838 



N^OCTIITD.T,. 



8146. Epicausis smithi. 



Daphnaura smithii, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. p. clxxiv (Marcb 1880) ; 



Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 152, pi. v. ff. 53. 53 « ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. 



p. 203. 

 Epicausis lanigera, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 342 CApr. 1880). 



Head and thorax crimson mixed with some yellow ; antennae, 

 palpi, lower part of frons except at middle, pectus and legs black ; 

 abdomen black, the terminal segments and large anal tuft crimson, 

 the ventral surface with black patch on anal segment, the claspers 

 fringed with some j^ellow hair. Fore wing fulvous orange ; sub- 

 basal line double, black, strong, from costa to submedian fold ; two 

 antemedial black bars from costa and two lines from submedian 

 fold to inner margin ; two postmedial black bars from costa, and 

 two lines from submedian fold to mner margin ; a terminal greyish 

 fuscous band indented by wedge-shaped orange marks on the veins 



Fig. 87. — Epicausis smithi, (^ . \. 



defined by black scales and extending almost to termen. Hind 

 Aving with the basal area and inner margin fuscous black with some 

 yeUow hair at base and along inner margin ; an orange postmedial 

 band, broad at costa, narrowing somewhat to above inner margin 

 near tornus, where it terminates ; a terminal black band narrowing 

 to tornus ; cilia tinged with grey. Underside of fore wing orange, 

 the basal area black, the terminal area fuscous black, broad at costa 

 and narrowing towards tornus, an orange wedge-shaped mark near 

 its inner edge from costa to vein 5. 



Hah. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cotcan), 1 cj" , 1 5 : Fianamntsoa 

 (Cowa?i), 1 cJ , 1 $ type lanigera. Ex^i. 60-70 millim. 



