LAGOPTEKA. 415 



point in middle of cell ; reniform whitish, constricted at middle, 

 its lower part with black marks in it or filled in with black ; post- 

 medial line indistinct, rufous, oblique to discal fold, then somewhat 

 inwardly oblique, sometimes defined on outer side by white points 

 on the veins, a somewhat darker band beyond it, its outer edge 

 angled outwards at vein 6 ; subterminal line dark, oblique and 

 slightly defined on inner side by whitish from apex to vein 6, then 

 fulvous and incurved. Hind wing scarlet ; a rather triangular 

 black postmedial patch between veins 6 and 3 ; the termen and 

 cilia rufous except towards tornus, with some whitish on termen at 

 veins 3 and 2. Underside of both wings orange-scarlet. 



Ab. 1. Hind wing with the black patch larger and more elliptical, 

 continued as a band to vein 1 towards which it is diffused to 

 termen. 



Hah. IN". India, 1 c5' , 1 $ ; Sikhim {Rotliney), 1 5 ; Assam, 

 Silhet, 1 5; Bengal, Maunghboon, 1 $, Balasore, 1 §; Bombay, 

 Bandra (Jrtya/cer), 1 $ ; Ceylon {Templeton), 1 $ ; Burma, Rangoon, 

 (Noble), 1 d" , Kalewa ( Watso7i), 1 $ ; Andamans, 1 5 ; Singapore 

 (Ridley), 1 cj" ; Philippines, Manila (J. J. Walker), 1 c? ; Christ- 

 mas I. (Andrews), 3 2 . Exji. 88-100 millim. 



Larva. Semper, Eeisen Phil., Schmett. ii. p. 569, pi. S. fF. 12, 13. 



Pale brown with segmental blackish lines ; warts with a few 

 hairs ; stigmata black ; head with black streaks. Food- plant : 

 " Baucal." 



7526. Lagoptera regia. (Plate CCXIII. fig. 6.) 



Thyas regia, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) yiii. p. 151 (1894). 



Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi pale crimson in front except 

 3rd joint ; coxae pale crimson, the fore and mid legs dark brown 

 irrorated w ith white; abdomen scarlet with some red-brown hair at 

 base, the ventral surface pale crimson. Fore wing red-brown with 

 slight whitish, irroration on basal area below costa ; antemedial 

 line brown defined on outer side by white scales, obliquely curved 

 and slightly sinuous ; reniform with bluish white annulus faintly 

 defined by brown, strongly constricted at middle ; postmedial line 

 dark brown defined on inner side by whitish scales, straight and 

 erect, a red-brown shade beyond it angled outwards at vein 6 ; a 

 faint whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by red-brown, 

 diffused widely towards costa, waved from costa to discal fold, then 

 incurved and ending at tornus ; cilia deep red-brown. Hind wing 

 scarlet ; a broad black subterminal patch from costa to vein 5, its 

 inner edge irregularly dentate and its outer edge somewhat in- 

 dented at the veins, the area below it with brown suffusion 

 irrorated with black and white forming wedge-shaped patches on 

 the veins ; cilia orange-scarlet, mixed with brownish on apical 

 half, then brown with some white at tips. Underside of both 

 wings deep orange ; fore wing with faint brown suffusion on 



