338 CATALOGUE OF 



799. PSALIS SECURIS, Hiibner. 



? Psalis securis, Hiibner, Zutrdge, pt. II. p. lQ,f. 291-2 



(1823); Samml. Exot. Schmett. III. pp. 9, 146, 



/ 291-2. 

 Drepana securis, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. 



pt. VII. p. 1762. 

 <£ Arestha antiea, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus.pt. IV. 



p. 805 (1855). 



a. b. c. d. e.f. $ ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield' s Col- 

 lection. 



The larva and cocoon of Psalis securis are figured on Plate XIV., 

 figs. 12, 12a, from Java. " Feeds on the Oryza sativa, bearing the 

 native names of Pari or Pady. January to March. Common." — 

 (Horsfield, MS.) 



The transformations of this species are also figured among the 

 original drawings made in India by Lady Isabella Gilbert. 



Genus DASYCHIRA, Stephens. 



Dastchiea, Stephens, III. Brit. Ins. Haust. II. p. 58 (1828). 

 Phai^ina-Bombyx, pt. Linnceus. 

 Bombtx, pt. Pabricius. 

 Labia, pt. Schrank. 



800. DASYCHIRA HORSFIELDI, Saunders Sp. 



Arctia Horsfieldii, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. I. 

 p. 162, pi. 12, /. 1, 2 (1851) ; Zoologist, IX. p. 3070. 

 Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. pt. III. p. 613. 



a. <$ . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



The larva, pupa, and cocoon of Easy. Horsjieldi are figured on 

 Plate XIV., figs. 13, 13a, from Java. " Feeds on the Kapas (Gossy- 

 pium herbaceum) . August." — (Horsfield, MS.) 



801. DASYCHIRA GROTEI, Moore. 



JDasycMra Grotei, n. sp. — Female, white ; fore-wing irrorated with 

 minute brown scales ; hind-wing white ; antennae brown ; head, thorax, 

 abdomen, and legs white. Expanse 2-f-in. 



a. 2 . N. India. Donor unknown. 



b. ? (?). Penang. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 



