HYPSA. 501 



Larva. Head large ; sparsely hairy ; dark purple-brown, the 

 thoracic somites pale red ; a narrow transverse yellow band on 4th 

 to terminal somites. 



Hob. China; Sikhim; Assam; Orissa; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Ran- 

 goon ; Singapore; Bouru; Timor. Exp., tf 60-70, $ 74 millim. 



1141. Hypsa tortuosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 570, pi. 33, fig. 2; 



C. $ S. no. 516. 



c? . Differs from complana in the head and thorax being deeper 

 orange ;. collar outlined with black ; tegulae with a black streak. 

 Pore wing with the basal orange patch larger and deeper in colour 

 with more black spots on it ; an exceedingly irregular white band 

 from the costa to inner margin. Hind wing white, with a black 

 spot at end of cell, a submarginal spot, and two towards anal angle ; 

 a marginal series of eight spots. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 72 millim. 



1142. Hypsa heliconia, Linn, Syst. Nat. i, 2, p. 839 ; C. $ S. no. 519. 

 Noctua paphos, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii, 2, p. 18 ; C. $ S. no. 522. 



Differs from monycha in the basal orange patch of the fore wing 

 being prominent but not extending to the costa, the black spots 

 edged with white ; the veins streaked with white ; a white stripe 

 along inner margin. Hind wing white, with a large black spot at 

 end of cell, one beyond, and one below vein 2 ; a marginal black band, 

 broad at apex and bent inwards between veins 1 b and 2, leaving a 

 white spot on the margin. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma ; Siam ; Singapore ; Borneo ; 

 Ceram ; New Guinea. Exp. 68 millim. 



1143. Hypsa subsimilis, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 212 ; C.&S. no. 526. 



Differs from monycha in having the ground-colour of the hind 

 wing yellow. 



Hob. Tenasserim; Malacca; Singapore. Exp. 64 millim. 



1144. Hypsa egens, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 453 ; Bull III. Het. v, pi. 87, 



tig-. 8 ; Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. pi. xiii, fig. 7 (larva) ; C. Sf S. 

 no. 531. 

 Hypsa nebulosa, Butl. Tr. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 322 ; C. $ S. no. 533. 



Orange-yellow ; the head, thorax, and abdomen marked as in 

 monycha. Fore wing with five black spots near the base ; the 

 veins streaked with yellow. 



Larva brown ; numerous small dorsal w r arts from which arise 

 sparse hairs ; large prominences on 4th and llth somites ; a sub- 

 lateral dark line and lateral series of dark spots ; head reddish. 



Hob. Formosa ; throughout N.E. India and Burma ; Siam ; 

 Singapore ; Philippines ; Borneo ; Java ; Celebes. Exp., <$ 46-64, 

 $ 74 millim. 



