S KOCTUiDJi;. 



/i^. Fore wing witli tlio apex not pro- 



(lufcd and acute. 



rt*. Met^itliurax with depressed crest. 



«", Fore winif with tlie teraien 



angled at veins 6 and 4, tlien 



oblique Cyhosafia, (2) p. 158. 



i®. Fore wing with tbe ternien 



evenly curved Matigramma. (2) p. 32i>. 



b\ Metatliorax without crest CukisCK, p. 2U7. 



Genus ATTATHA. 



Type. 

 Altatha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 847 rcgulis. 



I'roboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; 

 eyes large, round; antenna) of male somewhat laminate and almost simple; 

 thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the metathorax with paired crests ; 

 tibiaj smoothly scaled, the fore tibice not spined, the hind tibiai with spines 

 between the mid and terminal spurs only ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base 

 only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and 

 not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (5 from upper angle ; 9 

 from ID anaslomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3, 4 from angle; 5 

 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only 



A. Hind wing scarlet or tinged with scarlet. 



a. Hind wing with series of small black spots just before ternien 



and large spot above tornns regalis. 



h. Hind wing with subterminal wedge-shaped blackish band 



from apex to vein 2 ino. 



I?. Hind wing yellow cthiopica. 



C. Hind wing creamy white mctaleuca. 



7771. Attatha regalis. 



Hi/percompa regalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872; p. 57'), \\\. 33. f. 7 ; Hmpsn. 

 Mcths Ind. ii. p. 528. 



Head and thorax white ; palpi pale scarlet, the extremity of 2iul 

 joint, the 3rd joint and the frons black ; antenna? black ; tegulte 

 except at base, shoulders, a band across patagia and mesothorax and 

 a patch on metathorax black ; pectus orange, scarlet in front ; legs 

 orange, the fore and mid legs black-brown in front ; abdomen 

 orange, the basal crest black, the ventral surface tinged with scarlet. 

 Fore wing creamy white ; the costal edge blackish towards base ; a 

 lilack fasc-ia on ba.se of median nervure, rounded at extremity; a 

 l)lack fascia on inner margin from near base to beyond middle, 

 pointed at extremities ; a triangular blark jiatch from middle of costa 

 to lower angle of cell with an oblitjue tail from it to submedian fold 

 above tornus, a slight oblique red-brown line from its outer edge 

 below costa to above vein 2 near ternien, then erect and waved 

 to inner margin a])ove which it has a small black spot on it ; a 

 wedge-shaped black patch from a])ical jmrt of costa, its lower part 

 attenuate, bent outwards, and ending below vein 4 towards termen ; 

 a line black line on apical part of termen, then black spots on veins 



