NARANGA. 631 



spurs loug ; abdomen without, crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, 

 the termen evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 1 1 from cell. Hind wing 

 with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell or shortly stalked ; 5 nearly fully developed 

 from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing yellow and blood-red. 



a. Fore wing of male with the terminal area suffused with 



blood-red diffusa. 



b. Fore wing with the terminal area not suffused vvith blood- 



red eenescens, 



B. Fore wing ochreous suffused with dull rufous brttnnea. 



5956. Naranga diffusa. 



Xanfhodes diffusa, Wlk. xxxiii. 779 (1865) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p, 49, 



pi. 150. f. 17 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 333. 

 Xaiithoptera dimorpha, Snell. Veth's Midden-Sumatra, Lep. p. 45 (1880). 

 Naranga qioadrivittafa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 134 (1882). 

 Naranga fei'ruginea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 134 (1882). 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish ochreous. Fore wing 

 with the basal area ochreous yellow ; the costal edge blood-red 

 towards base ; a broad diffused blood-red subbasal band from below 

 costa to above inner margin, its outer edge oblique and sinuous ; 

 an oblique blood-red medial band expanding slightly at costa and 

 inner margin and with waved edges, followed by an oblique yellow 



Fig. 167. — Naranga diffusa, J . \. 



band with waved outer edge ; the terminal area suffused with 

 blood-red ; cilia yellow. Hind wing dark brown ; the cilia yellow 

 tinged with red-brown at base. IJnderside of both wings dark 

 brown with some yellow at base, the costa and apex of fore wings 

 and the cilia of both wings yellow. 



5 . Fore wing yellow faintly tinged with red ; a narrow very 

 oblique red band from costa beyond middle to middle of inner 

 margin with slightly waved edges and expanding into a brown 

 lunule in submedian interspace ; an oblique red fascia from apex 

 to discal fold ; hind wing ochreous white ; underside of fore wing 

 yellow. 



Hah. Punjab, Dharrasala (ffocJdng), 2 J , 5 $ ; Bengal, Cal- 

 cutta, 7 J , 10 2 type rj^aadrivittata ; Madras ( Watson), 1 S , I $ , 



