EUPEOOTIS. 483 



1099. Euproctis uniformis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 49 ; C. $ 8. no. 973. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown ; anal tuft orange. .Fore 

 wing vinous brown, irrorated with dark scales ; the cilia yellow. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown, with a broad, marginal, yellow band. 



Hob. Sikhim ; E. Pegu. Exp. 57 millim. 



1100. Euproctis luteifascia, Hmpsn. Ill Het. viii, p. 57, pi. 141, fig. 2. 



c? . Head yellow ; thorax brownish ochreous. Fore wing vinous 

 brown, irrorated with dark scales; an antemedial, orange-red, 

 maculate line ; cilia yellow. Abdomen, hind wing, and underside 

 yellow. 



Hob. Nilgiris. Exp. 36 millim. 



1101. Euproctis scintillans, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1734; Butl. III. Het. v, 



pi. 90, fig. 1 ; C. # S. no. 924. 



Orvasca subnotata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 502 ; C. $ S. no. 925. 

 Artaxa limbata, Butl. III. Het. v, p. 53, pi. 90, fig. 3 ; C. # S. 



no. 915. 



Somena irrorata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 87 ; C. fy S. no. 923. 

 Artaxa justicise, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 352; C. $ S. no. 914. 



Head yellow ; thorax brown ; abdomen black or yellow, the anal 

 tuft orange. Fore wing vinous brown, irrorated with dark scales, 

 which colour extends as two spurs across the yellow marginal area 

 below the apex and to centre of margin, but sometimes not 

 reaching the margin ; costa often yellow. Hind wing yellow, or 

 in some specimens fuscous brown, with a broad yellow margin. 



Larva dark brown, with a series of crimson lateral tubercles on a 

 yellow line bearing tufts of grey hair ; the 3rd somite banded with 

 yellow ; dorsal tufts of short brown hair on 4th, 5th, and llth 

 somites ; 5th to 10th somites with a broad, dorsal, yellow stripe ; 

 a yellow spot on anal somite. 



Another form of the larva has the anterior and posterior somites 

 slate-colour, whilst a third form has the dorsal tufts black ; a series 

 of subdorsal, white-speckled, black spots, and no red tubercles on 

 the lateral line. 



Hob. Throughout India and Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans. Exp., 

 3 20-26, 2 32-38 millim. 



*1102. Euproctis basalis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 51, pi. ii, fig. 16 ; C. # S. 

 no. 904. 



^ . Head, thorax, and palpi yellow ; abdomen and legs whitish. 

 Fore wing with the basal two-thirds red-brown, its outer edge 

 oblique and angled outwards at the middle, and with a spot beyond 

 the angle on the marginal yellow area. Hind wing and underside 

 whitish. 



Hob. Sikhim. Evp. 32 millim. 



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