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genus, inhabits Northern India, and measures an inch and 

 three-quarters across the wings. Fore-wings purplish-grey, 

 with more or less distinct brown or reddish transverse lines 

 and stigmata, the sub-terminal line slightly marked with buff on 

 the lower half. Hind-wings brown towards the base, and 

 blackish towards the hind margin; the hind and inner margins 

 mostly grey or yellow, and two diverging orange stripes running 

 from the base near the inner margin, and merging at two-thirds 

 of the length of the wing into a transverse orange band, 

 connected with or disconnected from a large oval spot in the 

 middle of the wing ; between this and the inner half of the 

 hind margin are two more yellow spots, one large, detached 

 from the border, and one small, resting on the border near the 

 anal angle. The head and thorax are grey, and the abdomen 

 yellow, with black transverse bands, the last segment being 

 wholly black above, except at the base, and followed by a 

 whitish apical tuft tipped with black. 



FAMILY CATOCALID^E. 



This family includes a considerable number of large and 

 handsome species, which are most numerous in Europe and 

 North America, though they have many representatives in other 

 parts of the world. The antennae are long and simple, the 

 thorax and abdomen are crested, and the wings are broad and 

 sub-dentate, the fore-wings being brown or grey, with darker 

 lines and markings, and the hind-wings are black, generally 

 more or less banded with red, yellow, or blue. The under 

 surface of all the wings is banded with black and white, even in 

 those species (chiefly American) in which the hind-wings are 

 wholly black above, except the white fringes. 



The larvae live on trees, and loop their bodies in walking, 

 though they have sixteen legs. They are long, tapering at the 



