HEMITHEA. 491 



4058. Hemithea nigropunctata, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 353, pi. 31, 



fig. 4. 



d 1 . Green ; the frons and antennas brownish ; vertex of head 

 white; abdomen with the 2nd and 3rd segments crimson. Fore 

 wing with the costa ochreous and brown speckled ; a sinuous ante- 

 medial white line ; both wings with black cell-speck and sinuous 

 white postmedial line. 



Hob. E. Pegu. Exp. 30 millim. 



4059. Hemithea tritonaria, Wlk. Cat, xxvi, p. 1560. 

 Thalassodes leucospilota, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 427, pi. 194, 



fig. 4 ; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 145, pi. 176, fig. 3 (larva) j C. $ S. 

 no. 3461. 

 Thalera insularia, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 28 (nee Guen.). 



Yellowish green ; the frons dark olive ; the vertex of head 

 white; abdomen with some red on 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments. 

 Fore wing with the costa ochreous and dark speckled ; a waved 

 white antemedial line ; both wings with a waved white postmedial 

 line ; a dark marginal line with white specks at the veins ; the 

 cilia fuscous grey. Underside whitish. 



The Ceylon form leucospilota has the frons darker ; the cilia 

 purplish black. 



Larva. Yellowish green, suffused above with brownish purple, 

 forming anteriorly a dorsal stripe; legs and claspers dull purple; 

 head deeply bifid. Food-plant Ficus. 



Nab. Hongkong ; Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Borneo ; Java. 

 Exp., d 26, $ 30 millim. 



4060. Hemithea graminea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 109, pi. 151, fig. 1. 

 Differs from tritonaria in having no dark marginal line to either 



wing ; the marginal specks pure white ; the cilia greenish grey. 

 Hab. Dharmsala : Khasis ; Nilgiris. Eocp. 26 millim. 



4061. Hemithea aquamarina, n. sp. 



Omphax marina, J5utl. III. Het. vii, p. 21 (nee A. M.N. H. 5, i, 

 p. 399). 



Blue-green ; the frons dark olive ; the three tuft-bearing 

 abdominal segments prominently crimson; wings semihyaline. 

 Fore wing with the costa ochreous and dark speckled ; an ante- 

 medial, and both wings with a curved postmedial, series of yellow 

 and white specks. 



Hab. Dharmsala (Hocking) ; Khasis. Exp. 26 millim. Type 

 in B. M. 



4062. Hemithea distinctaria, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1607; Butl. III. 



Het, vi, pi, 117, fig, 8 ; C. $ S. no. 3455. 

 Hemithea rubrifrons, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 393. 



c? . Grey-green ; frons dark olive ; the tuft-bearing segments of 

 abdomen dark rufous. Fore wing with traces of dark specks on 

 costa ; an indistinct pale sinuous antemedial line ; both wings 



