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SECT. I. (Nepita}. Male with the antennae bipectinated, the 

 branches short. 



1421. Nepita COnferta, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 533; Moore, Lcp. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 104, figs. 7, 7 a, b, c, d (larva) ; C. fy S. no. 044. 

 Nepita anila, Moore, Cat. E. 1. Co. p. 302 ; C. $ S. no. 6J3. 

 Nepita signata, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 240. 

 Nepita fpgrota, Butl. Tram. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 336; C. $ S. 



no. 642. 

 Nepita ochracea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 336 ; C. & S. 



no. 648. 

 Nepita limbata, Butl. Tram. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 336: C. $ S. 



no. 647. 

 Nepita conf erta, var. fusca, Ilinpsn, III. Net. ix, pi. 158, fig. 6. 



Head and thorax orange, the latter spotted with black ; abdomen 



black, orange below and at ex- 

 tremity. Fore wing orange, 

 some black marks at base ; 

 antemedial and medial curved 

 and waved bands which coalesce 

 at median nervure ; a black 

 spot on discocellulars ; a post- 

 ^j^ wayed ^^ excurved 



round end of cell ; a series of submarginal spots and streaks, often 

 conjoined into a band ; the margin and cilia black. Hind wing 

 with the base orange; a broad marginal black band, some speci- 

 mens with orange spots on it at centre of outer margin. 



The forms limbata and ochracea have the bands of the fore wing 

 rather narrow, conf erta, cpyrota, and anila broad : in anila and 

 Hmbata the marginal band of the hind wing is narrowest; in con- 

 ferta broader ; in ochracea and crgrota very broad, and running up 

 the inner margin towards the base. 



In the Deltota district of Ceylon the brown suffused form fusca 

 is found. 



Larva short, tumid at middle ; colour purple-black, each somite 

 thickly covered with tufts of long black hair ; some dorsal orange 

 marks on first, seventh, and anal somites, and a slender line from 

 seventh to anal somite. 



Cocoon slight. 



Hob. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. Exp., d 22-28, 

 $ 32-34 millim. 



SECT. II. (Cabarda). Male with the antenna? ciliated. 



1422. Nepita hilaris, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 530 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, 

 pi. 104, fig. 6 ; C. fy S. no. 040. 



Head and thorax white, spotted with yellowish brown ; abdomen 

 white. Fore wing white ; a blackish spot near the base ; two 

 subbasal yellowish-brown spots ; antemedial and medial yellow- 

 brown lines, the former waved, the latter irregularly curved ; a black- 

 ish spot at end of cell ; a waved postmedial line excurved round end 



