162 K-OTOD03TTID-E. 



SECT. II. Antennae of male ciliated. 

 88. Pheosia sikkima, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 69; C. $ S. no. 1208. 



c? . Head black ; collar grey ; thorax and abdomen red-brown. 

 Fore wing very dark red-brown; a large pale red-brown patch 

 from middle of costa to apex ; inner margin pale red-brown ; 

 indistinct dark lines across end of cell and on discocellulnrs. Hind 

 wing uniform fuscous. 



Hob. Sikhiin. Exp. 56 millim. 



Genus NOTODONTA. 



Notodonta, Ochs. Eur. Schmett. iii, p. 45 (1810). 

 Peridea, Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 32 (1829). 



Type, N. dromedarius, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Himalayas ; Naga Hills. 



Differs from Pheosia in the branches of the antenna of the male 

 being longer, and in the lore wing having a prominent tuft of 

 scales on inner margin. 



289. Notodonta albifascia, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 69 ; C. fy S. no. 1 L'or,. 



c? . Head and thorax red -brown; patagia and metathorax 

 fringed with dark scales ; abdomen pale red-brown. Pore wing 

 with a broad whitish fascia from base to near apex, leaving the 



Fig. 100. Notodonta albifascia, 



costal, inner, and outer areas pale red-brown ; veins 5 and 6 

 streaked with black at their origins ; an indistinct pale submarginal 

 line; the tuft of scales dark. Hind wing pale with a reddish 

 tinge. 



Hub. Sikhim. Exp. 70 millim. 



290. Notodonta gigantea, Elwes, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 399. 



. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown ; basal segments of 

 abdomen fuscous above ; all the segments with paired lateral 

 ochreous tufts. Eore wing red-brown; the medial costal area 



