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Genus ANTHERJEA. 

 Antheraea, Hiibn. Verz. p. 152 (1818). 



Type, A. paphia, Linn. 



Range. Africa ; Japan ; China ; Philippines ; throughout India, 

 Ceylon, and Burma ; Andamans ; Java. 



Fore wing with the costa incurved near base, excurved towards 

 apex, which is rounded ; outer margin highly excised. Hind wing 

 rounded; cell of both wings closed. 



8. Antheraea roylei, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 256, pi. 64, fig. 1 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 1567. 



cJ . Antenna, head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown ; collar, 

 prothorax, and basal half of costa of fore wing pinkish brown, pow- 

 dered with grey. Fore wing pale greenish brown ; a pale and red 

 subbasalline from median uervure to inner margin ; a similar line 

 across the middle of cell ; an almost obsolete postmedial line, on 

 which is placed a round hyaline spot on the discooellulan sur- 

 rounded by an ocellus, which is greenish with a white and pink 

 lunule on the inner side, and a yellow and black lunule on the 

 outer; a pink and pale submarginal line expanding into a grey 

 patch at apex; a slight yellow marginal line. Hind wing similar 

 to the fore wing, except that there is a single antemedial angulat-d 

 line ; the submarginal line further from the base, and not reaching 

 the costa. 



$ usually with a more ochreous tinge. 



Larva : head pinkish brown with dark dots ; somites bright 

 apple-green; 1st somite with a blue lateral spot; 2nd to llth 

 with paired dorsal humps crowned with spinous tubercles : 2nd 

 and 3rd somites with the apical tubercle greenish yellow and three 

 lateral blue spots; a lateral yellow band from 4th somite expand- 

 ing on anal somite ; 4th and 5th somites with the apical tubercle 

 silver, and a silver spot on band; 6th to 10th somites with the 

 apical tubercles blue; 6th and 7th with a silver spot on band; 

 8th, 9th, and 10th with a blue spot on band. Food-plant 

 " Muhowah," "oak," and " birch." 



Cocoon double- walled and thin. 



Hab. Mussoorie ; Sikhim ; Kangra ; Khasi Hills. Exp., 3 124- 

 160, $ 190 millim. 



9. Antheraea paphia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 809. 



Aiitheni-a mylitta, Drury, Exot. Ins. ii, pi. 5, fig. 1; C. $ S. 



no. 1564. 



Antheraea sivalica, Moore, Wardles Wild Silks, p. 7 ; C. $ S. no. 1557. 

 Antheraea cingalesa, Moore, Lfp. Ceyl. ii, p. 122, pi. 125, ii--. J, 



la, b (larva) ; C. Sf S. no. 15W. 



Artheraea uebulosa, Hutton, Moore, Wardle's Wild Kilks, p. 5. 

 Antheraea fraterna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 402; C. $ S. no. 15<;0 A. 

 Antheraea pulchra, fasciata, olivescens, ochripicta, and versicolor, 



Moore, A. M. N. H. (6) ix, pp. 448-450. 



