80 THEEMESIID,^. 



THERMESIID.E. 



• RAPARNA, Moore. 



Eaparna undulata. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 2.) 



(^ 2 . Eaparna undulata, Moore, Lcp. Atkinson, p. 178 (1882). 



5 . Asthena quenila, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 850, pi. Ivi. fig. 16. 



Bright Indian-yellow, mottled with ferruginous. Wings with ferruginous (almost copper- 

 red) fringes^ and a more or less prominent discal series of spots of the same colour ; an almost 

 marginal series of blackish dots ; a more or less sinuous, ferruginous-bordered blackish 

 stripe beyond the cell ; black discocellular dots : primai'ies with two more or less defined 

 macular undulated blackish and ferruginous subbasal lines. Primaries below golden testa- 

 ceous ; markings less distinct, broader and greyer than above : secondaries similar, but whitish 

 towards the abdominal margin : body below whitish. E.xpanse of wings, d 23, ? 26 millim. 



Dharmsala. 



The blackish postmedian band is almost straight on the primaries of the male. Mr. 

 Moore places the genus in the Thermesiid<e. 



Raparna usta. (Plate CXXXIII. fig. 3.) 



Allied to R. fragiUs (" Aylossa " fragiUs) from Natal. Primaries pale sandy buff, faintly 

 mottled with grey ; a tapering dull testaceous external border, partly bounded internally by 

 a slightly bisinuated golden-brown stripe, enclosing a submargiual series of sjiots of the same 

 colour, and bounded externally by a marginal series of semicircular, red-bordered, grey spots ; 

 fringe white, mottled with red and with a central grey stripe ; basal fourth of costa leaden 

 grey, edged with dark red ; remainder of costa cupreous ; a zigzag, subbasal series of grey 

 and reddish spots, and a discal bisinuated stripe, terminating in two spots, of the same 

 colours ; a minute black dot at tlic inferior angle of the cell : secondaries pale golden brown, 

 becoming greyish towards outer margin, streaked between the veins and margined with dull 

 red ; a mai-ginal series of grey spots ; fringe reddish tipped with grey : body flesh-coloured ; 

 head, palpi, and collar rosy, barred with dark grey ; abdomen slightly yellowish. Under surface 

 for the most part dull rose-red, varied with ochraceous ; the wings sericeous, with cupreous 

 reflections ; the basi-intcrnal half of lu'imaries grey, the basi-abdominal half of secondaries 

 white ; fringes greyish, shining, w ith a pale marginal line. Expanse of wings 27 millim. 



Dharmsala. 



Cutnda ? deiersalis of Walker appears to belong to the same genus. As the latter is an 

 Australian species it was neccssaiy to ask ]\lr. ^leyrick whether he had founded a genus for 

 its reception ; it appears that he has not done so, but presumes that it belongs to the 

 iSToctuina. Walker j)laccd it amongst the true Deltoids. 



The genus Aglossa was formerly used as a temporary asylum for much heterogcueous 

 material. 



