78 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



across the middle ; precostal vein curved outward ; costal vein rather short ; first 

 subcostal branch emitted at some distance beyond end of the cell ; discocellulars 

 very long and outwardly oblique, upper shortest and starting from the subcostal 

 opposite to half the lower length of the cell ; middle median branch emitted at some 

 distance before lower end of the cell. Thorax somewhat stout, abdomen moderate 

 sized ; head broad ; eyes hairy ; antennae more than half length of wing, distinctly 

 annulated, club elongatedly-spatulate ; palpi small, short, not reaching front of head, 

 smoothly scaled at the sides, roughly scaled beneath, apical joint minute ; forelegs 

 of male small, densely clothed with fine hairs ; forelegs of females rather long, 

 slender, scaled ; tarsus five-jointed, and with two terminal lateral spines, fifth joint 

 armed with two slender lengthened projected claws, broad paronychia, and small 

 pulvillus. 



TiPE.— S. Fylla. 



SOSPITA FYLLA (Plate 399, figs. 1, la, S, lb, c, ? ). 



Taxila Fylla, DoulileJay, List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 2, p. 2 (1847) ; \¥estwood, Gen. D. Lep. ii. p. 422, 



pi. 69, %. 3, J (1S51). 

 Sospita Fylla, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. ii. p. 91 (1861). 

 Abuara Fylla, de Nicerille, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 321 (1886). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside. Both wings rich dark vinaceous-brown. Cilia of 

 forewiug alternately edged with white at the apex and at posterior angle, and of the 

 hindwing at the apex. Forewing crossed by a discal outwardly-oblique straight even 

 straw-yellow baud, which extends from close to the costal edge to above the posterior 

 angle, its lower portion being narrowest and slightly recurved ; beyond is a sub- 

 marginal curved obscure pale brown hmular line, which generally bears anteriorly 

 two minute white dots divided by the fourth subcostal branch, two additional white 

 dots also present before the apex divided by the fifth subcostal branch. Hindwing 

 crossed by an obscure pale brown curved medial-discal lunular line, a marginal series 

 of seven black spots inwardly edged with pale brown, and anteriorly bearing a pure 

 white dot, the upper of these black spots is either much the smallest or is often 

 obsolescent or quite absent, the two next spots are the largest and prominent, the 

 two following being smaller and more or less obsolescent, the last two are small and 

 prominent. Underside. Both wings much paler, duller umber-brown, but similarly 

 marked, except that the band on the forewing is slightly paler yellow, and the 

 hindwiug has a faintly -defined subbasal Hne. 



Female. Upperside much paler and duller coloured than in male, but similarly 

 marked. Cilia of both wings alternated with white. Foreicing broader, the apex 

 less produced ; the discal band being broader anteriorly, narrower posteriorly, and 



