EUPROCTIS. 479 



1082. Euproctis antica, Wlk. Cat. iv, p.- 802 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 110, fig. 3 ; C.&S. no. 1039. 

 Anaxila notata, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 919. 



c? . Differs from costalis in its larger size ; the fore wing wholi y 

 suffused with brown ; the oblique stripe less prominent, the sub- 

 marginal series of spots more so. 



$ like costalis, but larger. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp., $ 34, $ 38 millim. 



D. Fore iving with diffused red-brown or vinous-brown bands, ivJiich 

 may occupy the ivhole iviny except a discal patch. 



a. Fore wing with no submarginal black spots. 



1083. Euproctis plana, Wlk. Cat. vii,p. 1731 ; Butl. III. Het. v, pi. 89, 



fig. 13 5 id. III. Het. vii, pi. 138, fig. 5 (larva) ; C.&8. no. 971. 

 Euproctis discinota, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 601 ; C. fy S. no. 937. 

 Chaerotricha immaculata, Butl. III. Het. v, pi. 89, fig. 14 ; C. fy S. 



no. 907. 

 Euproctis muelleri, Snell. Tijd. v. JEnt. xx, 1877, p. 13. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous. Pore wing bright 

 orange-yellow, usually slightly powdered with black scales ; a 

 ferruginous band from near base of costa to middle of median 

 nervure, then straight to inner margin ; a postmedial band excurved 

 beyond end of cell ; a black spot at end of cell ; long black hairs 

 on inner margin. Hind wing paler. 



$ with the bands nearly obsolete, the black spot being also 

 absent in the specimen named immaculata. 



Larva dark brown, marbled with red-brown ; a series of deep 

 red lateral tubercles bearing short white processes and tufts of 

 white hair ; small dorsal tubercles on thoracic somites bearing 

 tufts of white hair ; fourth to anal somite with dorsal tubercles 

 bearing short silky-brown tufts. 



Hab. Kangra ; Sikhini ; Burma ; Andamans. Exp., 3 44-54, 

 $ 60-72 millim. 



1084. Euproctis icilia, Stoll, Cram. Pap. Exot. v, p. 158, pi. 35, fig. 5 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 941. 



Chaerotricha decussata, Moore, A. M. N. II. (4) xx, p. 345 ; id. Lep. 

 Ceyl. ii, pi. 113, figs. 2, 2 6 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 966. 



Differs from plana in the whole base of the fore wing being 

 purplish brown, and often conjoined to the broad postmedial band 

 below the cell. 



Larva purplish brown, tufted with short grey hair, and marked 

 with numerous irregular reddish lines ; pale speckled dorsal tuber- 

 cles on 4th, 5th, and llth somites connected by a chain-like band ; 

 thoracic somites with a black dorsal line. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas and throughout S. India and Ceylon. 

 cJ 38-48, $ 54 millim. 



