440 LYMANTRIID.E. 



indistinct ante- and postmedial curved pale lines, which somewhat 

 approach each other below the median nervure. 



Hob. Sikhim (Moller) ; Margharita (Doherty). E.rp. 20 millim. 

 Type in coll. Elwes. 



974. Aroa aurantifascia, n. sp. 



d 1 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown. Fore wing brown 

 suffused with dark green ; traces of subbasal and antemedial lines ; 

 an indistinct waved postmedial and two submarginal lines. Hind 

 wing black ; a bright orange fascia from the base through the cell 

 to near outer margin, interrupted by a broad black band on disco- 

 cellulars ; two orange fasciae irrorated with black scales on inner 

 area ; cilia orange. Underside orange, the margins broadly black ; 

 a black band on discocellulars and fasciae on median nervure of 

 both wings, in hind wing continued to the marginal band. 



Hob. Naga Hills, 6000 ft. (Doherty). Ea-p. 44 milliin. Type 

 in coll Elwes. 



975. Aroa xerampelina, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 299, pi. 21, figs. 8, 9; 

 C. $ S. no. 870. 



d" . Yellowish or greyish brown ; fore wing with an indistinct 

 dark spot at end of cell, and broad irregular marginal band ; hind 

 wing slightly darker towards outer margin. 



2 with a greyer tone. 



Hob. Poona ; Nilgiris. Exp. 32 millim. 



Genus LJELIA. 



Lselia, Steph. Syst. Cat. Brit. Ins. ii, p. 52 (1829). 

 Procodeca, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 812 (1856). 

 Ricine, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 824 (1855). 

 Charnidas, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 797 (1855). 

 Repena, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 799 (1855). 

 Laelioides, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 83 (1883). 

 Hondella, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. ]44 (1883). 

 Harapa, Moore, Lep. Aik. p. 47 (1879). 

 Odagra, Wlk. Cat, xxxii, p. 401 (1865). 



Type, L. ccenosa, Hiibn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Japan ; China ; throughout India, Ceylon, and 

 Burma; Java. 



Flight nocturnal. Palpi long and porrect, the 2nd joint heavily 

 fringed with hair, the 3rd long; antennae with the branches long 

 in male, short in female. Fore wing more produced than in Aroa, 

 the wing-membrane forming a slight concavity on underside 

 beyond the upper angle of cell ; neuration similar.* 



