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giving rise to a tuft of blaciiish hairs extending beyond tlie licad on each side ; the other 

 somites black, with lateral and dorsal fasciculi of silky-white or greyish hair; a prominent 

 white dorsal spot on the ninth and tenth somites ; a dorsal tuft of blackish hairs on the 

 eleventh somite extending backwards. Legs and claspers reddish. 



It spins a loose tawny cocoon mixed with the hairs of the larva, and feeds on coffee, tea, 

 Rubus, Rosa, and many shrubs. 



Bembina* apicalis, iVlk. (Plate CLIX. fig. 11 & Plate CLXXV. fig. 11 (larva).) 

 Bombina apicalis, Wile. Cat. xxxii. p. 505. 



Expanse (J 1§ inch. 



Male. Antennae heavily bipectinated. Fore wing glossy tawny oehreous ; an indistinct 

 narrow antcmedial curved band composed of two lines of dark brown scales, the area between 

 them paler ; a similar postmedian band ; a black spot outlined with whitish below tlie apex, 

 and another above the outer angle. Hind wing and underside uniform and rather paler. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochraceous. 



This sex has a very difi'crent appearance from the bright orange-red female, with its 

 dirty white thorax and anal tuft ; but the bands and spots on the fore wing are alike and the 

 larvge are identical. 



Larva. Coloured like that of Artaxa fraterna , but the silky white hairs are collected into 

 denser tufts and recurved over the dorsal area ; the tuft of blackish hairs on the eleventh 

 somite is divided into two. 



The larvce feed on the young shoots of various forest trees, and hang suspended in 

 mid-air by long silken cords. 



It is only found at an elevation of over 5000 feet. 



Somena* scintillans, Wlk. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 12 (larva).) 



Somena scintillans, Wlk. Cat. vii. p. 1734. 



Larva. Head and first somite red ; second and third slate-coloured ; the third with a 

 large pale yellow dorsal spot and transverse orange band ; fourth and fifth somites with a 

 compact dorsal cushion of short brown and black hairs ; sixth to tenth somites slate-coloured, 

 with a broad pale yellow dorsal stripe and narrow dark medial line and a white lateral 

 stripe ; the eleventh somite brown, with two large blackish spots, and the [)osterior part pale 

 yellow ; the anal flap edged with red ; small crimson lateral tubercles on fourth to eleventh 

 somites ; a lateral fringe of grey hairs in loose fasciculated tufts, longest at the antcricn' and 

 posterior extremities. 



Feeds on cofi'ee, tea, rose, and various shrubs. 



* This is a synonym of Eui'roclis. 



