84 AECTIID.'E. 



Holocraspedon nigropunctum. (Plate CLVIII. fig. i.) 



Expanse g inch. 



Male. Fore wing white; a basal black spot below the costa, with a black streak above 

 it on the costa ; an antemedial black line bent inwards at middle, and reaching the inner 

 margin at centre ; a very prominent blaick spot towards the end of cell, with a smaller one 

 just beyond the cell ; a postmedial black line bent outwards at middle and joining the 

 antemedial line on inner margin ; some diffused black streaks from its outer edge running 

 towards the apex and outer angle ; a series of short black antecilial streaks, which almost 

 join one another. Hind wing yellowish white, slightly suffused with black; a fine dusky 

 antecilial line on apical half of outer mai-gin. Underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous, 

 especially towards costa and outer margin, and leaving a yellow costal spot before the apex, 

 and yellow streaks on the nervules towards outer margin. Hind wing with traces of a 

 postmedial dark band, most distinct towards costa. Cilia of both wings yellow. Thorax 

 white with black spots ; abdomen grey. 



Cocoon suspended from the underside of a leaf by a thread of woven hairs of the larva ; 

 transparent and formed of slightly interlaced hairs, kept together by two stronger transverse 

 bands, which cross each other at the middle, as in the figure 8. 



Nepita conferta, IV Ik., var. fusca. (Plate CLVIII. fig. C.) 

 Xepita conferta, Wlk. Cat. ii. p. 533. 



Male. The whole of the fulvous markings of the fore wing suffused with brown. 

 This is the race that occurs in the Deltota district. 



Lyclene* semifascia, Wlk., var. metamelas, nov. (Plate CLVIII. fig. 11.) 

 Setina semifascia, Wile. Cat. ii. p. -ylX. 



Expanse j^ inch. 



Male with the end of the abdomen black, as in L. lutara from Java. Both sexes differ 

 from the typical form in being smaller aud paler, with the black spot at end of cell of i'oic 

 wing small or wanting; the black markings smaller, and the submargiual band more 

 irregularly dentate ; the hind wing is not suffused with fuscous. 



This may be a distinct species. Both this aud the typical form are found in the same 

 district throughout the year. 



The larva of the typical form is mouse-grey, almost black ; each somite densely covered 

 with fine plumose hairs ; a few longer hairs on anterior and posterior somites. 



* This is a synonym of Millochrista. 



