnais. 



I'hilochnjsa, Grote, Proc. Ent. See. Phil. ii. p. 338 (1863) timaii. 



Proboscis aborted, miuute; palpi short, porrect, clothed witli long hair; 

 frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennse of male pubescent ou under 

 furt'ace ; head and thorax clothed witli very long rough hair and scales; tibiw 



