species o/Eriocera in the British Museum. 75 



60. Abdomen and thorax chestnut-brown, 



5th and 6th segments largely yellow. 



(India.) *elo7igatissima, Brun, 



Abomen otherwise 61. 



61. Thorax entirely velvet-black 62. 



Thorax not entirely black 64. 



62. Femora yellow with black tips ; abdo- 



minal segments 2-5 nearly all yellow ; 



6 yellow at base. (Java.) albipunctata, Wulp. 



Legs all black ; abdominal segments 2-5 

 with broad apicalblack bands. (S. India.) 63. 

 6-3. Sixth abdominal segment entirely black . kempt, Brun. 

 Sixth abdominal segment yellow at the 

 base kempi, var. n. lonyior. 



64. Thorax mahogany - brown ; prsescutum 



with three blackish stripes. (India.) . *temds, Brun. 

 Thorax ash-grey, prfescutum with four 

 black stripes. (India.) ^pidchrithorax, Brun. 



65. Abdomen velvet-black, with broad shin- 



ing blue-black bands ; legs black, stout. 66. 

 Abdomen not all black, mainly dull ; 

 femora mostly yellowish j legs more 

 slender 67. 



66. Thorax entirely red ; legs very stout . . cUnophoroicJes, Edw. 



\{^-=.rnJithorax ^ Brun.). 

 Thorax entirely blackish brown ; legs {jiiyrithora.r. 



not quite so stout ctenophoroidei, var. n. 



67. Basal halves of abdominal segments 2-4 



shining ; thorax brown badia, Brun. 



Abdominal segments 2-4 entirely dull, 



or uniformly and slightly shining .... 68. 

 OS. Abdomen entirely brownish ; slightly 



shining greenii, Brun. 



Abdomen dull, basal segments yellow . . 69. 



69. Thorax and apex of abdomen velvet- 



black ; femora with black tips albonotata, Lw. 



Thorax and apex of abdomen brownish ; [citrocastanea. 



femora all yellow albonotata, var. n. 



70. AVings with a transverse pale central 



fascia or spot ; apical fourth all dark. . 71. 

 Wings with pale central markings, and 

 also with pale markings at the tip or in 

 the apical fourth 88. 



71. Abdomen with leaden or bluish-white 



bands ; four posterior cells 72. 



Abdomen without leaden or bluish-white 

 bands 80. 



72. Wing - markings faint ; body wholly 



blackish. (Siam.) robinsoni, sp. u. 



Wing-markings conspicuous 73. 



23. Several distinct white spots about the 

 middle of the wing, in addition to 



the fascia, (llimalayas.) ^decoral((,lix\m. 



Wings with a whitish central fascia only. 74. 

 74. Base of wing conspicuously yellow, often 



also the costn to a large extent 75. 



Base of wing nut yellow 78. 



