MOMA. 435 



Genus MOMA. 

 Moma, Hilbn, Verz. p. 203 (1818). 



Type, M. ludifica, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; India ; Ceylon. 



Eyes hairy ; proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned 

 and clothed with long hair below, the 3rd joint short. Thorax 

 and abdomen without tufts, the latter clothed with long hair at 

 sides. 



Larva forms a cocoon in a rolled-up leaf. 



SECT. I. Antennae of male simple. 



2349. Moma champa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 403, pi. 33, fig. 2 ; C. $ S. 



no. 1213. 



c? . Head and thorax white ; the 3rd joint of palpi, a spot 

 between antennae, and the antennae, except basal part of shaft, 

 black ; thorax banded and spotted with black ; abdomen yellow, 



the extremity white, a dorsal series 

 of black spots and ventral series 

 of bands. Fore wing white, with 

 some black marks near base ; about 

 7 prominent but ill-defined waved 

 and dentate black lines ; a ring- 

 spot at end of cell. Hind wing 

 | ;f white, the inner area clothed with 



tjjjl yellow hair ; the veins black ; the 



p- 246 a P ex slightly suffused with fuscous ; 



Moma champa, rf . {. cilia of both wings chequered black 



and white. 



$ with the outer area of hind wing suffused with black. 

 Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Punjab ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp^ 

 c? 44, $ 56 millim. 



SECT. II. Antennae of male minutely fasciculated. 



2350. Moma entoxantha, n. sp. 



c? . Head and thorax fuscous black and whitish ; abdomen orange, 

 with dark dorsal tufts. Fore wing fuscous brown, irro rated with 

 white and suffused with olive-green and purple shades ; double 

 ante- and postmedial lines, the last whitish at costa and inner 

 margin ; an orbicular black ring-spot and lunulate reniform ; 

 indistinct irregularly sinuous medial and submarginal lines ; a 

 whitish patch at outer angle. Hind wing black, the basal and 

 inner areas orange ; cilia chequered black and white. Underside 

 of fore wing black, with the basal area orange ; a short whitish 

 postmedial band from costa and series of white streaks on the 

 veins to the patch at outer angle ; hind wing with the basal and 

 inner areas orange ; the apical and outer areas blue-black, with a 



