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ANTHEILEA MYLITTA, continued. 



Anthercea paphia, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii, p. 385, pi. 19, figs. 1, 



la, (1859). 



Beavan, Proc. But. Soc. Lond. (3) ii, pp. 40-43, 



(1864-66). 



Saturnia mylitta, Westw., Ed. Drury ii, p. 10, pi. 5, fig. 1, (1837)*. 

 Saturnia paphia, Heifer, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi p. 42, (1837). 

 Saturnia pernyi, Guer., Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, p. 297, pi. 6, fig. 1, 

 var. 



Zimmermann, Verb. Ver. Hamb. iii, p. 23, (1878)*. 



Prager, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 3, 9, p. 245, (1878).* 



I. M., Manbhum (Bevan), Hyderabad (Hutton?), Goal- 

 para, Hazaribagh, Calcutta, Naini Tal, Pondicherry 

 (Hutton ?), Sylhet, Central India, Sikkim (purchased), 

 Muttra, Palamow, Bhagulpore, Colgong (Hutton?), Ber- 

 hampore, Sambulpore, Akra (Cleghorn). Besides an herm- 

 aphrodite imago and its cocoon, from Chandernagore, (pur- 

 chased) . 



Also recorded from Ceylon and China. 



Known as the " Tusser. " 



1565. ANTHERS A NEBULOSA. 



Anthercea nebulosa, Hutton. 



Moore, Wardle's Wild Silks of India, p. 5, (1881). 



Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885, p. 306, and 



1886, p. 441. 



I, M., Singbhum (Hutton ?). 



Collection Swinhoe, Assigarh, Satara, Bombay, Poona, 



Thanna. 

 Closely allied to A. mylitta. 



1566. ANTHERS A PERROTTETII. 



Somlyx perrottetii, Guer., Mag. Zool. 1843, Ins., pi. 123*. 



Anthercea perrottetii, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. vi, p. 1379, (1855). 



Moore, Wardle's Wild Silks of India, p. 6, (1881). 



Pondicherry. 



1567. ANTHERJ3A ROYLEI. 



Anthercea roylei, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, p. 256, pi. 64, fig. 1. 

 Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. 0. ii, p. 397, (1859). 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxii, p. 527, (1865). 



Moore, Wardle's Wild Silks of India, p. 6, pi. 7, fig. 1, 



(1881). 



I. M., Mussooree (Hutton?), Sikkim, Khasi Hills (Chennel). 

 Collection Swinhoe., Darjiling. . 



1568. ANTHER^A SIMPLICIA. 



Anthercea simplicia, Massen & Wevmer, Beitr. znr Schmett., pt, ii. p. 



20, (1872)*. 

 E. Indies. 



