350 CATALOGUE OF 



a. b. c. d. e. $ ? . N. India. Presented by Colonel 

 Buckley. 



The larva of Perina basalis is figured on Plate XVI., fig. 4, copied 

 from the late E. W. Gr. Frith's drawing, now in the possession of 

 A. Grote,'Esq. 



Remark. — Both sexes of this curious genus were reared by 

 Mr. Prith, and verified by Mr. Gfrote. " Larva feeds on Ficus 

 religiosa. A specimen of the female emerged from the pupa this 

 morning, October 8th, and two males immediately flew in to her."- — 

 (Grote's MS.) 



Mr. Walker, in the Catal. of Lep. Het. in Brit. Mus. p. 835, has 

 placed some specimens of the female of this insect as a variety of the 

 female of his Fuproctis antica, but which I have found, from the 

 examination of the neuration of the wings, to be quite distinct. — P. M. 



Genus ARTAXA, Walker. 

 Aetaxa, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mas. pt. IV. p. 794 (1855). 



839. ARTAXA DIGRAMMA, Boisduval Sp. 



Bombyx digramma, Boisduval, Iconogr. du Begne Anim. 



Ins. p. 508, pi. 88, / 4 (1829-38). 

 Artaxa guttata, Walker, List Lep. Set. Brit. Mus. 



pt.TV.p. 795(1855). 



a. b. £ $ . Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



c. ? . Penang. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 



d. e. S • N. India. Presented by General Hearsey. 

 /. ^ . Canara. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq. 



The larva and cocoon ofArtaxa digramma are figured on Plate XVI., 

 figs. 5, 5a, copied from B. W. Gr. Frith's original drawing. 



" Feeds on the castor-oil plant {Ricinus)." — (John Beeves, 

 MS. Note.) 



840. ARTAXA ZEBOE, Moore (Plate IXa,fig. 7 <J). 

 Artaxa Zeboe, n. sp. — Male, fore-wing yellow, whitish along the 



veins, with a brown discal dot and an oblique short series of dots 

 below it ; hind-wing yellowish-white ; antennae pale brown ; palpi 

 black above ; lower part of abdomen above pale brown ; tuft yellow. 

 Expanse If in. 



a. £. Java. From Dr. Horsfield's Collection. 



