CACYPARIS. CHANDICA. 127 



1496. Cacyparis laeta, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1215 ; C. 8f S. no. 3548. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing grey, 

 suffused with red-brown, except at apex ; two dark specks in end 

 of cell ; traces near inner margin of dark medial, postmedial, and 

 submarginal lines. Hind wing bright yellow. Underside bright 

 yellow ; the whole fore wing suffused with smoky black, except the 

 apex and a streak from the base to centre of costa. 



Hob. Moulmein. Exp. 24 millim. 



1497. Cacyparis prunifera, Swinh. MS. 



$ . Head and thorax mottled dark and pale brown. Tegulae 

 with tufts of long white hairs and scales arising from beneath 

 them. Thorax with the ground-colour white, closely striated all 

 over with dark purplish brown ; a broken lunulate antemedial 

 chocolate band ; a large oval chocolate mark beyond the cell, with 

 a pale outer edge, some orange marks on its inner edge, and plum- 

 coloured dashes forming its centre ; some purplish marks on the 

 outer margin. Abdomen and hind wing fuscous. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 40 millim. Type in Mus. Oxon. 



Genus CHANDICA. 

 Chandica, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 286 (1888). 



Type, C. qiiadripennis, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim; Borneo. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the 3rd joint short. 

 Antennae minutely ciliafced in male. Fore wing very broad ; veins 

 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 

 7 and 8 stalked. Hind wing subquadrate ; the outer margin 

 slightly excised ; veins 3, 4, 5 stalked and much curved ; 6 and 7 

 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



1498. Chandica quadripennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 286. 



c? . Head, collar, and legs canary-yellow, slightly marked with 

 red-brown; thorax ferruginous red, suffused with brown. Fore 



wing ferruginous red, crossed by 

 indistinct nearly straight ante- 

 medial, and curved and dentate 

 postmedial lines, the latter with 

 a diffused dark streak on its 

 upper portion ; the costa and 

 outer margin with irregular 

 canary-yellow bands, with some 



brown suffusion on their inner 

 Chandica qnadripenms, <$ . {. , , 



edges ; some brown specks on 



outer margin below the apex. Abdomen and hind wing whitish, 

 slightly suffused with pink and fuscous. 

 Hub. Sikhim ; Borneo. Evp. 30 millim. 



