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there is an additional red stripe towards the base. The hind- 

 wings are generally suffused with rosy. 



There are also a great number of Indian Moths allied to 

 Miltochrista,) which are generally of a yellowish colour, or else 

 stained with reddish, with black lines and markings on the fore- 

 wings, generally transverse, zig-zag, or interlacing. 



Among the largest and handsomest Moths of the whole 

 Family we may reckon the species of the exclusively Indian 

 genus Macrobrochis, Herrich-Schaffer. Their bodies are rather 

 stout, and longer than the hind-wings. The head, front, and 

 sides of thorax and anal tuft are orange; the abdomen is 

 bluish-green, with transverse white bands. The fore-wings ex- 

 pand upwards of three inches, and are very long and rather 

 pointed, with the hind-margin rather oblique ; the hind-wings 

 are much longer than broad, though broader than the fore- 

 wings, and are likewise produced into a distinct point at the 

 tip. The fore-wings are dark brown, with green and purplish 

 reflections, anci usually with numerous long white spots, ar- 

 ranged in two or three irregular and incomplete transverse 

 rows; the hind-wings are white towards the base, and more or 

 less broadly black or brown towards the hind-margin. They 

 expand about three inches. 



There are several American Lithosiidce. which are very 

 like Crambidce in shape and appearance, but are much larger. 

 They are white, and in some species the fore-wings are 

 traversed by a broad silvery streak. They belong to the genera 

 MacrocrambuS) Kirby, Crambomorpha, pt. Felder and Rogen- 

 hoier; Crambidia, Packard, &c. 



Argina, Hiibner, is a genus found in India and Africa, the 

 species of which were formerly included in Utetheisa. They 

 are of about the same size, but the fore-wings are rather broader 

 and more rounded than in Utetheisa, and are deep orange, 

 with pale yellow transverse bands, spotted with black on the 



