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Male. — Yellowish-ferruginous, with a vinaceous tinge basally. 

 Fore-wing with the grey costal band ; three dark ferruginous pink- 

 margined lines : the first sub-basal, transverse, and curved : the 

 second within and near the base of the cell, oblique : the third above 

 and joining the ocellus ; the ocellus without a vitreous spot, which 

 is replaced by a short yellow-margined line ; a double submarginal 

 indistinct undulated line, its apical end with a blackish spot ; an in- 

 distinct suffused inner line close to the ocellus ; and a dark marginal 

 line of undulated streaks. Hind -wing with a dark marginal lunulated 

 line ; two darker submarginal deeply undulated lines, the inner line 

 extending round the ocellus to the sub-basal line ; the ocellus with the 

 black outer line terminating at its upper end in an oval spot, without 

 a central vitreous spot, which is replaced by a narrow yellow line. 

 Antennae brown ; frontal band grey ; body yellowish-ferruginous. 



Expanse of wings 6 inches. 



Hab. Neighbourhood of Darjeeling. In Museum, India House, 

 London. 



Remark. — Somewhat allied to A. simla ; but may be distin- 

 guished from that species by its more falcated fore-wings, and by the 

 absence of the obliquely transverse dark band, which ascends from 

 the middle of the posterior margin, touching the ocellus on its inner 

 side, and extends to the costa before the apex. The ocelli are also 

 different, those in A. helferi being of a pale colour within, while 

 those in A. simla are quite black, and on the hind-wing are much 

 larger. 



9. Anther^a ASSAM a (Heifer). 



Satnrnia assmnensis, Heifer, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi. p. 43 

 (1837). 



Saturnia assama, Westwood, Cabinet Orient. Ent. p. 41. pi. 20. 

 f,2. 



Anthercea assama. Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. pt. 5. 

 p. 1249 ; Moore, Catal. Lep. Ind. House, ii. p, 398. 



Mooga or Moonga of the Assamese, Hugon, J. A. S. Beng. vi. 

 pp. 26-32 ; Heifer. 



Moonga, Royle, Report of Paris Exhib. pt. 3. p. 216. 



Hab. Assam, Silhet, Ceylon. In British Museum Collection. 



The larva and cocoon of the Moonga are figured by Mr. Hugon in 

 the Journal of the Asiatic Society above referred to, and he states 

 that " although the Mooga Moth can be reared in houses, it is fed 

 and thrives best in the open air and on the trees. The trees which 

 afford it food are known in Assam by the following names, viz. 

 1. Addakoory ; 2, Champa (MicAs^m, sp. ?) ; 3. Soom ; 4. Kon- 

 tooloa ; 5. Digluttee (Tetrayithera diglottica, Hamilt.) ; 6. Pattee 

 Shoonda(i«M?'M5 obtusifolia, Roxb.) ; 7. Sonhalloo {Tetranthera ma- 

 ci'ophylla, Roxb.). There are generally five broods of Moonga worms 

 in the year." 



10. Anther^a larissa (Westwood). 



Saturnia larissa, Westwood, Cabinet Orient. Ent. p. 49. pi. 24. 

 f. 1 (1847). 



