ARACHOTIA. 245 



Genus AEACHOTIA. 



Arachotia, Moore, Lep. Afk. p. 14 (1879). 



Type, A. flaviplaga, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim ; Naga Hills. 



Antennae long, bipectinated in male with the branches short, 

 simple in the female. Palpi short and porrect. Mid and hind 

 tibiae with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Wings narrow. Hind 

 wing with vein 5 arising close to 7. 



514. Arachotia flaviplaga, Moore, Lep. Aik. p. 14 ; C. fy S. no. 393. 



Metallic blue-green ; antennas broadly banded with white towards 

 the tips. Frons ochreous ; abdomen with ochreous ventral and 

 lateral bands. Fore wing, with an ochreous sub basal band from 

 median nervine to inner margin ; a large hyaline spot in end of cell 

 and two below it, and seven streaks between the nervules beyond. 



Fig. 163. Arachotia flaviplaga, <J>. j. 



Hind wing with the costa white above ; a hyaline patch filling the 

 lower part of the cell and interspaces below and beyond ; the veins, 

 margins, and inner lobe of wing black. Pectus with ochreous 

 spots. 



Hob. Sikhim; Naga Hills. Ea-p., <$ 35, $ 44millim. 



515. Arachotia vespoides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 390; C. $ S. 

 no. 394. 



5 . Antennse black ; palpi yellow with black tips. Frons grey ; 

 abdomen with yellow bands on the first six segments above, grey 

 below. Wings hyaline, yellow at base ; fore \ving with the margins, 

 the subcostal, median, and discocellular veins black, the marginal 

 band dentated at vein 2. Hind wing with the costa white, the 

 marginal band black and dentated at vein 2. 



Hob. N. India. Exp. 40 millim. 



