DASYCHIRA. 451 



1008. Dasychira virescens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 54, pl.iii, fig. 16; <?.# & 



no. 1079. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing paler green ; abdomen orange, 

 sometimes greenish above. Fore wing with the reniform spot 

 more prominent and filled in with grey. Hind wing orange : 

 a large black spot at end of cell and submarginal spots towards 

 apex and anal angle ; a sinuous marginal line. Underside without 

 black suffusion. 



Hob. Sikhitn. Exp. 76 millim. 



1009. Dasychira flavimacula, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 804 ; C. $ S. 



no. 981. 



cJ . Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler, with the dark 

 dorsal tuft large. Fore wing dark purplish brown ; a waved sub- 

 basal black line with some dark and red-brown marks beyond it ; a 

 waved antemedial black line ; a dark lunule on discocellulars 

 bordering a brown patch ; a waved postmedial line bent inwards 

 below the angle of cell, and with a series of dark and red- 

 brown spots beyond it; a short oblique white line near outer 

 angle. Hind wing fuscous. Underside with a cell-spot and 

 postmedial line to both wings. 



$ paler, with the markings more prominent. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp., $ 48, $ 60 millim. 



1110. Dasychira olearia, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 297, pi. 20, figs. 14, 15; 

 C. # S. no. 1038. 



<J . Head, thorax, and abdomen smoky black ; collar tinged with 

 chestnut. Fore wing dark purplish brown, with some ochreous 

 suffusion at base, near inner margin, and towards apex; dark 

 streaks on the veins and interspaces of the apical area; the 

 reniform spot ochreous with dark outline ; cilia with pale streaks 

 at the veins. 



. Collar dark. Fore wing with a well-marked submarginal 

 red-brown band not reaching the costa and outwardly edged with 

 ochreous ; a waved submarginal line. 



Hob. Poona ; Nilgiri plateau. Exp. t c? 36, $ 43 millim. 



1011. Dasychira bhana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 804 ; C. $ S. no. 976. 



Dasychira nigritula, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 360 ; C.&S. no. 986. 

 Dasyehira tenebrosa, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 361 ; C. # S. no. 990. 

 Mardara feminula, Hmpsn. Ill Het. viii, p. 58, pi. 141, figs. 1 , 7. 



<3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Fore wing dark 

 brown, with about six very indistinct waved dark lines slightly out- 

 lined with purplish grey ; a submarginal series of dark lunules ; an 

 indistinct dark lunule at end of cell, in some specimens with a 

 fulvous spot beyond it. Hind wing fuscous brown. 



$ similar but paler. 



In the Nilgiri race feminula the male has an ochreous tinge on 

 fore wing, and no purplish-grey edging to the lines ; the female is 



