484 I. \ MAM Kill). I. 



b. Fore winy with tvbmarginal Hack 



1103. Euproctis bipunctapex, Hmpm. III. lid. viii, p. 57, pi. 140, 

 fig. 13. 



Head, thorax, and abdomeu red-brown, the anal tuft brownish 

 yellow. Fore wing red-brown, irrorated with dark scales: the 

 marginal area yellow, with a spur from the brown area to the cent re 

 of outer margin ; two subapical black spots. Hind wing brown, 

 with a broad, marginal, yellow band. 



In some specimens a brown spot at the end of the cell of the 

 fore wing is visible, and a male from the JS'iiga Hills has only one 

 subapical spot. 



Hub. China; Ktingra ; Nagas; Nilgiris; Burma. EA-J>.. 

 26-40 millim. 



1104. Euproctis atomaria, 7f7/,. Cat. iv, p. 706; Buti. Ill Hot. v, pi. 90, 



fig. 2 ; C. $ S. no. <K)3. 

 Arna apicalis, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1177 ; C. $ S. no. JKL'. 



Differs from bipv.m-infn:c in being deeper red-brown, with the 

 marginal yellow band of fore wing narrower, and in the hind winu 

 reduced to a fine line. 



Larva olive-green, -par-fly clothed with line hair: a broad, 

 dorsal, reddish baud with a tine black line on it : black dorsal 

 tubercles on 4th, 5th. and 1 1th somites. 



I lab. Moulmein; Ceylon. 17)., rf 28-30, $ 38 millim. 



1105. Euproctis magna, .sv/w/*. TV.///*. Knt. Soc. 1801, p. 17:>. 



$. Head and thorax greyish fuscous; abdomen brownish, the 

 anal tuft brownish ochreous. AVings purplish grey: tore wing 

 irrorated wit li dark si-ales; one subapical black >]><>! : the margin 

 and cilia yellow. Hind wing with the outer margin paler. 



A specimen from Burma ha- two subapical black spots and only 

 the cilia yellow. 



Nab. Khiisis ; Bernardmyo. Exp. 64 millim. 



Genus PORTHESIA. 

 Porthesia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 65 (18:29). 



Type, P. auriflua, Hiibn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe; Africa; Madagascar; throughout India, Ceylon, 

 and Burma ; Java; Australia; Tasmania; Christmas Island. 



Palpi long, slender, and obliquely pointed ; antenna) with the 

 branches long in male. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle 



