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J . Differs from roylei in the colour being reddish or yellowish ; 

 the costal brown and grey fascia of fore wing reaching the apex ; 

 the hyaline and ocellated spots much larger, the inner lunule and 



Fig. 10. Anther <sa paphia, $ . 2 - 



postmeclial line bright pink ; the submarginal line of the hind wing 

 much nearer the margin ; no marginal yellow line. 



. Either pinkish brown or bright yellowish fawn ; the hyaline 

 and ocellated spots usually larger than in the male. 



The form mylitta is the most yellow ; paphia is pale brownish 

 yellow ; nebulosa greenish brown, clouded with fuscous as far as 

 the postmedial line ; while cingalesa, from Ceylon, is a dark 

 brownish-yellow form. 



This is the " Tussur Moth " of the silk-industry. 



Larva green, with paired dorsal series of yellow humps; lateral 

 purple-bordered white lunulate spots on 5th and 6th somites ; a 

 lateral yellow line from 7th somite ending in a dilated brown baud 

 on anal somite ; spiracles yellow. 



Cocoon brownish grey, hard, oval, and attached by a silken 

 peduncle. 



Hab. China ; throughout India and Ceylon. Exp., <3 140-174, 

 $ 150-190 millim. 



10. Anther sea knyvetti, n. sp. 



Reddish or olive yellow in colour, as in paphia; the costal 

 fascia of fore wing only extending along two-thirds of the costa ; 

 the ocelli small, each hyaline spot usually with a dark lunule on its 

 inner edge ; the marginal line yellow ; the submarginal line of 

 hind wing further from the margin, as in roylei. 



Differs from roylei in its reddish-yellow colour, in the ante- 

 medial line of the hind wing being generally further from the 

 base and touching the ocellus. 



Larva differs from roylei in having sepia streaks on the head ; 

 two silver spots only on the lateral band on 4th and 5th somites ; 



