ATTATHA. 



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4, 3, 2, the tennen tinged -with scarlet towards tornus. Hind wing 

 scarlet ; a round siibterminal black spot in submedian interspace, a 

 series of minute black spots before termen from apex to below 



Fig. 1. — Atiatha regalis, J'. }. 



vein 2, and black points on termen at veins 4, 3, 2. Underside of 

 Ijotli wings pale scarlet ; fore wing with the oblique medial mark 

 reduced and not extending to costa, a black patch before middle of 

 termen. 



Hah. " N. India " ; Bombay, Kanara ; Ceylon {MacJcwood), 

 1 (3 ; Burma, Kalewa {Watson), 1 J, Up. Tenasserim {Wood- 

 Mason), 2 cJ , Dawnat Hills {de NiceviUe), 1 § ; Philippines, 

 Luzon, Cebu. Exp. 48-58 millim. 



Larva. Semper, Reiso Phil, Scbmett. ii. p. 5G6, pi. T. ff. 3-5. 



Yellow with a black lateral strijje except on 1st and terminal 

 somites, defined by whitish and with some black striae above it ; or 

 green with a pale lateral line, the stigmata crimson. Food-plant, 

 Sfreblns. 7. Forms a brownish white cocoon of silk and hair. 



7772. Attatha ino. 



Nodi/a ino, Driiry, 111. Exot. Ins. iii. p. 30, pi. 29. f. 3 (1782) ; Ilmpsn, 



Motbs Iiul. ii. p. 529. 

 Noctua noiata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2. p. 39 (1794). 

 Graminodcs mundicolor, Wlk. xxxiii. 973 (18G5). 



Head and thorax creamy white ; 3rd joint of paljsi, frons and 

 antennae black-brown ; tegulae except at base, shoulders, a band 

 across patagia and mesothorax and a patch on metathorax black ; 

 foi'e and mid tibi;e in front and the tarsi tinged with brown ; 

 abdomen ochreous yellow, the basal crest black, a lateral series of 

 small black spots. Fore wing creamy white ; the costal edge 

 blackish towards base ; a wedge-shaped subbasal black mark on 

 median nervure ; an antemedial black fascia on inner margin ; a 



