NUMENES. PIDA. 



457 



stripe from the same point on the costa to centre of outer margin. 

 Hind wing pale yellow, with a large fuscous spot towards outer 

 angle. 



$ . Fore wing pale pinkish brown ; antemedial, medial, and 

 subapical dark spots on the costa, and a Y-shaped or rounded spot 

 on inner margin and one or two small spots at outer angle. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Bernardinyo. Exp., $ 50, $ 76 millim. 



Genus PIDA. 



Pida, Wlk. Cat xxxii, p. 399 (1865). 

 Locharna, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 53 (1879). 



Type, P. apicalis, Wlk. 



Range. Sikhim ; Khasis. 



Palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head ; antennae of 

 male with the branches long, short in female ; legs heavily fringed 

 with hair. Shape and neuration as in Dasychira* 



1022. Pida apicalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 400: Butt. III. Het. v.pl. 89, 

 fig. 15; G. 8f S. no. 960. 



c? . Palpi black, fringed with orange. Head and thorax pale 

 brown; abdomen blackish, with orange anal tuft. Fore wing 



Fig. 312. Pida apicalis, tf . {. 



pale brown irrorated with dark scales, which are thickly dis- 

 posed towards the large apical yellow patch. Hind wing pale 

 yellow, the inner area clothed with long brown hairs. Underside 

 yellow. 



Hdb. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millim. 



1023. Pida strigipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 53, pi. iii, tig. 11 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 1065. 



Head and thorax dark and red-brown ; antennae black, with 

 the sides of the shaft white ; metathorax with a black tuft. Fore 

 wing yellowish white, closely striated with black, the least striated 

 area being the postinedial costal area ; a black spot at end of cell. 



