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809. DASYCHIMA APSARA, Moore. 



Dasychira Apsara, n. sp. — Female, silky-white ; fore-winy with the 

 veins yellowish basally, and brownish apically ; palpi and hairs beneath 

 the head, blackish ; thorax above and beneath, and legs, white ; ab- 

 domen blackish, with white segmental bands, narrow above, broad 

 beneath ; anal tuft, yellowish. Expanse If- in. 



a. $ . N. India. Presented by Col. Buckley. 



810. DASYCHIRA ILITA, Moore. 



? Eedoa argentea, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. 

 pt. IV. p. 827 (1855). 



a. $ . Darjeeling. From Indian Collection, Exposition 

 Universelle at Paris, 1855. 



Dasychira Ilita, n. sp. — Silky-white. Female, fore-wing with all 

 the veins, except the costal, blackish ; head, thorax, abdomen, and 

 anal tuft, white. Expanse 2 in. 



Genus OLENE., Hiibner. 



Olene, Subner, Zutraye,f 293, 294 (1823). 



Eilia, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus.pt. Y.p. 1075 (1855). 



811. OLENE MENDOSA, Hiibner. 



Olene mendosa, Subner, Zutraye,f 293, 294 (1823). 

 Eilia lanceolata, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus.pt. V. 

 p. 1075 (1855). 



a. b. ? . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 

 c. $ . Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 



The larva and cocoon of Olene mendosa are figured on Plate XV., 

 figs. 3, Ba, from Java. " Feeds on a species of Cassia, which bears 

 the native names of Keteppeng and Dadap. April." — (Horsfield, MS.) 



Genus ILEMA, Moore. 



Melia,* Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. pt. IV. p. 808 

 (1855). 



* This name has heen previously xised among Lepifloptera. 



