354 THYEID1DJE. 



763. Striglina scitaria, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1488 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 



iii, pi. 175, figs. 1, 1 a (larva). 

 Strio-lina lineola, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1877, p. 284 ; C. $ S. 



no. 2786. 



Thermesia reticulata, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1062 ; C. $ S. no. 2811. 

 Sonagara strigosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 180 ; C. 8f 8. no. 2813. 

 Anisodes pyriniata, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1582. 

 Homodes thermesioides, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xx, 1877, p. 28. 

 Azazia navigatorum, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 117, fig. 4. 

 Laginia reticulata, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1560. 

 Sonagara superior, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xx, 1887, p. 433. 

 Sonagara vialis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 27, pi. 6, fig. 9 ; C. # S. 



no. 2814. 

 Sonagara strigipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. ii, p. 180 ; C.fy 8. no. 2812. 



Reddish ochreous,the wings evenly 

 striated with brown ; an oblique red- 

 brown line from the apex of fore wing 

 to inner margin of hind wing before 

 the middle. Underside with a dark 

 spot at end of cell of fore wing ; the 

 oblique line coming out as black 



Fig.43. 



Striglina scitaria, tf. \. Some specimens have a line on the 



hind wing from the same point on 



costa as the oblique line, and either curved to inner margin above 

 anal angle or oblique to outer margin before anal angle. 



The Sikhim forms vialis and striyipennis are large ; the former 

 is bright coloured, with a dark ring-spot at end of cell of fore wing 

 and has the oblique line to hind wing ; the latter with the line 

 curved. 



Larva olivaceous, the first somite ochreous, head blackish ; a few 

 fine short dorsal hairs ; some transverse series of black dots on 

 second to terminal somites. 



Hob. Japan ; Formosa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Andamans ; Borneo ; New Guinea ; Solomons ; Australia ; Fiji. 

 Exp. 24-43 millim. 



764. Striglina decussata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 27, pi. 6, fig. 8; 



C. % S. no. 2810. 

 Striglina bivittata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 27, pi. 6, fig. 7. 



c? . Differs from scitaria in being browner. Wings with small 

 dark spots instead of stria3 ; no oblique line ; fore wing with a 

 dark spot at end of cell and one below it. 



The f ormv decussata, from N.E. India and Burma, is large and 

 brighter fulvous, whilst bivittata, from the Andamans and Borneo, 

 is a small brown form with medial and marginal bands to both 

 wings developed ; the spots at end of cell of fore wing may be absent 

 in any of the forms, but small fulvous and large brown forms also 

 occur in Sikhim. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Assam ; Nagas ; E. Pegu ; Borneo. Exp. 26 



