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of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 and often 7 

 also being given off towards apex. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 absent ; 6 and 7 stalked. 



1106. Porthesia xanthorrhcea, Kott. HuyeVs Kaschmir, iv. p. 470; 



C. $ S. no. 958. 

 Euproctis subdita, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 400 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 112, figs. 5, 5a ; C. $ S. no. 930. 

 Euproctis virguncula, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 836 ; Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. 



pi. 16, figs. 3, 3 a (larva) ; C. 8? 8. no. 932. 

 Euproctis marginalia, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1731 j Butl. III. Het. v, 



pi. 89, fig. 12 ; C.$ S. no. 929. 



Euproctis subnigra, Moore, Lep.Atk. p. 48 ; C. $ S. no. 931. 

 Euproctis flavonigra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 400, pi. 32, fig. 11 ; 



C. fy S. no. 939. 



c? . White, with a very slight fuscous tinge ; the branches of 



antennae brownish ; anal tuft 

 orange ; the whole apical and 

 outer areas of hind wing on upper- 

 side, and the underside of both 

 wings, except the outer margin, 

 suffused with black. 



In the form viryuncula the 

 only trace of black suffusion on 

 Fig. 322. either wing is on the underside of 



Porthesia xantharrhasa, rf. T- costa of f ore wing ; in flavonigra 



the fore wing is bright ochreous, 



the hind wing black with the base white, the cilia ochreous ; all 

 the intermediate stages occurring. 

 $ without any black suffusion. 



Larva black ; head striped with white ; 1st somite with a 

 crimson band ; a dorsal series of yellow spots with a crimson line 

 through them on 2nd, 3rd, and 6th to 10th somites ; 1st somite 

 with long forvvardly-projecting tufts of black hair ; the other 

 somites with shorter tufts. 



Hob. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Java. Exp., tf 

 28, $ 37 millim. 



1107. Porthesia aurantiaca, n. sp. 



c? . Head and legs orange ; thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen 

 blackish. Fore wing with the basal two-thirds bright orange ; the 

 outer third dark red-brown. Hind wing bright orange ; the cilia 

 tinged with red-brown, especially towards apex. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 24 millim. Type in coll. Moore. 



