78 LTMANTEIID.E.— AECTIID.E. 



Macrauzata * fenestrata. (Plate CLX. fig. IG.) 



Expanse (J 1^ inch. 



Male. Sandy red. Fore wing with a ferruginous spot beyond the upper extremity of 

 cell ; a large transparent patch covering the outer half of the cell and the area beyond it 

 from the radial to just below the first median nervule, the outer edge of the patch lunulate ; 

 a transparent spot in the interspace above the last subcostal. Hind wing with a transparent 

 patch covering the end of the cell, and extending a little aI)ove, below, aud beyond it in the 

 interspaces above the median nervules. Underside paler, with dark lines round the outer 

 edges of the transparent patches on both wings. 



The scales on the transparent area are small, far apart, and bifurcate. 



Caviria cygna, Moore. (Plate CLIX. fig. G.) 

 Caviria cygna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 001. 



Expanse (J Ij inch. 



Male. Fore wing : the basal and inner areas covered with silvery-white scales from the 

 costa one-fourth from base to the inner margin at outer angle ; the remainder of the wing 

 transparent and covered with perfect scales about one-tenth the size of the normal scales, 

 a few of which are scattered over the transparent area, more especially in the lines of the 

 bands of the female. Hind wing uniformly pure white. Tarsi of legs orange; antenna 

 fuscous. 



Female exactly like the type from the Andamans ; the bands arc considerably more erect 

 than in C. argijropfdla, Wlk. 



ARCTIIDJ3, 



ARCTIINJE. 



Spilarctia subfascia, JVIk. (Plate CLXXV. fig. 5 (larva).) 

 Spilarctia subfascia, 117/.-. Cat. iii. ]>. 678. 



Larva (adult). Dull pale green, the head black; on each somite a transverse baud of 

 from four to eight prominent metallic steel-blue tubercles, each giving rise to a fasciculus of 

 long blackish hairs and a few scattered white hairs. 



Spins a cocoon among fallen leaves on the surface of the ground. 



Feeds on Mnssconla, Trema, and other plants. 



The larvfE are at first gregarious, and spin dense webs over the plants on which they 

 feed ; the colonies break up when the larvae are about three-fourths grown. 



* This eliuuld be placid in Lcuco»ia, Steph. 



