Species o/Eriocera in the British Museum. 75 



60. Abdomen and thorax cliestnut-brown, 

 5th and 6th segments largely yellow. 



(India.) meUmgatissiina, Brun. 



Abomen otherwise 61. 



Gl. Thorax entirely velvet-black 62. 



Thorax not entirely black 64. 



62. Femora yellow with black tips ; abdo- 

 minal segments 2-5 nearly all yellow ; 



6 yellow at base. (Java.) albipunctata, Wulp. 



Legs all black ; abdominal segments 2-5 

 with broad apicalblack bands. (S.India.) 63. 



03. Sixth abdominal segment entirely black . hempi, Brun. 

 Sixth abdominal segment yellow at the 



base kempi, var. n. lonf/ior. 



04. Thorax mahogany - brown ; prtescutum 



with three blackish stripes. (India.) . ^tenuis, Brun. 

 Thorax ash-grey, prajscutum with four 

 black stripes. (India.) ^imlchi'ithorax, Brun. 



65. Abdomen velvet-black, with broad shin- 



ing blue-black bands ; legs black, stout. 66. 

 Abdomen not all black, mainly dull ; 

 femora mostly yellowish ; legs more 

 slender 67. 



66. Thorax entirely red ; legs very stout . . cfeno2)Jioroides, Edw. 



[{ = rif/it/iora.v, I'run.). 

 Thorax entirely blackish brown ; legs [_ni(jrit]iora:v. 



not quite so stout ctenophoroidei, var. n. 



67. Basal halves of abdominal segments 2-4 



shining ; thorax brown bailia, Brun. 



Abdominal segments 2-4 entirely dull, 

 or uniformly and slightly shining .... 68. 

 ('8. Abdomen entirely brownish ; slightly 



shining greenii, Brun. 



Abdomen dull, basal segments yellow . . 69. 

 Oi). Thorax and apex of abdomen velvet- 

 black ; femora with black tips albonotcda, Lw. 



Thorax and apex of abdomen brownish ; [citrocastanea. 



femora all yellow albojiotata^ var. n. 



70. Wings with a transverse pale central 



fascia or spot ; apical fourth all dark. . 71. 

 Wings with pale central markings, and 

 also with pale markings at the tip or in 

 tlie apical fourth 88. 



71. Abdomen with leaden or bluish-white 



bands ; four posterior cells 72. 



Abdomen without leaden or bluish-white 

 bands 80. 



72. Wing - markings faint ; body wholly 



blackish. (Siam.) mhinsoni, sp. u. 



Wing-markings conspicuous 73. 



73. Several distinct white spots about the 



middle of the wing, in addition to 



the fascia. (Himalayas.) Weoor^te, Brun. 



Wings with a whitish central fascia only. 74. 



74. Base of wing conspicuously yellow, often 



also the costa to a large extent 75. 



Base of wing not yellow 78. 



