478 LYMANTBI1D.E. 



1079. Euproctis apicalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 505; Moore, L<j>. ('<>//. 



ii. pi. Ill, fig. 5, ; Hmpsn. III. Ret. ix, pi. 159, fig. 1, <$ , pi. 1 7">, 

 tig. 11 (larva) ; C. % S. no. 1087. 



J . Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings fulvous yellow. Fore 

 wing with ante- and postmedial indistinct pale waved lines, \\ ith 

 diffused red-brown scales on their edges; one subapical whitf- 

 ringed black spot, and another towards outer angle. 



2 . Head, thorax, and anal tuft dirty grey ; abdomen orange ; 

 fore wing bright orange-red, the lines indistinct and without dark 

 edges ; two black specks towards apex and two near anal angle ; 

 hind wing orange. 



Larva black; the head scarlet ; long anterior and posterior tufts 

 of black hair; each somite with lateral tut'is <.t' \vhitr hair i-urvrd 

 upwards over the back ; white bands on 1st and 2nd somites, and 

 dorsal spots on 9th and 10th. 



Hub. Newera Ellia, Ceylon. Kvp., <$ 40, $ 33 millim. 



1080. Euproctis antiphates, n. sp. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown, the anal tuft yellow. 

 Fore wing brownish grey, more or less suffused with bro\\ n ; the 

 ante- and postmedial pale lines outlined with l>n>\\n : a dark >jot 

 at end of cell sometimes nearly obsolete ; the outer niva t'nnn the 

 postmedial line deeply suffused with brown; a submarginal >'rii-s 

 of dark lunules outlined with grey, lliml \viii'_r l>ro\\ ni-li whii\ 

 the veins darker, a dark spot at end of cell and diffused posting lial 

 band. 



Unh. \;i-a Hills, 2000 feet (Doherty). E*p. iM millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



. Euproctis COStalis, ll'lk. C<it. iv, p. 806; Moore, Lep. t'eyl. ii, 



pi. 110, figs. 2, 2 , b (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 1041. 

 Lacida complens, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 336. 

 Rilia illepida, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 436. 

 Utidava incomptaria, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1089 ; C. $ S. no. 3690. 



rf. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Fore wini; whitish, 

 with the basal and costal areas suffused with dark brown ; a lar^e 

 diffused brown patch with three dark spots on it at end of cell, 

 joined by an oblique diffused streak from the apex; an indistinct 

 submarginal series of dark spots. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



$ . The base and costa of fore wing not suffused with brown, 

 the three spots at end of cell not on a brown patch, and separated 

 from the oblique streak. 



Larva blackish brown, tufted with short hair ; a pink line 

 between 5th and 6th somites. 



Hob. Ceylon. />., d 1 24, $ 30 millim. 



