426 LASIOCAMPIDvE. 



decisa=inobtrusa the colour is much duller with hardly any red 

 tinge, the line less oblique, and the spots at end of cell of fore wing 

 are reduced to fuscous marks. The female may have these same 

 spots reduced to a single white speck ; the distance between the 

 oblique line and the end of the cell varies much. 



Larva. Dark brown, with dusky strigae ; lateral grey and black 

 tufts of hair, the pair on 1st somite longest ; a long dorsal black tuft 

 on 1st somite and a grey tuft on 2nd ; V-shaped short black tufts 

 on 3rd-10th somites; along dorsal tuft on llth somite; some 

 reddish lateral spots. 



Cocoon whitish, closely woven and papery in substance. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas; Sikhim; Sylhet ; Burma; Sumatra; 

 Java. Exp., 3 44-54, $ 80 millim. 



943. Odonestis divisa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 160, pi. 141, fig. 2; 



C. $ S. no. 1493. 

 Estigena purpurascens, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., pi. 100, fig. 10. 



c? . Head and thorax purplish red-brown. Fore wing purplish 

 red-brown ; a large chestnut or whitish spot at end of cell of fore 

 wing ; an indistinct dark oblique line from the apex to centre of 

 inner margin. Hind wing with the costal area purplish red- 

 brown, the remainder flesh-colour. Cilia of both wings chestnut. 

 $ with the ground-colour of the thorax and fore wing red- 

 brown. 



The Sikhim specimen differs in having the inner area of fore 

 wing suffused with yellow. 



Hab. Sikhim; Kelani Valley, Ceylon. Rvp., 6 52, $ 76 

 millim. 



944. Odonestis castanea, n. ep. 



c?. Differs from Icfta in having the head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and fore wing chestnut-yellow; the last with the discal spots 

 reduced to two minute grey specks ; the oblique grey line straight, 

 not curved near inner margin ; hind wing dull brown ; the cilia 

 ochreous. 



$ . Redder chestnut ; the costa of hind wing reddish brown. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp., tf 40, $ 60 millim. Type, rf in coll. 

 Druce, $ in B. M. 



945. Odonestis signata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 76 ; C. $ S. no. 1498. 



c? . Differs from the decisa form of Iceta in the thorax and basal 

 part of abdomen being dark red-brown. Eore wing with the tuft 

 of hair on inner margin long ; the lower whitish spot narrow and 

 elongate ; the postmedial line narrow and highly waved. Hind 

 wing with an indistinct medial line. 



Hab. Sikhim, 4000 feet. Eaep. 51 millim. 



