348 DBEPANULID.E. 



Proboscis absent. Antennae serrate in both sexes or bipectinate 

 in male. Legs fringed with hair. Frenulum absent. Fore wing 

 produced and falcate, the apex rounded ; vein 6 from angle of cell ; 

 7 and 8 stalked ; 9, 10, 11 stalked, 9 anastomosing shortly with 

 7 and 8. 



SECT. I. (Oreta). Palpi minute ; mid and hind tibiae 

 without spurs. 



A. Antennce with the serrations not coalescing. 



750. Oreta extensa, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1166 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 124, 



figs. 3, 3a; C.#. no. 1246. 

 Oreta suffusa, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1167. 



Head and legs bright orange or scarlet ; thorax and abdomen 

 yellow, with a pink tinge. Both wings yellow, suffused with pink- 

 ish brown, sometimes uniformly, but generally the basal area of 



Fig. 239. Oreta extensa, <$. \. 



fore wing and the whole outer area of hind wing, except the apex, 

 is not suffused ; both wings with numerous small, dark, evenly 

 distributed and more or less prominent spots, and two white 

 specks on the discocellulars. Fore wing with a yellow oblique line 

 from the apex to inner margin beyond the middle, and a fuscous 

 spot at outer angle. 



The form suffusa is much duller in colour and suffused with 

 brown. 



Larva spins a cocoon in a rolled-up leaf. 



Hab. The whole of India, Ceylon, and Burma; Java. Exp., 

 c? 38-43, $ 40-54 millim. 



751. Oreta sanguinea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 85; C. $ S. no. 1249. 



. Differs from extensa in having the thorax and abdomen 

 slightly suffused with pale crimson. Fore wing with the basal two- 

 thirds pale crimson, followed by a broad yellow band with irregu- 

 lar edges ; the marginal area greyish fuscous at apex and outer 

 angle, pale crimson at middle. Hind wing with the basal half and 

 apex pale crimson ; the outer half yellow. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 50 millim. 



