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31. Cricula drepanoides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 817 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 1353. 



cJ . Differs from trifenestrata in the head, thorax, and abdomen 

 being suffused with purplish grey. Fore wing purplish grey, the 

 outer area ochreous ; an antemedial irregular line ; a large number 

 of hyaline specks and blotches, more or less conjoined in, beyond, 

 and below the end of the cell ; the oblique line is bent back to the 

 costa, which it reaches some way before the apex; an oblique 

 streak from the apex meeting the oblique line and then continued 

 as a waved submarginal line. Hind wing reddish ochreous ; an 

 antemedial line ; a hyaline spot at end of cell surrounded by five 

 small ones ; postmedial and submarginal waved lines. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 63 milliin. 



The following species formerly recorded as Indian are omitted. 



Anthercea pernyi, Gue'r., C. & S. no. 1564 (part.), is a Chinese 



non-pedunculate species. 

 Attacus fenestra, Linn., C. & S. no. 1354 (part.), is Hylurya 



fenestra from Venezuela. 

 Attacus perspicua, Linn., C. & S. no. 1354 (part.), is Turckheimia 



perspicua from W. Africa. 

 Bombyx irius and saturnus, Fabr., from " India," Syst. Ent. iii, 



i, p. 409, appear to be African species, but the descriptions 



are too vague for recognition. 



Family BRAHM^EID^E. 



Proboscis present ; palpi large, rounded, and upturned. An- 

 tennae bipectinated in both sexes ; mid tibia with a single pair of 

 spurs ; hind tibia with two pairs. Frenulum absent. Fore wing 

 with vein 1 b forked at the base ; 1 c absent ; 5 from near the upper 

 angle of cell. Hind wing with two internal veins ; the cell short, 

 with a veiulet in it; vein 5 from near the upper angle; 6 and 7 

 given off near the base ; 8 free from the root and nearly touching 

 7 beyond the cell ; a precostal vein. 



Genus BRAHMJEA. 

 Brahmsea, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1315 (1855). 



Type B. certhia, Fabr., from China. 



Range. E. and W. Africa ; Palaearctic Asia ; Himalayas ; Burma. 



Palpi large, rounded, and upturned; antennae bipectinated in 

 both sexes, the branches short and nearly even throughout. Fore 

 wiug with veins 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked together ; 7 and 8 being 

 given off on a short stalk. Hind wing with the cell very short and 

 with a veinlet in it ; the upper discocellular given off from vein 6. 



