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875. Artaxa lunata. 



Euproctis lunata. Walker: iv. 837 (1855). 

 vii. 1731 (1856). 



Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 348, pi. 16, f. 2 (larva) 



(1859)- 



P. Z. S., Lond., 1867, p. 680. 



Butler : 111. Typ. Lep. Het., B. M., v. p. 50, pi. 89, 



f. 9 (1881). 

 Forsayeth: Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., 1884, p. 400, 



pi. 14, f. 5, 5 c (larva). 

 Swinhoe : P. Z. S.. Lond., 1885, p. 298. 

 P. Z. S., Lond., 1886, p. 437. 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 145. 946 



(1887). 



Type. North India, in B. M. 



a. India (2). b. India (Walker's example, vol. vii. p. 1731, but 



it is ?, not <J). c. Central India (2). d. Bombay. 



876. Artaxa singapura : n. sp. PI. vi. f. 19. 



cJ Antennas, body, and fore-wings ochreous. Fore-wings crossed 

 by two pale nearly straight parallel lines just before and just beyond 

 the middle ; these lines incline outwardly from the hinder margin and 

 do not reach the costa, and make the wing look as if it had a central 

 band. Hind-wings pale luteous, nearly white. Underside, coloured 

 like hind-wings above ; no other markings. 



Expanse of wings i^j inches. 

 a. Singapore (type) (Wallace). 



Allied to A. lutea (Fabr.) : band on fore-wing somewhat similar, 

 but lutea is of a dark ochreous yellow, colour on both wings and body 

 being uniform throughout. 



877. Artaxa vitellina. 



Liparis vitellina. Kollar : Kasch. von Hiigel, iv. p. 471 (1848). 

 Euproctis vitellina. Walker: iv. 838 (1855). 



- Swinhoe: P. Z. S., Lond., 1885, p. 298. 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 146. 957 



(1887). 

 Charotricha vitellina. Butler: 111. Typ. Lep. Het, B. M., vii. p. 122, pi. 



138, f. 1 3 (larva), (1889). 

 E^tproctis gamma. Walker: vii. 1731 (1856). 



- Moore : Cat. Lep. E. I. C., ii. p. 348 (1859). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 144. 940 



(1887). 

 Artaxa princeps. Walker: xxxii. 331 (1865). 



Cotes and Swinh. : Cat. Moths of India, ii. 141. 916 

 (1887). 



Type (gamma). North India, in B. M. 

 Type (princeps). North India, in B. M. 

 a. India. 



