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Larva. — Gregarious ; cylindrical, with a small dorsal hump towards extre- 

 mity, short scattered hairs ; yellow with black dorsal line ; two lateral lines ; 

 stigmata ringed with black and with black striae near them ; ventral surface 

 black with broad yellow ventral stripe and yellow lines between the feet, 

 which are black ; head large, red. Food plant : Quercus griffitliii. 4. 5. 



Cocoon. — On or underground ; strong pudding-dish shaped, formed of earth 

 lined with silk. 



Pupa. — Somewhat pointed at ends, short, red-brown with black spiracles 

 (Badgley). 



260 b. Stauropus diluta, n. sp. 



Antennas of male bipectinate with short fasciculate branches, of female 

 ciliated. 



Head, thorax and abdomen rufous mixed with grey. Forewing grey suffused 

 and irrorated with rufous ; traces of a waved subbasal line, oblique towards 

 costa ; traces of a waved antemedial line, double towards costa ; a slight whit- 

 ish point on upper part of cell towards extremity ; postmedial line rufous, 

 minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold and 

 strongly below vein 4 , subterminal line indistinct, pale, denned by brownish 

 suffusion on postmedial area, incurved between veins 7 and 4 and below vein 

 3 ; a series of brown stride before termen defined on inner side by slight pale 

 lunules ; a terminal series of slight brown striae. Hindwing whitish suffused 

 with red-brown ; cilia white at tips ; the underside whitish tinged with red- 

 brown. 



Habitat. — W. China, Omei Shan ; Assam, Khasis (Badgley), Exp. 42-G2 

 mill. Type in B. M. 



Larva. — Solitary ; tapering to both ends ; bright green with a fine red line 

 and white band at sides ; head white with black and red lines and yellow 

 cheeks ; fore feet tipped with pink. 



Cocoon. — An oval hollow below the ground with slight papery lining. 



Pupa. — Purplish black, roughened, the extremity paler with slight anal 

 projection. Food plant : Ilex exsalca. 7. (Badgley). 



282 b. Chadisra semiferrea, n. sp. (Plate F., f . 35). 



$. Head and thorax grey mixed with rufous ; palpi black at sides ; tarsi 

 black ringed with grey ; abdomen grey tinged with brown, the basal crest 

 mixed with rufous. Forewing grey irrorated with rufous and fuscous, and 

 with deep ferruginous suffusion from near base to middle except on inner 

 obsolete on costal half, blackish from submedian fold to inner margin to 

 area ; antemedial line obsolete on costal half, blackish from submedian fold 

 to inner margin to which it is bent inwards; a blackish medial line, rather 

 oblique from costa to vein 2, then strongly bent inwards and erect to inner 

 margin ; a deep rufous discoidal bar with some white above it and on outer 

 edge ; postmedial line formed of black striae slightly defined by white on outer 

 side, oblique from costa to vein 6 and incurved below vein 2 ; a dark patch 

 on postmedial part of costa with some whitish points on costa and two slight 

 dark streaks above veins 7. 6. before the white subterminal line which is 



