N0CTUIBJ3. 



b^. Fore wing with tlie apex not pro- 

 duced and acute. 

 «5. Metathorax witli depressed crest. 

 a^. Fore wing with the termen 

 angled at veins 6 and 4, then 



oblique yh osAPiA, (2) p. 158. 



b^. Fore wing with the termen 



evenly curved Matigramma. (2) p. 326. 



Zi'. Metathorax without crest Coiiisce, p. 207. 



Genus ATTATHA. 



Type. 

 Attatha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 847 i-egalis. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about 

 vertex oi head and moderately sealed, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth ; 

 eyes large, round ; antennae of male somewhat laminate and almost simple ; 

 thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the metathorax with paired crests ; 

 tibiie smoothly scaled, the fore tibiae not spined, the hind tibiaj with spines 

 between the mid and terminal spurs only ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base 

 only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and 

 not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 

 from ID anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the cell about one-third length of wing; veins o, 4 from angle; 5 

 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only 



A. Hind wing scarlet or tinged with scarlet. 



a. Hind wing with series of suuiU black spots just before termen 



and large spot above tornus regcdis. 



b. Hind wing with subterminal wedge-shaped blackish band 



from apex to vein 2 ino. 



B. Hind wing yellow efhiopica. 



C Hind wing creamy white metaleiica. 



7771. Attatha regalis. 



Hypercompa regalis, Mooi-e, P. Z. S. 1872; p. 675, pi. 33. f. 7 ; Hmpsa. 

 Mciths Ind. ii. p. 528. 



Head and thorax white ; palpi pale scarlet, the extremity of 2nd 

 joint, the 3rd joint and the frons black ; antennae black ; tegulaj 

 except at base, shouldei's, a band across patagia and mesothorax and 

 a patch on metathorax black ; pectus orange, scarlet in front ; legs 

 orange, the fore and mid legs black-brown in front ; abdomen 

 orange, the basal crest black, the ventral surface tinged mth scarlet. 

 Fore wing creamy white ; the costal edge blackish towards base ; a 

 black fascia on base of median nervure, rounded at extremity ; a 

 black fascia on inner margin from near base to beyond middle, 

 pointed at extremities ; a triangular black patch from middle of costa 

 to lower angle of cell with an oblique tail from it to submedian fold 

 above tornus, a slight oblique red-brown line from its outer edge 

 below costa to above vein 2 near termen, then erect and waved 

 to inner margin above which it has a small black spot on it ; a 

 wedge-shaped black patch from apical part of costa, its lower part 

 attenuate, bent outwards, and endmg below vein 4 towards termen ; 

 a fine black line on apical part of termen, then black spots on veins 



