CBEATONOTUS. PHISSAMA. 29 



Aloa flora, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 296, pi. 20, fig. 5 ; C. $ S. 



no. 817. 

 Creatonotus rubricosta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 573 : C. fy & . 



no. 788. 



Head and thorax pinkish ochreous; abdomen crimson above, 

 with series of dorsal and lateral black spots. Fore wing pinkish 

 ochreous ; a black fascia below median nervure from before the 

 middle of cell to some way beyond its lower angle, the veins 

 crossing it pale ; a black submargiual streak above vein 5. 

 Hind wing whitish, some specimens with a black spot at end of cell. 



The S. Indian and Ceylon forms emittens and flora are much 

 more suffused with pink than the Northern forms ; in the former 

 the markings of the fore wing are prominent, in the latter obsolete 

 or only developed at end of cell. 



Of the Northern forms, diminutus has the markings prominent ; 

 candidulus narrow or almost obsolete ; punctistriga with a speck at 

 end of cell and streak above vein 5 only. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Nepal ; Manipur ; and throughout 

 S. India and Ceylon. Exp., rf 30, $ 38 millim. 



1240. Creatonotus simplex, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 320 ; C. $ S. no. 771. 



Head and thorax brownish ochreous; abdomen orange above, 

 with a dorsal series of black spots. Wings uniform ochreous. 

 Underside of body smoky black. 



Hob. Khandala ; N. Canara. Exp., <3 30, $ 38 millim. 



1241. Creatonotus fumipennis, Hmpsn. Ill Het. viii, p. 54, pi. 140, 



fig. 24. 



cJ . Head arid thorax brownish ochreous ; abdomen suffused 

 with fuscous and with dorsal black segmental bands. Wings 

 smoky black : fore wing with the costa and base of inner margin 

 ochreous. 



Hob. Nilgiris. Exp. 29 millim. 



Genus PHISSAMA. 



Phissama, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 362 (1858). 

 Amphissa, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 684 (1855), praeocc. 



Type, P. transiens, Wlk. 



Range. China ; Philippines ; throughout India and Burma ; 

 Borneo; Celebes. 



Palpi extremely minute. Antennae minutely ciliated in both 

 sexes. Hind tibiae with a minute terminal pair of spurs. Eore 

 wing narrow. Venation as in Spilosoma. 



1242. Phissama transiens, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 675 ; Moore, Lep. E. I. 



Co. pi. 16, tier. 13 (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 762. 

 Amphissa vacillans, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 685 ; C. % S. no. 763. 

 Aloa isabellina, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 705. 



