PERIDROME. 497 



SECT. I. (Peridrome). Fore wing of male broad, the whole area 

 except the base covered with downy scales, which are very 

 long near the costa. 



1132. Peridrome orbicnlaris, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 445 ; Moore, Lep. 



E. I. Co. pi. xiii, fig. 10 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 512. 

 Aganopsis subquadrata, Herr.-Schaffer, Samml. aussereur. Schmett. 



i, p. 12, fig. 501. 

 Eriocrypta longipennis, Herr.-Schaffer^ t. c. p. 12. 



d 1 Head black and white ; thorax and abdomen orange ; collar 

 and tegulae with paired black spots ; nietathorax fringed with white ; 

 abdomen with three black dorsal spots and the extremity black. 

 Fore wing with the basal area orange ; three black and white spots 

 below the costa; three black spots below median nervure and two 

 black and white spots on inner margin ; the outer two-thirds of wing 

 brown covered with mouse-coloured hair, the veins and interspaces 

 slightly streaked with white. Hind wing with the inner area orange ; 

 a black patch in the cell ; the apical area yellowish white : a fuscous 

 patch and spot at anal angle. Underside : body white marked 

 with black ; the outer area of fore wing white. 



$ . Abdomen with a black dorsal spot on each segment. Fore 

 wing with the basal orange patch large, irregular, and outlined with 

 white ; two black spots in the cell, four below it, and two on inner 

 margin ; the basal half of costa spotted with black and white ; the 

 white streaks on veins and in interspaces more prominent. Hind 

 wing orange, with two black spots in cell, one beyond and two 

 towards anal angle ; a broad marginal black band with the veins 

 crossing it white. Underside with the outer area of fore wing not 

 white. 



Larva. Head and first somite reddish, the others black with 

 sparse blue-black hairs ; broad yellowish-white intersomital bands 

 which join a lateral line ; legs and pro-legs yellowish. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma ; Andamans. Exp., <$ 74, $ 78 

 millim. 



SECT. II. (Anagnia). Antennae of male with a tuft of scales at 

 middle ; fore wing narrower, with the apex not covered with 

 down. Hind wing with a large glandular patch beyond the 

 end of cell, which is short. 



1133. Peridrome subfascia, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 446 ; C. $ S. no. 539. 



<3 . Differs from orbicularis in the fore wing having only one 

 black spot on the orange patch ; the downy scales chestnut colour, 

 the apex and outer margin fuscous ; the veins crossing it white. 

 Hind wing with a black patch in the cell, the glandular tuft beyond 

 brown ; the marginal area blackish crossed by the white veins ; no 

 black spot towards anal angle. Underside with the outer area of 

 fore wing not white. 



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